Methotrexate elimination in a patient with an orthotopic neobladder with and without a urethral catheter

Pharmacotherapy. 1996 Sep-Oct;16(5):961-4.

Abstract

Placement of a urethral catheter has been recommended to ensure adequate methotrexate elimination in patients with a neobladder; however, the need for this and its impact on methotrexate elimination have not been determined. A 53-year-old man with a cecal continent urinary diversion received intravenous methotrexate 30 mg/m2 on two occasions, with and without urethral catheter drainage of the neobladder. Serum methotrexate concentrations declined at a rate that resulted in 24- and 48-hour values falling below the accepted toxic concentration threshold of 5-50 mumol/L, and 0.05 mumol/L, respectively. In this man, who received low-dose methotrexate, catheterization of the neobladder did not alter methotrexate elimination sufficiently to justify its cost, risk, and inconvenience.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Comparative Study

MeSH terms

  • Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic / blood*
  • Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic / pharmacokinetics
  • Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic / therapeutic use
  • Carcinoma, Transitional Cell / drug therapy
  • Humans
  • Liver Neoplasms / drug therapy
  • Liver Neoplasms / secondary
  • Male
  • Methotrexate / blood*
  • Methotrexate / pharmacokinetics
  • Methotrexate / therapeutic use
  • Middle Aged
  • Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / drug therapy
  • Urinary Catheterization*
  • Urinary Reservoirs, Continent*

Substances

  • Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic
  • Methotrexate