Phase 1 trial and assay of rubidazone (NSC 164011) in patients with advanced solid tumors.

A new high-pressure liquid chromatographic method was developed for the simultaneous determination of rubidazone and daunorubicin in human plasma at concentrations as low as 60 ng/ml. Clinical toxicity and the stability of rubidazone were studied in nine patients with advanced solid tumors. Rubidazone was administered by i.v. infusion over 1 hr on a single day every 4 weeks. Moderate leukopenia was the dose-limiting toxicity in four of six patients treated at 150 mg sq/m. Assay of rubidazone in plasma samples obtained after administration of rubidazone showed that the drug was stable for at least 7 hr.