DESCRIPTION
Carboplatin Injection is supplied as a sterile, pyrogen-free, aqueous solution available in 50 mg/5 mL, 150 mg/15 mL, 450 mg/45 mL or 600 mg/60 mL multiple-dose vials containing 10 mg/mL of carboplatin for administration by intravenous infusion. Each mL contains 10 mg carboplatin and Water for Injection, USP.
Carboplatin is a platinum coordination compound. The chemical name for carboplatin is platinum, diammine [1,1-cyclobutane-dicarboxylato(2-)-0,0']-,(SP-4-2), and carboplatin has the following structural formula:
Carboplatin is a crystalline powder with the molecular formula of C6H12N204Pt and a molecular weight of 371.25. It is soluble in water at a rate of approximately 14 mg/mL, and the pH of a 1% solution is 5 to 7. It is virtually insoluble in ethanol, acetone, and dimethylacetamide.