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Leuk Lymphoma
April 2023
Department of Pharmacy, Cancer and Blood Disorders Center, Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA, USA.
The addition of asparaginase to acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and lymphoblastic lymphoma (LBL) treatment regimens provides significant patient benefits. Asparaginase therapies vary in origin ( or -derived) and preparation (native or pegylated), conferring distinct pharmacokinetic and immunogenic profiles. Clinical hypersensitivity reactions (HSRs) are commonly reported in patients and range from localized erythema to systemic anaphylaxis.
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December 2015
MD, FRCPC, is a Physician with Paediatric Haematology/ Oncology, Children's Hospital, London Health Sciences Centre, and an Assistant Professor with the Department of Paediatrics, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario.
A retrospective study was undertaken comparing the frequency and severity of anaphylactic reactions to E. coli-derived and Erwinia-derived asparaginase given intravenously on a weekly dosage schedule. Both drugs were found to produce life-threatening hypersensivity reactions with the chance of reaction per dose administered being almost identical--8% for each dose administered.
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