Therapeutic drug monitoring enables safe and effective lenalidomide therapy in patients with multiple myeloma on hemodialysis
Therapeutic drug monitoring enables safe and effective lenalidomide therapy in patients with multiple myeloma on hemodialysis
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治疗药物监测使血液透析的多发性骨髓瘤患者能够安全有效地接受来那度胺治疗
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10.1007/s00277-016-2809-5
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发表时间:
2016
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3.5
通讯作者:
Naoto Takahashi
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Takahiro Kobayashi;Takenori Niioka;Masatomo Miura;Naoto Takahashi
Dear Editor, João et al. emphasized the necessity of continuous dose adjustment of lenalidomide (Len) according to individual tolerance after initial dose setting in patients with multiple myeloma (MM) and renal impairment (RI), because Len is excreted in urine [1]. As RI progresses, the area under the concentration-time curve (AUC) of Len increases, and the plasma half-life (t1/2) of Len is also prolonged [2]. Currently, dose adjustment of Len in RI is based on data aimed at achieving similar AUC levels and maintaining low trough concentrations to limit toxicity. However, these are data from non-cancer patients; to our knowledge, there are no reports of Len urinary excretion rate in MM patients on hemodialysis (HD). We analyzed the plasma concentration and urinary volume of Len in two patients with MM on HD to avoid toxicity and to determine the appropriate Len dosage in HD. Case 1 was a 45-year-old woman with a body weight of 40 kg. Creatinine clearance (CrCl) was 8 mL/min and median urine volume was 2.56 mL/day. Len was administered at a dose of 5 mg three times a week following dialysis, in accordance with initial dose recommendations. However, this led to febrile neutropenia and septic shock due to Len overdosing. Hence, we reduced the dose to Len 5 mg weekly and monitored plasma concentration; complete elimination was confirmed on day 7, with no toxicity (Fig. 1). Case 2 was a 78-year-old man with red blood cell transfusion-dependence and body weight of 61 kg. CrCl was 7 mL/min and median urine volume was 200 mL/day. Although the initial dose of Len according to the recommendation was 5 mg three times a week, the patient was given Len 5 mg plus dexamethasone 20 mg once a week based on the experience with Case 1. After 2 weeks of therapy, he no longer needed blood transfusion; monoclonal protein levels also declined from 2380 to 1633 mg/dL, and there was no obvious toxicity. Plasma samples from venipuncture before and after HD and cumulative urine samples were collected and analyzed using liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry as previously described [3]. Plasma concentration of Len was undetectable in both cases after 1 week (Fig. 1). The mean elimination t1/2 of Len was 31.6 h in Case 1 and 44.7 h in Case 2. Cumulative recovery rate of Len in urine differed dramatically (1.9 and 40.3% in Cases 1 and 2, respectively) because median urine volume in Case 2 was 80 times greater than that in Case 1 even though both patients were on HD (Fig. 1). Dose adjustment of Len according to RI is important to reduce toxicity [4]. Although it is useful to set the initial dose according to the recommendation, this is not acceptable, as indicated by severe toxicity in Case 1. These findings suggest that even though Len maximum concentration is not influenced
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2015
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作者:
志田 青慈
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志田 青慈