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Is there any predictor for hypersensitivity reactions in gynecologic cancer patients treated with paclitaxel-based therapy?

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Purpose

Recently, generic drugs of paclitaxel have been commonly used mainly by economic reasons; however, predictive factors for toxicities are not fully determined. Hypersensitivity reaction (HSR) is one of the most important adverse events in the paclitaxel-based therapy, and sometimes leads to lethal condition. The aim of the study was to identify predictors for HSR in patients treated with paclitaxel-based regimens.

Methods

All the patients treated with chemotherapy including paclitaxel at our hospital between 1998 and 2013 were retrospectively evaluated. Clinicopathological factors of the patients that developed HSR and those without HSR were compared, and predictive factors for HSR were identified.

Results

Among 414 patients enrolled in the study, 26 patients (6.3%) developed HSR. Multivariate analyses showed that younger age (odds ratio 6.31), a history of allergy (odds ratio 3.79), and short-course premedication (odds ratio 14.1) were identified as predictive factors for HSR. There was no significant difference in the incidence of HSR between original paclitaxel and generic drug. The incidence of HSR was higher as the number of these predictors was accumulated.

Conclusions

Three factors were identified as predictive factors for HSR: younger age, a history of allergy, and short-course premedication. Accumulation of these factors increased the incidence of HSR; however, the use of generic drug was not associated HSR in gynecologic cancer patients.

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The authors thank MS. Hiromi Kubota for continuous contribution to our clinical study.

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  1. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, National Defense Medical College Hospital, Tokorozawa, Saitama, 359-8513, Japan

    Tadashi Aoyama, Morikazu Miyamoto, Hiroaki Soyama, Kento Kato, Hiroki Ishibashi, Hideki Iwahashi, Masaya Nakatsuka, Tomoko Goto, Hidenori Sasa & Kenichi Furuya

  2. Department of Clinical Oncology, National Defense Medical College Hospital, Tokorozawa, Saitama, 359-8513, Japan

    Masashi Takano & Tomoyuki Yoshikawa

  3. Department of Host Defense and Biochemical Research, Juntendo University, Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, 113-8431, Japan

    Tomoyuki Yoshikawa & Isao Nagaoka

  4. Department of Pharmacy, National Defense Medical College Hospital, Tokorozawa, Saitama, 359-8513, Japan

    Isao Yajima, Yukihiro Shimizu & Yusuke Aizawa

  5. Department of Nursing, National Defense Medical College Hospital, Tokorozawa, Saitama, 359-8513, Japan

    Yuki Suguchi & Miki Moriiwa

  6. Department of Basic Pathology, National Defense Medical College, Tokorozawa, Saitama, 359-8513, Japan

    Hitoshi Tsuda

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Aoyama, T., Takano, M., Miyamoto, M. et al. Is there any predictor for hypersensitivity reactions in gynecologic cancer patients treated with paclitaxel-based therapy?. Cancer Chemother Pharmacol 80, 65–69 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00280-017-3332-7

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