LEUKEMIA : HAIRY CELL

 

Regimen/Number

Of Patients

Drug Dose and Route

Leukopenia/

Neutropenia

Toxicity

Anemia

Toxicity

Other

Grade III-IV Toxicities

Emetogenic

Potential

Consequences of

Adverse Event(s)

Cladribine

(Saven A, et al. Blood.

1998;92:1918-26)

 

 

N= 358

 

Cladribine 0.1 mg/kg/d IV continuous

Infusion days 1 – 7

Administer one cycle

Neutropenia

Grade III * 16%

Grade IV* 71%

 

In first 135

consecutive

patients treated

 

Grade III 20%

Grade IV 2%

Neutropenic Fever *  42%

Documented

Infections * 13%

Thrombocytopenia 20%

 

 

*Grade unknown

 

 

Days 1-5 –

Level 1

Infection mortality 1%

Viral reactivation

2.5% of patients

(5 herpes simplex,

3 herpes zoster,

1 CMV retinitis )

 

Interferon alfa 2b

(Golomb HM, et al.

J Clin Oncol.

1986;4: 900-05)

 

 

N= 64

 

 

Interferon alfa 2b MU/m2 SQ TIW

(escalation to 10 MU/m2 for non-responders)

 

 

 

Flu- like Symptoms

(Grade III) 195

Skin Disorders

(Grade III) 2%

injection-Site Reaction

(Grade III) 3%

Central and Peripheral

Nervous System

(Grade III) 2%

 

Level 1