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Published in: Pediatric Drugs 5/2021

01-09-2021 | Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia | Review Article

Secondary Dysgammaglobulinemia in Children with Hematological Malignancies Treated with Targeted Therapies

Authors: Athanasios Tragiannidis, Andreas H. Groll

Published in: Pediatric Drugs | Issue 5/2021

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Abstract

Targeted therapies have emerged as innovative treatments for patients whose disease does not respond to conventional chemotherapy, and their use has widely expanded in the field of pediatric hematologic malignancies in the last decade. While they carry the promise of improved disease control and survival and are currently investigated in first-line treatment protocols for patients with poor prognostic markers, they are associated with a considerable incidence of specific toxicities, including cytokine-release syndrome, neurotoxicity, hepatotoxicity, nephrotoxicity, cardiotoxicity, endocrine adverse events, and infectious complications. Iatrogenic or secondary dysgammaglobulinemia is a main consequence of targeted therapies using monoclonal antibodies and other antibody-derived treatments that target specific antigens on lymphoid cells (blinatumomab, inotuzumab ozogamicin, rituximab), chimeric antigen receptor T cells, tyrosine kinase inhibitors (imatinib, dasatinib, nilotinib) and, to a lesser extent, checkpoint inhibitors (pembrolizumab, nivolumab). This review discusses the diagnosis and incidence of secondary or iatrogenic dysgammaglobulinemia in children treated with targeted therapies for leukemias and lymphomas, and options for monitoring and treatment.
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Metadata
Title
Secondary Dysgammaglobulinemia in Children with Hematological Malignancies Treated with Targeted Therapies
Authors
Athanasios Tragiannidis
Andreas H. Groll
Publication date
01-09-2021
Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Published in
Pediatric Drugs / Issue 5/2021
Print ISSN: 1174-5878
Electronic ISSN: 1179-2019
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s40272-021-00461-3

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