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Kayoko Morio1, Masao Mizuki, Takashi Sozu
1Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Education, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan.
Background:
The risk factors for cytarabine (Ara-C)-induced cutaneous toxicity are unclear.
Methods:
We retrospectively reviewed the medical charts of patients with haematopoietic malignancies treated with Ara-C and examined risk factors for Ara-C-induced cutaneous toxicity.
Results:
We reviewed 114 patients (76 men, 38 women) and found that 47 patients (41.2%) experienced cutaneous toxicity. In 93 patients (81.6%) with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) and acute myeloid leukaemia (AML), the toxicity was significantly associated with the cancer type [AML/NHL: odds ratio (OR) = 4.84; 95% confidence interval (CI) = 1.99-11.81; p = 0.001], age (<50/≥50 years: OR = 2.54; 95% CI = 1.08-5.95; p = 0.032) and concurrent steroid administration (yes/no: OR = 0.22; 95% CI = 0.09-0.56; p = 0.001). AML was the only significant association (OR = 3.83; 95% CI = 1.21-12.06; p = 0.022) in the multivariate logistic analysis.
Conclusion:
AML, age <50 years and no steroid use are considered to be risk factors for Ara-C-induced cutaneous toxicity.
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