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ReviewESMO open2020

Increasing completion of asparaginase treatment in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL): summary of an expert panel discussion.

André Baruchel, Patrick Brown, Carmelo Rizzari, Lewis Silverman, Inge van der Sluis, Benjamin Ole Wolthers, Kjeld Schmiegelow

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In one paragraph

Review in ESMO open, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
18citing papers in PubMed
4.3field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

18 citing papers in PubMed, 35 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Activity and toxicity of intramuscular 1000 iu/mBritish journal of haematology · 2022
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  3. Prevention of Subsequent L-Asparaginase Hypersensitivity in Children Through Premedication: A Single-Center Experience.The journal of pediatric pharmacology and therapeutics : JPPT : the official journal of PPAG · 2026
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  12. Cacti as low-cost substrates to produce L-asparaginase by endophytic fungi.World journal of microbiology & biotechnology · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 5 institutions in 5 countries.

André BaruchelUniversité de Paris, APHP, Hôpital Universitaire Robert-Debré, Paris, France. Electronic address: andre.baruchel@aphp.fr.
Patrick BrownJohns Hopkins Medicine Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Carmelo RizzariUniversity of Milan-Bicocca, Milano, Lombardia, Italy.
Lewis SilvermanDFCI, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Inge van der SluisPrincess Maxima Center for Pediatric Oncology, Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands.
Benjamin Ole WolthersJuliane Marie Centre, Kobenhavn, Denmark.
Kjeld SchmiegelowRigshospitalet, Kobenhavn, Denmark.
Hôpital Robert-Debré · FRJohns Hopkins University · USPrincess Máxima Center · NLRigshospitalet · DKUniversity of Milano-Bicocca · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Insufficient exposure to asparaginase therapy is a barrier to optimal treatment and survival in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL). Three important reasons for inactivity or discontinuation of asparaginase therapy are infusion related reactions (IRRs), pancreatitis and life-threatening central nervous system (CNS). For IRRs, real-time therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) and premedication are important aspects to be considered. For pancreatitis and CNS thrombosis one key question is if patients should be re-exposed to asparaginase after their occurrence.An expert panel met during the Congress of the International Society for Paediatric Oncology in Lyon in October 2019 to discuss strategies for diminishing the impact of these three toxicities. The panel agreed that TDM is particularly useful for optimising asparaginase treatment and that when a tight pharmacological monitoring programme is established premedication could be implemented more broadly to minimise the risk of IRR. Re-exposure to asparaginase needs to be balanced against the anticipated risk of leukemic relapse. However, more prospective data are needed to give clear recommendations if to re-expose patients to asparaginase after the occurrence of severe pancreatitis and CNS thrombosis.

Indexed as

Antineoplastic AgentsPrecursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-LymphomaAsparaginaseChildHumansNeoplasm Recurrence, LocalProspective StudiesAntineoplastic AgentsAsparaginaseacute lymphoblastic leukemiaasparaginaseCNS thrombosishypersensipancreatitispremedicationtherapeutic drug monitoring

Identifiers

PMID32967920
PMCPMC7513670
OpenAlexW3089122708

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