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ArticleFrontiers in allergy2022

Basophil Activation Test as a Biomarker for Taxanes Anaphylaxis.

Lucila De Campos, Pedro Giavina-Bianchi, Shree Acharya, Donna-Marie Lynch, Jorge Kalil, Mariana C Castells

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Article in Frontiers in allergy, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Lucila De CamposClinical Immunology and Allergy Division, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
Pedro Giavina-BianchiClinical Immunology and Allergy Division, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
Shree AcharyaDivision of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH), Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States.
Donna-Marie LynchDivision of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH), Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States.
Jorge KalilClinical Immunology and Allergy Division, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
Mariana C CastellsDivision of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH), Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States.
Harvard University · USUniversidade de São Paulo · BRBrigham and Women's Hospital · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Introduction: Taxanes are widely used chemotherapy agents, and their administration, despite premedication, is associated with hypersensitivity reactions (HR) in up to 9% of patients, 1% of which are severe. The mechanisms of these reactions are not fully understood. Finding biomarkers for early diagnosis and better understanding the underlying mechanisms of these reactions are key to defining the best treatment strategy for patients. Methods: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of the basophil activation test (BAT) to diagnose patients with anaphylactic reactions to taxanes. Patients with anaphylaxis to taxane compounds ( Results: BAT was positive for CD203c in eight out of 15 patients and for CD63 in four out of 15 patients and in two out of eight controls. The sensitivity for CD203c was 53%, the specificity was 87%, and the area under the curve was 0.66 ( Conclusions: BAT as a diagnostic tool for immediate hypersensitivity reactions to taxanes may be relevant in patients with selected phenotypes and endotypes, especially those with severe reactions or when the diagnosis cannot be established by the skin test. Increased expression of CD203c was more frequent than of CD63 in patients with positive results, and the sensitivity of this biomarker was higher in patient sub-group with positive skin tests, i.e., patients with IgE-mediated endotypes.

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anaphylaxisbasophil activation test (BAT)chemotherapyimmediate hypersensitivity reactiontaxanes agents

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