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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
8
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-10-4
pubmed:abstractText
Tyrosine kinase inhibitors have revolutionized the treatment of chronic myeloid leukemia and are increasingly used for other indications. Fluid retention, however, including pleural effusions, are a significant side effect of imatinib, the first-line treatment for chronic myeloid leukemia. We investigated pleural and pulmonary complications in patients treated with dasatinib, a novel multitargeted tyrosine kinase inhibitor, as part of clinical trial protocols. Of 40 patients who received dasatinib (70 mg twice daily) for imatinib resistance or intolerance, 9 (22.5%) developed dyspnea, cough, and chest pain. Of these nine patients, six had pleural effusions (all were exudates) and seven had lung parenchyma changes with either ground-glass or alveolar opacities and septal thickening (four patients had both pleural effusions and lung parenchyma changes). Lymphocytic accumulations were detected in pleural and bronchoalveolar lavage fluids in all patients except for one who presented with neutrophilic alveolitis. Pleural biopsies revealed lymphocytic infiltration in one patient and myeloid infiltration in another. After dasatinib interruption, lung manifestations resolved in all cases and did not recur in three of four patients when dasatinib was reintroduced at a lower dose (40 mg twice daily). Thus, lung physicians should be aware that lung manifestations, presumably related to an immune-mediated mechanism rather than fluid retention, may occur with dasatinib treatment.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
1073-449X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
176
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
814-8
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:17600277-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:17600277-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:17600277-Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid, pubmed-meshheading:17600277-Chest Pain, pubmed-meshheading:17600277-Cough, pubmed-meshheading:17600277-Dyspnea, pubmed-meshheading:17600277-Female, pubmed-meshheading:17600277-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:17600277-Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive, pubmed-meshheading:17600277-Lung, pubmed-meshheading:17600277-Lymphocytes, pubmed-meshheading:17600277-Male, pubmed-meshheading:17600277-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:17600277-Myeloid Cells, pubmed-meshheading:17600277-Neutrophils, pubmed-meshheading:17600277-Pleural Effusion, pubmed-meshheading:17600277-Protein Kinase Inhibitors, pubmed-meshheading:17600277-Pyrimidines, pubmed-meshheading:17600277-Thiazoles
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
Lung abnormalities after dasatinib treatment for chronic myeloid leukemia: a case series.
pubmed:affiliation
Université Denis Diderot-Paris 7, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Service de Pneumologie, Hôpital Saint-Louis 1, Avenue Claude Vellefaux, 75475 Paris, Cedex 10, France. anne.bergeron-lafaurie@sls.aphp.fr
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't