A Study of Erwinaze Administered Intravenously in Patients Who Had an Allergy to Frontline Asparaginase Therapy

Summary

This study will utilize Erwinaze via intravenous administration in patients between the ages of 1 and 30 who have experienced an allergy to their frontline therapy. The study will determine the proportion of patients with 2 day nadir serum asparaginase activity levels that are \>0.1 IU/mL during the first 2 weeks of treatment with 3 times per week IV dosing.

Timeline

Start

2012-11

Primary completion

2013-08

Completion

2013-12

Publications

• Vrooman LM, Kirov II, Dreyer ZE, Kelly M, Hijiya N, Brown P, Drachtman RA, Messinger YH, Ritchey AK, Hale GA, Maloney K, Lu Y, Plourde PV, Silverman LB. Activity and Toxicity of Intravenous Erwinia Asparaginase Following Allergy to E. coli-Derived Asparaginase in Children and Adolescents With Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2016 Feb;63(2):228-33. doi: 10.1002/pbc.25757. Epub 2015 Sep 16.

Drugs

Indications