Open AccessRetrospective evaluation of safety and effectiveness of same-day pegfilgrastim in patients with lung cancer
Author(s) -
Neda Alrawashdh,
Jamie Vraney,
Briana Choi,
Abdulaali R. Almutairi,
Ivo Abraham,
Ali McBride
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
future oncology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.857
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 1744-8301
pISSN - 1479-6694
DOI - 10.2217/fon-2022-0166
Subject(s) - pegfilgrastim , medicine , lung cancer , febrile neutropenia , chemotherapy , neutropenia , incidence (geometry) , oncology , cancer , retrospective cohort study , surgery , physics , optics
Aim: To determine the incidence of chemotherapy-induced febrile neutropenia (FN) and related outcomes after same-day pegfilgrastim in lung cancer. Materials & methods: This single-center, retrospective study evaluated electronic health records of patients with lung cancer treated between 2013–2018. The main end points were incidence of FN and grade 3/4 neutropenia after the first and across all chemotherapy cycles. Results: A total of 114 patients received same-day pegfilgrastim in 384 cycles. The incidence of FN and grade 3/4 neutropenia was 2.3 and 25% after the first chemotherapy cycle and 1.6 and 10.4% across all cycles, respectively. Conclusion: Same-day prophylactic pegfilgrastim in patients with lung cancer may be a suitable option, owing to its low incidence of FN and related outcomes.