PMID- 36222579 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20230208 LR - 20230216 IS - 1029-2403 (Electronic) IS - 1026-8022 (Linking) VI - 64 IP - 1 DP - 2023 Jan TI - Incidence of adverse effects in patients receiving ponatinib with concomitant azole antifungals. PG - 79-86 LID - 10.1080/10428194.2022.2131409 [doi] AB - Ponatinib plus Hyper-CVAD yields a five-year overall survival of 73% in patients with Philadelphia-positive acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Ponatinib dose intensity is associated with increased incidence of adverse effects (AEs), including vascular events. Ponatinib combined with azole antifungals may further increase the risk of AEs due to increased ponatinib exposure. We reviewed 53 patients who received ponatinib with intensive (n = 39; 74%) or low-intensity chemotherapy (n = 14; 26%). Forty-eight patients (91%) received concomitant azole. Ponatinib was commonly initiated at 30 mg (n = 30; 57%) or 45 mg daily (n = 21; 40%). Twenty-six patients (49%) experienced at least one grade >/=3 AE possibly related to ponatinib; 19 (73%) were receiving a ponatinib dose equivalent >/=30mg and 58% >45mg. Eight patients (15%) experienced 10 vascular events, including 1 arterial event; 9 occurred on a ponatinib dose equivalent >/=30mg and 5 occurred while on an azole. Vascular events pose a clinical challenge with the risk potentially increasing with concomitant azoles. FAU - Marx, Kayleigh R AU - Marx KR AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-9468-9707 AD - Division of Pharmacy, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA. FAU - Rausch, Caitlin R AU - Rausch CR AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-4166-5717 AD - Division of Pharmacy, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA. FAU - Lovell, Alexandra R AU - Lovell AR AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-0550-3868 AD - Division of Pharmacy, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA. FAU - Short, Nicholas J AU - Short NJ AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-2983-2738 AD - Department of Leukemia, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA. FAU - Paul, Shilpa AU - Paul S AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-5938-8896 AD - Division of Pharmacy, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA. FAU - Jain, Nitin AU - Jain N AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-0114-8384 AD - Department of Leukemia, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA. FAU - Lee, Jenessa AU - Lee J AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-8026-9178 AD - Division of Pharmacy, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA. FAU - Savoy, J Michael AU - Savoy JM AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-0945-7264 AD - Division of Pharmacy, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA. FAU - Ravandi, Farhad AU - Ravandi F AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-7621-377X AD - Department of Leukemia, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA. FAU - Jabbour, Elias AU - Jabbour E AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-4465-6119 AD - Department of Leukemia, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Review DEP - 20221012 PL - United States TA - Leuk Lymphoma JT - Leukemia & lymphoma JID - 9007422 RN - 0 (Antifungal Agents) RN - 4340891KFS (ponatinib) RN - 0 (Imidazoles) RN - 0 (Pyridazines) RN - 0 (Protein Kinase Inhibitors) SB - IM MH - Humans MH - Antifungal Agents/adverse effects MH - Incidence MH - Philadelphia Chromosome MH - Imidazoles/adverse effects MH - *Pyridazines/adverse effects MH - *Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions MH - Protein Kinase Inhibitors/therapeutic use OTO - NOTNLM OT - Ponatinib OT - ponatinib adverse events OT - ponatinib and azoles EDAT- 2022/10/13 06:00 MHDA- 2023/02/09 06:00 CRDT- 2022/10/12 09:23 PHST- 2022/10/13 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/02/09 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2022/10/12 09:23 [entrez] AID - 10.1080/10428194.2022.2131409 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Leuk Lymphoma. 2023 Jan;64(1):79-86. doi: 10.1080/10428194.2022.2131409. Epub 2022 Oct 12.