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Volume 6, Issue 6(Suppl) J Clin Toxicol 2016
ISSN: 2161-0495, JCT an open access journal
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Euro Toxicology 2016
October 24-26, 2016
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Toxicology & Applied Pharmacology
October 24-26, 2016 Rome, Italy
7th Euro-Global Summit on
Fall in leukocyte count for monitoring of immunosuppressive and anti-cancer drug therapy
Frieder Keller
University Hospital Ulm-University of Ulm, Germany
Background: The therapeutic window between efficacy on the one side and toxicity on the other side is very narrow for many
immunosuppressive, anti-viral and anti-cancer drugs. The present contribution is to review the literature data and our own
experience with regard to the value of a leukocyte monitoring for efficient drug therapy.
Methods: If there is leukocytopenia at least an effect can be assumed. Since the beneficial effect and the adverse effect are
frequently better correlated than the drug concentration and the target effect, monitoring of leukocytes might be more
cost-effective than monitoring of drug concentrations. A selective PubMed research was undertaken, therefore, to look for
publications where the monitoring of leukocytes is used for targeting the drug dose.
Results: The use of cyclophosphamide has been successfully introduced for treatment of systemic vaxculitis by adjusting the
dose to the leukocyte count. A leukocyte nadir was found to indicate a better prognosis in lung cancer and testicular cancer
patients. A better outcome has been associated with cancer chemotherapy targeting neutropenia than with lower dose. This
is in agreement with our own experience on the intravenous cyclophosphamide pulse therapy in IgA nephritis. This regimen
applies also to the monitoring of azathioprine or mycophenolate and to ganciclovir and valganciclovir or cidofovir. However, a
threshold nadir for leukocyte count must be defined to avoid persistent agranulocytosis.
Conclusion: Leukocytopenia is an effect of immunosuppression, of anti-viral or anti-cancer drug therapy. This easy to measure
lab parameter can be used for pharmacodynamic monitoring of the efficacy of the critical dose drug therapy.
Biography
Frieder Keller has completed his MD and Post-doctoral studies from Free University, Berlin. He was Head of Nephrology Division at Ulm University and is
a Teacher in Clinical Medicine. He has published more than 250 papers in PubMed cited journals and is serving as an Editorial Board Member of Clinical
Nephrology.
Frieder Keller, J Clin Toxicol 2016, 6:6(Suppl)