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    ISSN: 1590-3478
    Keywords: Paclitaxel ; Neurotoxicity ; Distal axonopathy ; Platinum-compounds
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Description / Table of Contents: Sommario Il Paclitaxel appartiene a una nuova categoria di farmaci antiblastici la cui attività è legata alla capacità di interferire con il sistema dei microtubuli. La neurotossicità periferica è dovuta all'interferenza con i microtubuli assonali e all'alterazione del trasporto assonale. Allo scopo di definire le caratteristiche cliniche e neurofisiologiche di questa neuropatia sono stati studiati 23 pazienti sottoposti a terapia con Paclitaxel al dosaggio di 175 mg/mq. I risultati dello studio hanno mostrato un'elevata incidenza di neurotossicità periferica di grado moderato, valutata con una scala di neurotossicità basata sui segni e sintomi clinici e sui dati neurofisiologici. L'insieme dei dati permette di definire la neuropatia da Paclitaxel come una neuropatia sensitivo-motoria distale di tipo assonale, la cui reversibilità richiede ulteriori conferme.
    Notes: Abstract Paclitaxel is the prototype of a new class of chemotherapeutic agents with an antimitotic effect that is related to its ability to interfere with the microtubule system. It causes peripheral neurological toxicity by means of its activity on the axonal microtubules. To define the clinical and neurophysiological characteristics of paclitaxel neuropathy 23 patients undergoing paclitaxel therapy at a dose of 175 mg/m2 were studied. The patients were divided into two groups, with only one group receiving pretreatment with potentially neurotoxic drugs such as cisplatin and carboplatin. The results showed a high incidence of mild neurotoxicity in both groups. Treatment was discontinued due to severe neurotoxicity in only one patient pretreated with platinum-compounds. The clinical and neurophysiological data make it possible to define paclitaxel neurotoxicity as a distal axonal neuropathy with a summatory effect in patients pretreated with cisplatin; the possible reversibility of paclitaxel neurotoxicity requires further confirmation.
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