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| Title: | Limb hypothermia for preventing paclitaxel-induced peripheral neuropathy in breast cancer patients: A pilot study |
| Authors: | Sundar, R;Bandla, A;Tan, SS;Liao, LD;Kumarakulasinghe, NB;Jeyasekharan, AD;Ow, SG;Ho, J;Tan, DS;Lim, JS;Vijayan, J;Therimadasamy, AK;Hairom, Z;Ang, E;Ang, S;Thakor, NV;Lee, SC;Wilder-Smith, EP |
| Contributors: | Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Nanomedicine |
| Abstract: | BACKGROUND: Peripheral neuropathy (PN) due to paclitaxel is a common dose-limiting toxicity with no effective prevention or treatment. We hypothesize that continuous-flow limb hypothermia can reduce paclitaxel-induced PN. PATIENTS AND METHODS: An internally controlled pilot trial was conducted to investigate the neuroprotective effect of continuous-flow limb hypothermia in breast cancer patients receiving weekly paclitaxel. Patients underwent limb hypothermia of one limb for a duration of 3 h with every paclitaxel infusion, with the contralateral limb used as control. PN was primarily assessed using nerve conduction studies (NCSs) before the start of chemotherapy, and after 1, 3, and 6 months. Skin temperature and tolerability to hypothermia were monitored using validated scores. RESULTS: Twenty patients underwent a total of 218 cycles of continuous-flow limb hypothermia at a coolant temperature of 22 degrees C. Continuous-flow limb hypothermia achieved mean skin temperature reduction of 1.5 +/- 0.7 degrees C and was well tolerated, with no premature termination of cooling due to intolerance. Grade 3 PN occurred in 2 patients (10%), grade 2 in 2 (10%), and grade 1 in 12 (60%). Significant correlation was observed between amount of skin cooling and motor nerve amplitude preservation at 6 months (p < 0.0005). Sensory velocity and amplitude in the cooled limbs were less preserved than in the control limbs, but the difference did not attain statistical significance. One patient with a history of diabetes mellitus had significant preservation of compound muscle action potential in the cooled limb on NCS analysis. CONCLUSION: This study suggests that continuous limb hypothermia accompanying paclitaxel infusion may reduce paclitaxel-induced PN and have therapeutic potential in select patients and warrants further investigation. The method is safe and well tolerated. |
| Date: | 2017-01-10 |
| Relation: | Frontiers in Oncology. 2017 Jan 10;6:Article number 274. |
| Link to: | http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fonc.2016.00274 |
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| Cited Times(WOS): | https://www.webofscience.com/wos/woscc/full-record/WOS:000391642800001 |
| Cited Times(Scopus): | http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=85012195584 |
| Appears in Collections: | [廖倫德] 期刊論文
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