Readministration of high-dose methotrexate in a patient with suspected immediate hypersensitivity and T-cell acute lymphoblastic lymphoma

Allergy Asthma Proc. 2004 Jul-Aug;25(4):249-52.

Abstract

There is a paucity of literature addressing the management of methotrexate (MTX) hypersensitivity. We developed a high-dose MTX readministration protocol based on a modified, prolonged carboplatin desensitization protocol. Over 1.5 hours, 1/1000 of the total intravenous dose was administered followed by 1/100 over 1.5 hours, 1/10 over 6 hours, and the rest of the full dose over 24 hours. MTX readministration was successfully tolerated on three occasions in a 17-year-old male patient with T-cell acute lymphoblastic lymphoma and a history of urticarial reactions to MTX. This high-dose MTX readministration protocol may be valuable for treating patients with T-cell acute lymphoblastic lymphoma and suspected immediate MTX hypersensitivity.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic / administration & dosage*
  • Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic / adverse effects
  • Desensitization, Immunologic / methods*
  • Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
  • Drug Hypersensitivity / etiology
  • Drug Hypersensitivity / prevention & control*
  • Humans
  • Leukemia-Lymphoma, Adult T-Cell / drug therapy
  • Male
  • Methotrexate / administration & dosage*
  • Methotrexate / adverse effects
  • Urticaria / chemically induced
  • Urticaria / prevention & control*

Substances

  • Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic
  • Methotrexate