Dosing anticancer drugs in infants: Current approach and recommendations from the Children's Oncology Group's Chemotherapy Standardization Task Force

Frank M. Balis, Richard B. Womer, Stacey Berg, Naomi Winick, Peter C. Adamson, Elizabeth Fox

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

19 Scopus citations

Abstract

An analysis of dose modifications for infants in 29 Children's Oncology Group protocols across 10 cancer types revealed 11 sets of criteria defining the infant population using age, weight, body surface area (BSA), or a combination of these parameters and eight dose modification methods. A new method of dosing anticancer drugs in infants was developed based on the rationale that prior modifications were implemented to reduce toxicity, which is not cancer-specific. The new method uses BSA dose banding in dosing tables for infants and children with a BSA <0.6 m2 and gradually transitions from body weight based to BSA-based dosing.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article numbere26636
JournalPediatric Blood and Cancer
Volume64
Issue number11
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 2017

Keywords

  • anticancer drugs
  • body surface area
  • dose
  • infants

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health
  • Hematology
  • Oncology

Fingerprint

Dive into the research topics of 'Dosing anticancer drugs in infants: Current approach and recommendations from the Children's Oncology Group's Chemotherapy Standardization Task Force'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.

Cite this