Survey of serious adverse events and safety evaluation of oral anticancer drug treatment in Japan: A retrospective study

  • Authors:
    • Kenji Kawasumi
    • Azusa Kujirai
    • Reiko Matsui
    • Yohei Kawano
    • Masakazu Yamaguchi
    • Takao Aoyama
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  • Published online on: November 25, 2020     https://doi.org/10.3892/mco.2020.2174
  • Article Number: 12
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Abstract

The present study assessed the safety of outpatient oral anticancer chemotherapeutic drugs by investigating the type and frequency of serious adverse effects (SAEs). Emergency hospitalization, unplanned consultations and telephone calls were investigated in 1,832 patients who received oral anticancer drug treatment at the National Cancer Center Hospital East between December 1, 2014 and November 30, 2015. Oral cytotoxic anticancer and molecular targeted drugs were administrated to 1,140 (62.2%) and 692 (37.8%) patients, respectively. A total of 52 (2.8%) SAEs were reported, with 32 (2.8%) occurring following cytotoxic anticancer drug administration and 20 (2.9%) occurring after molecular targeted drug treatment. The most common SAE was gastrointestinal toxicity. The median time to SAE occurrence was 32 days (range, 5‑1,705 days). The rate of unplanned consultations and telephone calls were 5.5 and 37.9% among all patients, respectively, with skin reactions being the most common reason for unplanned consultations. SAEs often occurred early after treatment initiation. It was concluded that measures against gastrointestinal toxicity are particularly important were administering chemotherapeutic agents.
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Kawasumi K, Kujirai A, Matsui R, Kawano Y, Yamaguchi M and Aoyama T: Survey of serious adverse events and safety evaluation of oral anticancer drug treatment in Japan: A retrospective study. Mol Clin Oncol 14: 12, 2021
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Kawasumi, K., Kujirai, A., Matsui, R., Kawano, Y., Yamaguchi, M., & Aoyama, T. (2021). Survey of serious adverse events and safety evaluation of oral anticancer drug treatment in Japan: A retrospective study. Molecular and Clinical Oncology, 14, 12. https://doi.org/10.3892/mco.2020.2174
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Kawasumi, K., Kujirai, A., Matsui, R., Kawano, Y., Yamaguchi, M., Aoyama, T."Survey of serious adverse events and safety evaluation of oral anticancer drug treatment in Japan: A retrospective study". Molecular and Clinical Oncology 14.1 (2021): 12.
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Kawasumi, K., Kujirai, A., Matsui, R., Kawano, Y., Yamaguchi, M., Aoyama, T."Survey of serious adverse events and safety evaluation of oral anticancer drug treatment in Japan: A retrospective study". Molecular and Clinical Oncology 14, no. 1 (2021): 12. https://doi.org/10.3892/mco.2020.2174