A meta-analysis of toxicities related to hydroxycarbamide dosing strategies. Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • Due to fear of short-term toxicities, there is nonconsensus of hydroxycarbamide dosing strategy (escalated vs fixed-dosing methods), which contributes to its suboptimal use. We performed a meta-analysis to summarize the incidence rates of toxicities associated with both dosing methods. Summarized incidence rates could not be statistically compared between dosing methods due to sparse data. Summarized neutropenia and thrombocytopenia incidence rates were slightly higher when using escalated dosing than with fixed. Summarized reticulocytopenia was comparable. Summarized hepatic and renal toxicities' incidence rates were slightly higher when using fixed doses than with escalated. We recommend diligent and transparent reporting of toxicities.

published proceedings

  • EJHaem

altmetric score

  • 2.35

author list (cited authors)

  • Mathias, J. G., Nolan, V. G., Meadows-Taylor, M., Robinson, L. A., Howell, K. E., Gurney, J. G., ... Smeltzer, M. P.

citation count

  • 1

complete list of authors

  • Mathias, Joacy G||Nolan, Vikki G||Meadows-Taylor, Meghan||Robinson, L Ashley||Howell, Kristen E||Gurney, James G||Hankins, Jane S||Wang, Winfred C||Estepp, Jeremie H||Smeltzer, Matthew P

publication date

  • July 2020

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