Comparison of two doses of leucovorin in severe low-dose methotrexate toxicity – a randomized controlled trial

Arthritis Research & Therapy

Research

Alka Khadwal¹  Tarun Narang²  Atul Saroch³  Deba Prasad Dhibar³  Varun Dhir⁴  Aman Sharma⁴  Susheel Kumar⁴  Bidya Leishangthem⁴  Sanjay Jain⁴  Siddharth Jain⁴  Shefali Sharma⁴  Mudit Bhargava⁴  Chirag Rajkumar Kopp⁴  Shankar Naidu⁴  Aastha Khullar⁴ 

[1] Department of Clinical Hematology and Medical Oncology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, 160012, Chandigarh, India;Department of Dermatology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, 160012, Chandigarh, India;Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, 160012, Chandigarh, India;Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, 160012, Chandigarh, India;

关键词: Methotrexate;    Toxicity;    Folinic acid;    Leucovorin;    Overdose;    Poisoning;    Adverse drug reaction;    Cytopenia;    Neutropenia;    Randomized controlled trial;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s13075-023-03054-2

 received in 2022-11-04, accepted in 2023-04-20,  发布年份 2023

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundLeucovorin (folinic acid) is a commonly used antidote for severe toxicity with low-dose methotrexate, but its optimum dose is unclear, varying from 15 to 25 mg every 6-h.MethodsOpen-label RCT included patients with severe low-dose (≤ 50 mg/week) methotrexate toxicity defined as WBC ≤ 2 × 10^9/L or platelet ≤ 50 × 10^9/L and randomized them to receive either usual (15 mg) or high-dose (25 mg) intravenous leucovorin given every 6-h. Primary outcome was mortality at 30-days and secondary outcomes were hematological recovery and mucositis recovery. Trial Registration number: CTRI/2019/09/021152.ResultsThirty-eight patients were included, most with underlying RA who had inadvertently overdosed MTX (taken daily instead of weekly). At randomization, the median white blood and platelet count were 0.8 × 10^9/L and 23.5 × 10^9/L. 19 patients each were randomized to receive either usual or high-dose leucovorin. Number (%) of deaths over 30-days was 8 (42) and 9 (47) in usual and high-dose leucovorin groups (Odds ratio 1.2, 95% CI 0.3 to 4.5, p = 0.74). On Kaplan–Meier, there was no significant difference in survival between the groups (hazard ratio 1.1, 95% CI 0.4 to 2.9, p = 0.84). On multivariable cox-regression, serum albumin was the only predictor of survival (hazard ratio 0.3, 95% CI 0.1 to 0.9, p = 0.02). There was no significant difference in hematological or mucositis recovery between the two groups.ConclusionThere was no significant difference in survival or time-to hematological recovery between the two doses of leucovorin. Severe low-dose methotrexate toxicity carried a significant mortality.

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