Affiliation:
1. Tatvan Devlet Hastanesi
2. AKDENİZ ÜNİVERSİTESİ, TIP FAKÜLTESİ
3. Akdeniz Sağlık Vakfı Yaşam Hastanesi
Abstract
Objective: Pazopanib is a multi-kinase inhibitor used in metastatic renal cell carcinoma or sarcomas (mRCC or mSTS). We aimed to investigate the relationship between pazopanib and macrocytosis and evaluate the clinical significant of this effect in mRCC or mSTS.
Methods: Patients diagnosed with mRCC and mSTS and have been treated with pazopanib were included. Drug-induced macrocytosis was defined as MCV >100 fL during any mount of treatment. ΔMCV was defined as difference between MCV during pazopanib treatment and baseline MCV. Data was collected retrospectively.
Results: 50 patients were included the study. During the pazopanib treatment, significant increase in MCV levels was observed and the mean MCV at the 0, 1, 3, 6, and 9 months were found as 86.7±7.6 fL, 87.8 ± 7.5, 92.4 ± 8.9, 94.8 ± 11.1 and 99.0 ± 10.7 fL, retrospectively (p