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MDPI, Current Oncology, 1(30), p. 518-528, 2022

DOI: 10.3390/curroncol30010041

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Successful Treatment with Brigatinib after Alectinib-Induced Hemolytic Anemia in Patients with Metastatic Lung Adenocarcinoma—A Case Series

Journal article published in 2022 by Rola El Sayed, Mustapha Tehfe ORCID, Normand Blais ORCID
This paper is made freely available by the publisher.
This paper is made freely available by the publisher.

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Abstract

Alectinib is a second-generation anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) inhibitor used in the treatment of advanced ALK-rearrangement positive non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Many tolerable adverse events were reported with the use of Alectinib; nevertheless, hemolytic anemia was not mentioned in the safety analysis. In this case, series, we report four cases of Alectinib-induced oxidative hemolytic anemia and discuss different etiologic hypotheses on the underlying mechanism of such overlooked adverse event of the drug. Furthermore, we draw attention to the successful treatment with Brigatinib, an alternative second-generation ALK-inhibitor without recurrence of hemolytic anemia in three of our four cases, suggesting a probable class effect.