Granocyte

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The drug is used to reduce the risk of life-threatening infection in patients with neutropenia, particularly after cytotoxic chemotherapy. Lenograstim is indicated as a treatment to reduce the duration of neutropenia and the severity of infections in patients with non-myeloid malignancy who have undergone ... Read moreThe drug is used to reduce the risk of life-threatening infection in patients with neutropenia, particularly after cytotoxic chemotherapy. Lenograstim is indicated as a treatment to reduce the duration of neutropenia and the severity of infections in patients with non-myeloid malignancy who have undergone autologous or allogeneic bone marrow transplantation, or treatment with established cytotoxic chemotherapy and in addition to reduce the incidence of infection associated with established cytotoxic chemotherapy. Lenograstim is also indicated to mobilise peripheral blood progenitor cells (PBPCs) with Lenograstim alone, or after myelosuppressive chemotherapy, in order to accelerate haematopoietic recovery by infusion of such cells, after myelosuppressive or myeloablative therapy. Lenograstim is also indicated to accelerate the engraftment of these cells after their reinfusion.

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Myeloid malignancies. Not to be used for 24 hr before or after cytotoxic chemotherapy.

Lenograstim is the glycosylated recombinant form of human granulocyte colony stimulating factor. Lenograstim accelerates neutrophil recovery significantly after chemotherapy, with beneficial effects on clinical end-points such as incidence of laboratory-confirmed infection and length of hospital stay. Chemotherapy dose intensity has also been increased in patients receiving lenograstim, notably those with breast or small cell lung cancer, although improvements in tumour response and survival have not been demonstrated. Lenograstim also assists neutrophil recovery in patients undergoing bone marrow transplantation, and stimulates the production of peripheral blood stem cells (PBSCs) for autologous transfusion after aggressive chemotherapy.

Increased risk of myelosuppression with myelosuppressive antineoplastic agents; increased pulmonary toxicity with bleomycin and cyclophosphamide.

Musculoskeletal pain, bone pain, splenic enlargement, nausea, fever, thrombocytopenia, anaemia, epistaxis, headache, diarrhoea, dysuria, osteoporosis, cutaneous vasculitis, anorexia, Sweet's syndrome, toxic epidermal necrolysis.

Pregnancy category is not classified.

Premalignant or malignant myeloid condition; sickle-cell disease; osteoporotic bone disease; signs of pulmonary infiltrates (withdraw treatment). Monitor CBC during therapy. Pregnancy and lactation.