[Palmar-plantar erythrodysaesthesia syndrome local cold prevention].

OBJECTIVE

to evaluate the role of local cold applied to the tips on the prevention of palmar-plantar erythrodysaesthesia (PPE) caused by pegylated liposomal doxorubicin (PLD).

MATERIALS AND

METHODS

from may 2006 to june 2009, 8 patients with cutaneous T-cell lymphoma mycosis fungoides type were treated with PLD. The median age was 56 years and was administered a total of 63 cycle, with an average of 7.87 cycle per person, with a dose of PLD 20 mg/m2 every 2 weeks. All patients had premedication with dexamethasone, ondasetron and pyridoxine. At the time all were given prophylaxis with local cold for an hour

RESULTS

only one patient had grade 4 PPE (12.5%), which appeared after the first cycle, subsequent can manage a total of 10. In absolute terms was recorded EPP grade 4 only 1.58% of cycles administered (1/63). In the remaining patients there was no degree of EPP.

CONCLUSIONS

this paper demonstrates the effectiveness of several preventive measures (pyridoxine, corticosteroid and local cold) in the prevention of the PPE.