1. Crizotinib-induced osteitis mimicking bone metastasis in a stage IV ALK-rearranged NSCLC patient: a case report
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Nicolas Delberghe, Marie Bellefleur, Hélène Morisse-Pradier, Luc Thiberville, Mourad Ould-Slimane, Nicolas Piton, Florian Guisier, Emilie Angot, Gilles Avenel, Olivier Vittecoq, Mathieu Salaün, Service de pneumologie, oncologie thoracique et soins intensifs respiratoires [Rouen], Hôpital Charles Nicolle [Rouen]-CHU Rouen, Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-Université de Rouen Normandie (UNIROUEN), Normandie Université (NU), Equipe Quantification en Imagerie Fonctionnelle (QuantIF-LITIS), Laboratoire d'Informatique, de Traitement de l'Information et des Systèmes (LITIS), Université Le Havre Normandie (ULH), Normandie Université (NU)-Institut national des sciences appliquées Rouen Normandie (INSA Rouen Normandie), Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Normandie Université (NU)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Université Le Havre Normandie (ULH), Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Normandie Université (NU)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA), Centre d'Investigation Clinique [CHU Rouen] (CIC Rouen), Normandie Université (NU)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Service d'Anatomie et Cytologie Pathologique [CHU Rouen], CHU Rouen, Service de rhumatologie [CHU Rouen], Service d'orthopédie et de traumatologie [Rouen], Hôpital Charles Nicolle [Rouen], Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-CHU Rouen, and Bodescot, Myriam
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ALK inhibitors ,Cancer Research ,Lung Neoplasms ,Case Report ,0302 clinical medicine ,Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung ,hemic and lymphatic diseases ,Anaplastic lymphoma kinase ,Anaplastic Lymphoma Kinase ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Sulfones ,Osteitis ,[SDV.MHEP.RSOA] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Human health and pathology/Rhumatology and musculoskeletal system ,Bone metastasis ,lcsh:Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology. Including cancer and carcinogens ,3. Good health ,Oncology ,[SDV.MHEP.RSOA]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Human health and pathology/Rhumatology and musculoskeletal system ,[SDV.SP.PHARMA] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Pharmaceutical sciences/Pharmacology ,030220 oncology & carcinogenesis ,Female ,medicine.drug ,Adult ,medicine.drug_class ,Antineoplastic Agents ,Bone Neoplasms ,[SDV.CAN]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Cancer ,Ceritinib ,lcsh:RC254-282 ,03 medical and health sciences ,Drug toxicity ,[SDV.CAN] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Cancer ,Crizotinib ,Genetics ,medicine ,Humans ,Lung cancer ,Protein Kinase Inhibitors ,ALK-rearranged NSCLC ,business.industry ,medicine.disease ,ALK inhibitor ,Pyrimidines ,Tumor progression ,Cancer research ,[SDV.SP.PHARMA]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Pharmaceutical sciences/Pharmacology ,business ,Tomography, X-Ray Computed - Abstract
BackgroundTargeted therapies are a standard of care for first-line treatment of Anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK)-rearranged non small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Giving the rapid pace of drug discovery and development in this area, reporting of adverse effects of ALK inhibitors is crucial. Here, we report a case of osteitis induced by an ALK inhibitor mimicking bone metastasis, a previously undescribed side effect of crizotinib.Case presentationA 31-year-old woman with stage IVALK-rearranged NSCLC presented with back pain after 3 months of crizotinib treatment. Diagnostic work-up showed osteitis on the 4th and 5th thoracic vertebrae, anterior soft tissue infiltration and epiduritis, without any sign of infection. Spinal cord decompression, histological removal and osteosynthesis were performed. Histologic examination showed necrosis with abundant peripheral neutrophils, no microorganism nor malignant cell. Symptoms and Computarized Tomography-abnormalities rapidly diseappeared after crizotinib withdrawal and did not recur after ceritinib onset.ConclusionsThis is the first report of crizotinib-induced osteitis. Crizotinib differs from other ALK inhibitors as it targets other kinases as well, which may have been responsible for the osteitis. Crizotinib can induce rapidly extensive osteitis, which can mimic tumor progression.
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- 2020