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- Title
Prevention of cisplatin-induced hearing loss in children: achievements and challenges for evidence-based implementation of sodium Thiosulfate.
- Authors
Meijer, Annelot J. M.; Diepstraten, Franciscus A.; van den Heuvel-Eibrink, Marry M.; Bleyer, Archie
- Abstract
Ototoxicity is a devastating direct, irreversible side effect of platinum use in children with cancer, with its consequent effect on speech, language and social development, quality of life and adult productivity. Cisplatin, an essential chemotherapeutic agent for the treatment of solid tumors in children, is a DNA cross-linking agent. Which causes hearing loss in 50-70% of cisplatin treated children. Fortunately, to prevent hearing loss, sodium thiosulfate (STS), which binds to cisplatin, and reduces the superoxides in both tumor and outer hair cells of the cochlea has now been discovered to be an effective and safe otoprotectant if administered correctly. The aim of this perspective paper is to explore the key safety issues and challenges important for pediatric oncologists and pharmacists when considering the clinical use of STS as an otoprotectant for children and adolescents receiving cisplatin. These include: the choice of the formulation; the timing, both that of the STS in relation to cisplatin as well as the timing of the cisplatin infusion itself; the dosing; the challenge left by the definition of localized versus disseminated disease and the difference in indication for STS, between cisplatin treated patients and those receiving another platinum chemotherapeutic agent, carboplatin.
- Subjects
HEARING disorders; PERFORMANCE in children; CHILD death; SODIUM; HAIR cells; NOISE-induced deafness
- Publication
Frontiers in Oncology, 2024, p1
- ISSN
2234-943X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3389/fonc.2024.1336714