Pentostatin Other names: Deoxycoformycin

Chemical formula: C₁₁H₁₆N₄O₄  Molecular mass: 268.269 g/mol  PubChem compound: 439693

Therapeutic indications

Pentostatin is indicated for:

Hairy cell leukaemia

Population group: only adults (18 years old or older)

Pentostatin is indicated as single agent therapy in the treatment of adult patients with hairy cell leukaemia.

For this indication, competent medicine agencies globally authorize below treatments (click for details):

Contraindications

Pentostatin is contraindicated in the following cases:

Impaired renal function (creatinine clearance (Clcr) <60 ml/min)

at least one of



Renal failure stage 5: Kidney failure (GFR <15 mL/min/1.73 m2 or dialysis)

Active infection

Infectious disease

Hypersensitivity to pentostatin

Pentostatin allergy

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