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Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, July 2009, p. 3122-3125, Vol. 53, No. 7
0066-4804/09/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/AAC.00361-09
Copyright © 2009, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Safety and Outcomes of Open-Label Deferasirox Iron Chelation Therapy for Mucormycosis{triangledown}

Brad Spellberg,1,2* David Andes,3 Mario Perez,4 Anne Anglim,5 Hector Bonilla,6 Glenn E. Mathisen,7 Thomas J. Walsh,8 and Ashraf S. Ibrahim1,2

Division of Infectious Diseases, Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) Medical Center, Torrance, California,1 the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California,2 Departments of Medicine and Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine, Madison, Wisconsin,3 Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Southern California (USC) School of Medicine Department of Medicine, Los Angeles, California,4 Long Beach Public Department of Health, Long Beach, California,5 Summa Health System, Akron, Ohio,6 Division of Infectious Diseases, Olive View-UCLA Medical Center, Sylmar, California,7 Immunocompromised Host Section, Pediatric Oncology Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland8

Received 16 March 2009/ Returned for modification 21 April 2009/ Accepted 4 May 2009

We sought to describe the safety profile of open-label, adjunctive deferasirox iron chelation therapy in eight patients with biopsy-proven mucormycosis. Deferasirox was administered for an average of 14 days (range, 7 to 21) at 5 to 20 mg/kg of body weight/day. The only adverse effects attributable to deferasirox were rashes in two patients. Deferasirox treatment was not associated with changes in renal or liver function, complete blood count, or transplant immunosuppressive levels. Thus, deferasirox appears safe as an adjunctive therapy for mucormycosis.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: 1124 West Carson St., RB2, Torrance, CA 90502. Phone: (310) 222-5381. Fax: (310) 782-2016. E-mail: bspellberg{at}labiomed.org

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 11 May 2009.

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, July 2009, p. 3122-3125, Vol. 53, No. 7
0066-4804/09/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/AAC.00361-09
Copyright © 2009, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.





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