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. 2014 Apr;21(2):e229–e240. doi: 10.3747/co.21.1575

TABLE VIII.

Delay in pegfilgrastim prophylaxis for patients with the most common cancersa

Cancer type Regimen Delayb at start of 1st cycle [n (%)]c
Overall Missing or unknown None 1–5 Days ≥6 Days
Breast cancer fec-d 20 (100) 0 (0) 19 (95) 1 (5) 0 (0)
Other 33 (100) 0 (0) 31 (93.9) 1 (3) 1 (3)
Regimen nr 0
Colorectal cancer folfox6 3 (100) 0 (0) 3 (100) 0 (0) 0 (0)
Other 2 (100) 0 (0) 2 (100) 0 (0) 0 (0)
Regimen nr 0
Hodgkin lymphoma abvd 4 (100) 0 (0) 4 (100) 0 (0) 0 (0)
Other 0
Regimen nr 0
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma chop-r 5 (100) 0 (0) 5 (100) 0 (0) 0 (0)
Other 1 (100) 0 (0) 1 (100) 0 (0) 0 (0)
Regimen nr 0
a

Includes only the uses adjudicated to be primary or secondary prophylaxis.

b

Delay at the start of a cycle is the number of days between the last day of intravenous chemotherapy and the day that granulocyte colony–stimulating factor (g-csf) was started (start date of g-csf, minus end date of chemotherapy, minus 1). No delay—that is, a zero result—indicates that g-csf was begun the day after the last dose of intravenous chemotherapy.

c

Percentages are calculated based on the number of delays for each cancer type and regimen.