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. 2020 May 4;14:1693–1704. doi: 10.2147/DDDT.S253232

Table 3.

Dose Modifications for Hepatotoxicity

Adverse Reaction Severity Dose Modification
Hepatotoxicity
Increased ALT and/or AST Greater than 3 to 5 times ULN
  • Hold and monitor LFTs weekly

  • Resume at reduced dose if ALT and AST are <3 x ULN within 4 weeks

  • If >3 x ULN in 4 weeks, permanently discontinue

Greater than 5 to 10 times ULN
  • Hold and monitor LFTs twice weekly

  • Resume at reduced dose if ALT and AST are <3 x ULN within 4 weeks

  • If >3 x ULN in 4 weeks, permanently discontinue

Greater than 10 times ULN
  • Permanently discontinue pexidartinib

  • Monitor LFTs twice weekly until AST/ALT <5 x ULN then weekly until ≤3 x ULN

Increased ALPa and GGT ALP greater than 2 times ULN with GGT greater than 2 times ULN
  • Permanently discontinue pexidartinib

  • Monitor LFTs twice weekly until ALP ≤5 x ULN, then weekly until ≤2 x ULN

Increased bilirubin TB greater than ULN to less than 2 times ULN or DB greater than ULN and less than 1.5 times ULN
  • Hold and monitor LFTs twice weekly

  • Resume at reduced dose if another source of elevated bilirubin is confirmed and bilirubin < ULN within 4 weeks

  • If >ULN in 4 weeks, permanently discontinue

TB greater or equal to 2 times ULN or DB greater than 1.5 times ULN
  • Permanently discontinue pexidartinib

  • Monitor LFTs twice weekly until bilirubin ≤ULN

Any Severe or intolerable
  • Withhold until improvement or resolution

  • Resume at a reduced dose upon improvement or resolution

Note: aConfirm ALP elevations as liver isozyme fraction.

Abbreviations: ALT, alanine aminotransferase; ALP, alkaline phosphatase; AST, aspartate aminotransferase; DB, direct bilirubin; GGT, gamma-glutamyl transferase; TB, total bilirubin; ULN, upper limit of normal; LFT, liver function test.