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. 2022 May 31;15(6):100640. doi: 10.1016/j.waojou.2022.100640

Table 1.

Data on drug provocation testing (DPT) with chemotherapy agents from the large cohort of patients of the RCUH (Ramon y Cajal University Hospital), Madrid, Spain

Alvarez-Cuesta E, et al. Allergy. 2015 Madrigal-Burgaleta R, et al. JACI: In Practice. 2019
Results from all chemotherapy-reactive patients referred over three years (n = 156) Results from all chemotherapy-reactive referred patients in seven years (n = 515)

DPT Result Taxanes
n = 43
Platins
n = 95
Other
n = 18
DPT Result Taxanes
n = 135
Platins
n = 188
Other
n = 97

Negative DPT
58/156 (37%)
17/43 (40%) 31/95 (33%) 10/18 (56%) Negative DPT
229/515 (45%)
70/135 (52%) 43/188 (23%) 69/97 (71%)
Positive DPT
33/156 (21%)
9/43 (21%) 20/95 (21%) 4/18 (22%) Positive DPT
112/515 (22%)
32/135 (24%) 50/188 (27%) 17/97 (18%)
DPT not undergone
65/156 (42%)
17/43 (40%)
44/95 (46%
4/18 (22%)
DPT not undergone
174/515 (34%)
33/135 (24%)
95/188 (51%)
11/97 (12%)
Results only from the patients who underwent DPT with chemotherapy (n = 91)
Results only from the patients undergoing DPT with chemotherapy (n = 341)
DPT Results
Taxanes
n = 26
Platins
n = 51
Other
n = 14
DPT Result
Taxanes
n = 102
Platins
n = 93
Other
n = 86
Negative DPT
58/91 (64%)
17/26 (65%) 31/51 (61%) 10/14 (71%) Negative DPT
229/341 (67%)
70/102 (69%) 43/93 (46%) 69/86 (80%)
Positive DPT
33/91 (36%)
9/26 (35%)
20/51 (39%
4/14 (29%)
Positive DPT
112/341 (33%)
32/102 (31%)
50/93 (54%)
17/86 (20%)
Safety results from the patients with a positive DPT to chemotherapy
Safety results from the patients with a positive DPT with chemotherapy (n = 112)
Severity Brown classification
Taxanes
n = 9
Platins
n = 20
Other
n = 4
Severity Brown classification
Taxanes
n = 32 (%)
Platins
n = 50 (%)
Other
n = 17 (%)
Grade 1
16/33 (48%)
5/9 (56%) 10/20 (50%) 1/4 (25%) Grade 1
48/112 (43%)
11/32 (34%) 27/50 (54%) 5/17 (29%)
Grade 2
13/33 (39%)
2/9 (22%) 9/20 (45%) 2/4 (50%) Grade 2
47/112 (42%)
14/32 (44%) 16/50 (32%) 10/17 (59%)
Grade 3
4/33 (12%)
2/9 (22%)
1/20 (5%)
1/4 (25%)
Grade 3
17/112 (15%)
7/32 (22%)
7/50 (14%)
2/17 (12%)
Alvarez-Cuesta E, et al. Allergy. 2015 Madrigal-Burgaleta R, et al. JACI: In Practice. 2019

n, number of patients; DPT, drug provocation test; DHR, drug hypersensitivity reaction.

This table has been modified from the data in the studies by Alvarez-Cuesta et al and Madrigal-Burgaleta et al to show only drug provocation test results from chemotherapy-reactive patients.