Do you use anti-microbial prophylaxis when you prescribe ibrutinib?
If so, do you use antivirals and/or antibiotics? Does it matter if the patient has mantle cell lymphoma, CLL, or Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia?
Answer from: Medical Oncologist at Academic Institution
Traditionally, H.Zoster and PJP prophylaxis was more routinely administered in CLL patients receiving chemoimmunotherapy as these regimens were typically more myelosuppressive as well as immunosuppressive. In the era of the novel BCR receptor agents with the approval of ibrutinib and idelalisib and ...
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