Asparaginase Erwinia chrysanthemi (Erwinaze)
General information
Class/mechanism: Depletes plasma asparagine by catalyzing the deamidation of asparagine to
aspartic acid and ammonia, selectively killing leukemic cells which are unable to synthesize asparagine due to a lack of asparagine synthetase.[1][2][3]
Route: IM
Extravasation: n/a
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Diseases for which it is used
- B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia
- Extranodal NK- and T-cell lymphoma, nasal type
- NK- and T-cell lymphoma
- T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia
Patient drug information
- Asparaginase patient drug information (Chemocare) — this is for Asparaginase (Elspar), not Erwinaze[4]
- Brief patient counseling information can be found on the bottom of page 2 of the package insert[1]
- Asparaginase Erwinia chrysanthemi (Erwinaze) patient drug information (UpToDate)[5]
History of changes in FDA indication
- 2011-11-18: Initial FDA approval as a component of a multi-agent chemotherapeutic regimen for the treatment of patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) who have developed hypersensitivity to E. coli-derived asparaginase. (Based on COG AALL07P2)
History of changes in PMDA indication
- 2016-12-19: Initial approval for the treatment of acute leukemia (including blast crisis of chronic leukemia) and malignant lymphoma (only for patients who experienced hypersensitivity to L-asparaginase preparations).
Also known as
- Generic names: crisantaspasum, crisantaspase, Erwinia L-asparginase, krisantaspaasi, krisantaspas
- Brand names: Erwinase, Erwinaze
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Asparaginase Erwinia chrysanthemi (Erwinaze) package insert
- ↑ Asparaginase Erwinia chrysanthemi (Erwinaze) package insert (locally hosted backup)
- ↑ Erwinaze manufacturer's website
- ↑ Asparaginase Erwinia chrysanthemi (Erwinaze) patient drug information (Chemocare)
- ↑ Asparaginase Erwinia chrysanthemi (Erwinaze) patient drug information (UpToDate)
- COG AALL07P2: Salzer WL, Asselin B, Supko JG, Devidas M, Kaiser NA, Plourde P, Winick NJ, Reaman GH, Raetz E, Carroll WL, Hunger SP. Erwinia asparaginase achieves therapeutic activity after pegaspargase allergy: a report from the Children's Oncology Group. Blood. 2013 Jul 25;122(4):507-14. Epub 2013 Jun 5. link to original article link to PMC article PubMed NCT00537030