Research Center, CIUSSS du Nord-de-l'île-de-Montréal, University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, University Medical Center Utrecht and Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2022 Apr;17(4):602-622. doi: 10.2215/CJN.08030621. Epub 2022 Mar 2.
Methotrexate is used in the treatment of many malignancies, rheumatological diseases, and inflammatory bowel disease. Toxicity from use is associated with severe morbidity and mortality. Rescue treatments include intravenous hydration, folinic acid, and, in some centers, glucarpidase. We conducted systematic reviews of the literature following published EXtracorporeal TReatments In Poisoning (EXTRIP) methods to determine the utility of extracorporeal treatments in the management of methotrexate toxicity. The quality of the evidence and the strength of recommendations (either "strong" or "weak/conditional") were graded according to the GRADE approach. A formal voting process using a modified Delphi method assessed the level of agreement between panelists on the final recommendations. A total of 92 articles met inclusion criteria. Toxicokinetic data were available on 90 patients (89 with impaired kidney function). Methotrexate was considered to be moderately dialyzable by intermittent hemodialysis. Data were available for clinical analysis on 109 patients (high-dose methotrexate [>0.5 g/m]: 91 patients; low-dose [≤0.5 g/m]: 18). Overall mortality in these publications was 19.5% and 26.7% in those with high-dose and low-dose methotrexate-related toxicity, respectively. Although one observational study reported lower mortality in patients treated with glucarpidase compared with those treated with hemodialysis, there were important limitations in the study. For patients with severe methotrexate toxicity receiving standard care, the EXTRIP workgroup: () suggested against extracorporeal treatments when glucarpidase is not administered; () recommended against extracorporeal treatments when glucarpidase is administered; and () recommended against extracorporeal treatments instead of administering glucarpidase. The quality of evidence for these recommendations was very low. Rationales for these recommendations included: () extracorporeal treatments mainly remove drugs in the intravascular compartment, whereas methotrexate rapidly distributes into cells; () extracorporeal treatments remove folinic acid; () in rare cases where fast removal of methotrexate is required, glucarpidase will outperform any extracorporeal treatment; and () extracorporeal treatments do not appear to reduce the incidence and magnitude of methotrexate toxicity.
甲氨蝶呤被用于治疗多种恶性肿瘤、风湿性疾病和炎症性肠病。使用该药引起的毒性与严重发病率和死亡率相关。抢救治疗包括静脉补液、亚叶酸和在一些中心使用氨甲酰水解酶。我们按照已发表的 EXtracorporeal TReatments In Poisoning (EXTRIP) 方法对文献进行系统评价,以确定体外治疗在甲氨蝶呤毒性管理中的作用。根据 GRADE 方法对证据质量和推荐强度(“强”或“弱/有条件”)进行分级。使用改良 Delphi 法进行正式投票过程,以评估专家组对最终推荐的意见一致性程度。共有 92 篇文章符合纳入标准。有 90 名患者(89 名肾功能受损)的毒代动力学数据可用。间歇性血液透析被认为可以适度清除甲氨蝶呤。109 名患者(高剂量甲氨蝶呤[>0.5 g/m]:91 名患者;低剂量[≤0.5 g/m]:18 名)有临床分析数据可用。这些出版物中的总体死亡率分别为 19.5%和 26.7%,分别为高剂量和低剂量甲氨蝶呤相关性毒性患者的死亡率。尽管一项观察性研究报告称,接受氨甲酰水解酶治疗的患者死亡率低于接受血液透析治疗的患者,但该研究存在重要局限性。对于接受标准治疗的严重甲氨蝶呤毒性患者,EXTRIP 工作组:()建议在未给予氨甲酰水解酶时不进行体外治疗;()建议在给予氨甲酰水解酶时不进行体外治疗;()建议不进行体外治疗而给予氨甲酰水解酶。这些建议的证据质量非常低。提出这些建议的理由包括:()体外治疗主要清除血管内药物,而甲氨蝶呤迅速分布到细胞中;()体外治疗清除亚叶酸;()在需要快速清除甲氨蝶呤的罕见情况下,氨甲酰水解酶将优于任何体外治疗;()体外治疗似乎不会降低甲氨蝶呤毒性的发生率和严重程度。