The company has asked users to monitor patients frequently to ensure the appropriate infusion is being delivered.

Two patients experienced serious hypersensitivity reactions after the second paclitaxel infusion. Paclitaxel was therefore interrupted in these patients, while vinorelbine and 5-FU were maintained.

Baxter’s recall of the system involves updating instructions for use. It does not require removal from use or sale. However, ...

Nab-paclitaxel does not require premedication for hypersensitivity reactions, has a shorter infusion time (30 min for nab-paclitaxel vs 3 h for CrEL-paclitaxel) and does not require special ...

Briefly, dexamethasone (20 mg), oral diphenhydramine (50 mg), and intravenous ranitidine (50 mg) were administered 30 minutes before paclitaxel infusion.

The FDA issued three notices identifying warnings sent out by ICU Medical's Smiths Medical unit related to infusion pump ...

Objectives: To estimate the costs associated with home administration of oral paclitaxel and encequidar (novel P-glycoprotein pump inhibitor ... at the place of infusion and are associated with ...

The need for IV infusion also means patients have to go to a medical center to be treated, limiting global access to this medicine. An oral paclitaxel was the team's ultimate test of their sol ...