Pralatrexate for refractory mycosis fungoides in two Japanese patients

J Dermatol. 2021 May;48(5):667-671. doi: 10.1111/1346-8138.15761. Epub 2021 Jan 16.

Abstract

Pralatrexate has been approved for the treatment of relapsed/refractory peripheral T cell lymphomas. Studies in the U.S. also support the clinical efficacy of pralatrexate to treat advanced-stage cutaneous T-cell lymphomas, but outcomes in Japanese patients have not yet been reported. We herein describe two Japanese patients with heavily-pretreated relapsed/refractory mycosis fungoides that were successfully controlled by pralatrexate.

Keywords: chemotherapy; cutaneous T-cell lymphoma; pralatrexate; refractory mycosis fungoides.

MeSH terms

  • Aminopterin / analogs & derivatives
  • Humans
  • Japan
  • Mycosis Fungoides* / drug therapy
  • Neoplasm Recurrence, Local
  • Skin Neoplasms* / drug therapy

Substances

  • 10-propargyl-10-deazaaminopterin
  • Aminopterin

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