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First Pluvicto Infusion Soon: What can I expect?
Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Feb 14 6:07am | Replies (35)Comment receiving replies
My husband is on lupron and zytiga. He had Chemo a few years ago and, with the exception of developing neutropenia, had no other side effects. This reminds me to ask about the neutropenia risk with Pluvicto. I have a list of questions to ask the medical oncologist that I gathered from the posts I received. At this time, he is in Spain, attending the EMSO conference. Maybe he will have updated information on Pluvicto to share.
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The best to you and your husband during this next journey!
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@lee1447
Hi, thank you for your post. My father has neutropenia as well and just recovered from a bad neutropenic fever. We are weighing on the possible side effects of neutropenia for Pluvicto as well. From what we have heard from many other patients, the side effects are stronger for people with bone Mets. Unfortunately, my father has lots of bone Mets. I want to ask you how your husband responds to Pluvicto? Did he experience worsening neutropenia? Did he require G-CSF for the treatment?
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My husband developed febrile neutropenia after his first round of chemotherapy (which was docetaxel years ago) and after that was given an OnPro device after each chemo infusion to inject white blood cell-building medications and prevent any further neutropenia. He has had NO neutropenia during or after his Pluvicto infusions. The Nuclear Medicine team at Mayo Rochester said that for most men, Pluvicto doesn't tank the red and white blood cells to the extent chemotherapy does.