Created at:1/13/2025
I-Tarlatamab iyindlela yokwelapha umdlavuza eqondiswe ngqo ukulwa nomdlavuza wamaphaphu amancane. Lo muthi usebenza ngokusiza amasosha akho omzimba ukuthi aqaphele futhi ahlaselwe amaseli omdlavuza ngempumelelo enkulu, enikeza ithemba ezigulini ezinomdlavuza osabalale noma obuyele ngemva kokwelashwa okunye.
Lokhu kwelashwa okusha kuveza intuthuko ebalulekile ekunakekelweni komdlavuza. Kungokwesigaba semithi ebizwa ngokuthi ama-bispecific T-cell engagers, okuyinto esebenza njengomgudu phakathi kwamasosha akho omzimba namaseli omdlavuza.
I-Tarlatamab ngumuthi kadokotela owelapha abantu abadala abanomdlavuza wamaphaphu amancane wesigaba esibanzi. Unikezwa nge-IV infusion ngqo emithanjeni yakho yegazi, okuvumela umuthi ukuthi ufinyelele amaseli omdlavuza emzimbeni wakho wonke.
Lo muthi uqondiswe kuphrothini ethile ebizwa ngokuthi i-DLL3 etholakala kumaseli omdlavuza wamaphaphu amancane. Ngokubopha kokubili amaseli omdlavuza namaseli akho e-T amasosha omzimba, kusiza ukuxhumanisa ukuhlasela okuphumelelayo ngokuphambene nomdlavuza.
Udkt wakho ngokuvamile uzocabangela lokhu kwelashwa lapho umdlavuza wakho uqhubeke ngaphandle kokuthola okungenani ezinye izinhlobo ezimbili zokwelashwa komdlavuza. Akuyona indlela yokwelapha yokuqala kodwa kunalokho inketho ekhethekile ezimweni ezithuthukisiwe.
I-Tarlatamab yelapha umdlavuza wamaphaphu amancane wesigaba esibanzi kubantu abadala abanesifo esiqhubeke ngemva kokuthola i-chemotherapy esekelwe ku-platinum kanye nokwelashwa okukodwa okwalandela. Lolu hlobo oluthile lomdlavuza wamaphaphu luvame ukukhula nokusabalala ngokushesha, okwenza ukwelashwa okuqondiwe njengalokhu kube yigugu.
Lo muthi wenzelwe iziguli ezinomdlavuza osabalale kwezinye izingxenye zomzimba noma obuyele ngemva kokwelashwa kwangaphambilini. Udkt wakho we-oncologist uzoqaphela ukuthi ungumuntu ofanelekayo yini ngokusekelwe ezintweni ezithile zomdlavuza wakho kanye nomlando wokwelashwa.
Kubalulekile ukuqonda ukuthi lokhu akuyona ikhambi, kodwa kunalokho ukwelashwa okungasiza ukunciphisa ukukhula komdlavuza futhi okungase kwelule impilo. Iziguli eziningi zithola ukuthuthuka okukhulu ezingeni lempilo yazo ngenkathi zithola le therapy.
I-Tarlatamab isebenza ngokudala ukuxhumana okuqondile phakathi kwamaseli akho omzimba e-T kanye namaseli omdlavuza. Cabanga ngakho njengokwethula amaseli amabili okudingeka asebenze ndawonye kodwa angaxhumani ngempumelelo.
Umuthi ubopha kuphrotheni ebizwa nge-DLL3 ebusweni bamaseli omdlavuza futhi ngasikhathi sinye unamathisela kuma-CD3 receptors kuma-T-cells akho. Lokhu kudala ibhuloho eliletha la maseli eduze, okuvumela amasosha akho omzimba ukuthi aqaphele futhi abhubhise umdlavuza ngempumelelo enkulu.
Lokhu kuthathwa njengokwelashwa komdlavuza okuqinile okulinganiselwe okungaveza izimpendulo ezinkulu ezigulini eziningi. Kodwa-ke, ngenxa yokuthi ivula amasosha akho omzimba ngokuqondile, idinga ukuqapha ngokucophelela nokuphatha imiphumela engemihle engase ibe khona.
I-Tarlatamab inikezwa njenge-intravenous infusion endaweni yokunakekelwa kwezempilo, ngokuvamile isikhungo sokwelashwa komdlavuza noma esibhedlela. Awukwazi ukuthatha lo muthi ekhaya, njengoba idinga ukugadwa kwezokwelapha ngobuchwepheshe ngesikhathi sokuphathwa.
Ngaphambi kwe-infusion ngayinye, ithimba lakho lezempilo cishe lizokunika imithi yokusiza ukuvimbela ukusabela kwe-infusion. Lokhu kungabandakanya ama-antihistamines, ama-steroids, noma izinciphisi zomkhuhlane ukusiza umzimba wakho ukuthi ubekezelele ukwelashwa kangcono.
I-infusion ngokwayo ngokuvamile ithatha cishe amahora angu-4 ngomthamo wokuqala, ngemithamo elandelayo engase ithathe isikhathi esincane. Uzodinga ukuhlala ukuze ubukwe ngemva kokwelashwa ngakunye ukuze uqaphele noma yikuphi ukusabela okusheshayo.
Akukho imikhawulo ethile yokudla nge-tarlatamab, kodwa ngokuvamile kunconywa ukuthi udle ukudla okulula ngaphambi kokwelashwa. Ukuhlala uhlanzekile ngaphambi nangemva kwe-infusion yakho kungasiza ukunciphisa eminye imiphumela engemihle.
Isikhathi sokwelashwa nge-tarlatamab sihluka kakhulu kumuntu nomuntu futhi sincike ekutheni umdlavuza wakho usabela kanjani nokuthi ukumelana kanjani nomuthi. Ezinye iziguli zingathola ukwelashwa izinyanga eziningana, kanti ezinye zingaqhubeka unyaka noma ngaphezulu.
Udokotela wakho we-oncologist uzohlola njalo umdlavuza wakho ngokuskena kanye nokuhlolwa kwegazi ukuze ahlulele ukuthi ukwelashwa kuyasebenza yini. Lokhu kuhlola kuvame ukwenzeka njalo ngemva kwamasonto angu-6-8 ekuqaleni, bese kungahlukaniswa uma umdlavuza wakho uzinzile.
Ukwelashwa kuvame ukuqhubeka uma nje umdlavuza wakho ungaqhubeki futhi ungaqali ukuzwa imiphumela engamukeleki. Uma imiphumela emibi ivela, udokotela wakho angase amise ukwelashwa okwesikhashana noma alungise isimiso sokulinganisa.
Isinqumo sokuyeka ukwelashwa sizohlala senziwa ngokubambisana phakathi kwakho nethimba lakho lezempilo, kucatshangelwa impilo yakho yonke, izinga lempilo, kanye nemigomo yokwelashwa.
Njengazo zonke izindlela zokwelapha umdlavuza, i-tarlatamab ingabangela imiphumela emibi, nakuba kungewona wonke umuntu oyitholayo. Imiphumela emibi evame kakhulu ihlobene nomthelela womuthi ohlelweni lwakho lomzimba lokuzivikela futhi ngokuvamile yenzeka ezinsukwini ezimbalwa zokuqala ngemva kokwelashwa.
Nawa imiphumela emibi ebikwa kaningi okufanele uyazi ngayo:
Iningi lale miphumela emibi liyalawuleka ngokunakekelwa okufanele kwezokwelapha futhi lithambekele ekuthuthukiseni njengoba umzimba wakho ujwayela ukwelashwa. Ithimba lakho lezempilo lizokunikeza imiyalelo enemininingwane yokuthi yini okufanele uyibheke nokuthi nini okufanele ufune ukunakekelwa kwezokwelapha ngokushesha.
Ezinye iziguli zingase zibe nemiphumela emibi kakhulu kodwa engavamile, okuhlanganisa ukusabela okukhulu kwamasosha omzimba noma izimpawu ze-neurological. Lokhu kudinga ukunakekelwa kwezempilo ngokushesha futhi kungase kudingeke ukuthi kumiswe ukwelashwa okwesikhashana noma unomphela.
I-Tarlatamab ayilungele wonke umuntu, futhi udokotela wakho uzohlola ngokucophelela ukuthi ilungile yini kuwe. Abantu abanezimo ezithile zempilo noma izimo kungenzeka bangabi ngabazali abahle balolu hlobo lokwelashwa.
Kungenzeka ukuthi udokotela wakho uzokweluleka ukuthi ungayitholi i-tarlatamab uma unanoma yiziphi zalezi zimo:
Ngaphezu kwalokho, uma uke waba nokusabela okukhulu komzimba emithini efanayo esikhathini esidlule, udokotela wakho uzohlola izingozi nezinzuzo ngokucophelela kakhulu. Ubudala ngokwabo abuyona ngempela isithiyo, kodwa isimo sakho sempilo esiphelele kanye nekhono lokubekezelela ukwelashwa kuzoba izici ezibalulekile.
Udokotela wakho we-oncologist uzobuyekeza umlando wakho wezokwelapha ophelele kanye nesimo sempilo yamanje ukuze anqume ukuthi i-tarlatamab iyona ndlela engcono yokwelashwa yesimo sakho esithile.
I-Tarlatamab ithengiswa ngaphansi kwegama lomkhiqizo elithi Imdelltra yi-Amgen Inc. Lolu okwamanje ukuphela kohlobo olutholakalayo lwalolu hlobo lomuthi, njengoba kuyindlela yokwelashwa entsha ehola imvume ye-FDA ngo-2024.
Lapho uthola ukwelashwa kwakho, uzobona i-Imdelltra kumalebula emithi nakumarekhodi akho ezokwelapha. Azikho izinhlobo ezivamile ezitholakalayo ngalesi sikhathi, njengoba umuthi usavikelwe ngamalungelo obunikazi.
Umshwalense wakho kanye nesikhungo sokwelashwa kuzosebenza nezinhlelo zokusekela iziguli ze-Amgen uma udinga usizo ngezindleko noma ukufinyelela emuthini.
Uma i-tarlatamab ingakulungele noma iyeka ukusebenza, ziningi ezinye izindlela zokwelapha umdlavuza wamaphaphu amancane. Udokotela wakho we-oncologist uzocabangela isimo sakho esithile, ukwelashwa kwangaphambilini, kanye nempilo yakho yonke lapho nixoxa ngezindlela zokwelapha.
Ezinye izindlela zokwelapha ezihlosiwe kanye nezindlela zokwelapha ngomzimba zihlanganisa i-lurbinectedin, i-topotecan, kanye nemithi ehlukahlukene yokuhlolwa komtholampilo. Ezinye iziguli zingazuza ekuhlanganisweni kwemithi ye-chemotherapy noma zibambe iqhaza ocwaningweni oluhlola ukwelashwa okusha.
Ukukhethwa kokwelashwa okunye kuncike kakhulu ekutheni yikuphi ukwelashwa oseke wakuthola, isimo sakho sempilo yamanje, kanye nezintandokazi zakho. Ithimba lakho lezempilo lizosebenza nawe ukuhlola zonke izinketho ezifanele uma i-tarlatamab ingakulungele.
I-Tarlatamab inikeza indlela eyingqayizivele yokusebenza uma iqhathaniswa ne-chemotherapy yendabuko, kodwa ukuthi ingabe 'ingcono' kuncike ezimweni zakho. Ukuhlolwa komtholampilo kukhombise imiphumela ethembisayo, nezinye iziguli ezibona ukuncipha okukhulu kwesimila kanye nokuthuthukiswa kwekhwalithi yempilo.
Uma iqhathaniswa nezinketho ze-chemotherapy ezijwayelekile njenge-topotecan, i-tarlatamab ingase inikeze izimpendulo ezihlala isikhathi eside kwezinye iziguli. Kodwa-ke, iza nemiphumela emibi ehlukene futhi idinga ukuqapha okuningi, ikakhulukazi ngesikhathi sokuqala sokwelashwa.
Ukwelashwa 'okungcono kakhulu' kuyahlukahluka kumuntu ngamunye ngokuya ngezinto ezifana nempilo yakho yonke, ukwelashwa kwangaphambilini, izici zomdlavuza, kanye nezintandokazi zakho. Udokotela wakho we-oncologist uzokusiza ukuthi uqonde ukuthi i-tarlatamab iqhathaniswa kanjani nezinye izinketho esimweni sakho esithile.
Iziguli eziningi zithola ukuthi ukufinyelela kule nketho yokwelashwa entsha kunikeza ithemba kanye nemiphumela engcono kunezindlela zokwelapha ezazitholakala ngaphambili, kodwa imiphumela yomuntu ngamunye ingahluka kakhulu.
I-Tarlatamab idinga ukucatshangelwa ngokucophelela ezigulini ezinokugula kwenhliziyo ngoba ingabangela i-cytokine release syndrome, engase ithinte umfutho wegazi nomsebenzi wenhliziyo. Udokotela wakho wenhliziyo kanye nodokotela wakho we-oncologist kuzodingeka basebenzisane ukuze bahlole impilo yakho yenhliziyo ngaphambi kokuqala ukwelashwa.
Uma unezifo zenhliziyo ezilula, ezilawulwa kahle, ungase usafanelekele ukwelashwa ngokuqapha eduze. Kodwa-ke, izimo zenhliziyo ezinzima noma ezingazinzile zingenza i-tarlatamab ibe yingozi kakhulu. Odokotela bakho bazohlola izinzuzo ezingaba khona ngokumelene nezingozi zenhliziyo esimweni sakho esithile.
Njengoba i-tarlatamab inikezwa endaweni yokunakekelwa kwezempilo, ukuphuthelwa umthamo ngokuvamile kusho ukuhlela kabusha i-aphoyintimenti yakho ngokushesha ngangokunokwenzeka. Xhumana nethimba lakho le-oncology ngokushesha ukuze nixoxe ngokuhlela kabusha kanye nanoma yiziphi izinguquko ezingase zidingeke ohlelweni lwakho lokwelashwa.
Ithimba lakho lokunakekelwa kwezempilo lizinquma isikhathi esingcono kakhulu sokumnika kwakho okulandelayo ngokusekelwe ukuthi sekudlule isikhathi esingakanani kusukela emthozini wakho wokugcina kanye nohlelo lwakho lokwelashwa olujwayelekile. Kungase kudingeke ukuthi balungise imithi yakho yangaphambi kokwelashwa noma izinqubo zokuqapha kuye ngesikhathi.
Uma uthola imiphumela emibi engathi sína njengobunzima bokuphefumula, umkhuhlane ophezulu, ukuqubuka okukhulu, noma ubuhlungu besifuba, funa ukwelashwa ngokushesha. Lezi kungaba yizimpawu ze-cytokine release syndrome noma ezinye izindlela zokuphendula ezingathi sína ezidinga ukwelashwa okusheshayo.
Ithimba lakho lokunakekelwa kwezempilo lizokunikeza imiyalelo enemininingwane mayelana nezimpawu ezidinga ukunakwa ngokushesha kanye nolwazi lokuxhumana oluphuthumayo. Unganqikazi ukushayela noma ukuya egumbini eliphuthumayo uma ukhathazekile nganoma yiziphi izimpawu, ikakhulukazi ezinsukwini ezimbalwa zokuqala ngemva kokwelashwa.
Isinqumo sokuyeka i-tarlatamab kufanele senziwe ngaso sonke isikhathi ngokubonisana nodokotela wakho we-oncologist. Ukwelashwa kuvame ukuqhubeka uma nje umdlavuza wakho ungaqhubeki futhi ukwazi ukumelana nemithi kahle.
Udokotela wakho uzohlola njalo impendulo yakho ngokusebenzisa izithombe kanye nokuhlolwa kwegazi. Uma umdlavuza wakho uqhubeka, uma uba nemiphumela engamukeleki, noma uma unquma ukuthi ukwelashwa akusahambisani nemigomo yakho, ithimba lakho lezempilo lizokusiza ukuthi ushintshele kwezinye izinketho noma ukunakekelwa okusekelayo.
I-Tarlatamab ivame ukunikezwa njengokwelashwa komuthi owodwa, okusho ukuthi ngokuvamile ayihlanganiswa nezinye izindlela zokwelapha umdlavuza ezisebenzayo. Kodwa-ke, ungaqhubeka nokuthola imithi yokunakekelwa okusekelayo, njengemithi elwa nesicanucanu, ama-antibiotics uma edingeka, noma ukwelashwa kwemiphumela emibi.
Udokotela wakho we-oncologist uzoqondanisa ngokucophelela noma yimiphi eminye imithi ukuze aqinisekise ukuthi ayiphazamisi ukusebenza kwe-tarlatamab noma ukwandisa ingozi yakho yemiphumela emibi. Njalo yazisa ithimba lakho lezempilo nganoma yiziphi ezinye izindlela zokwelapha noma izithasiselo ozicabangayo.