Significant clinical improvement in radiation-induced lumbosacral polyradiculopathy by a treatment combining pentoxifylline, tocopherol, and clodronate (Pentoclo)

J Neurol Sci. 2008 Dec 15;275(1-2):164-6. doi: 10.1016/j.jns.2008.08.004. Epub 2008 Sep 19.

Abstract

Radiation-induced (RI) peripheral neuropathy is a rare and severe delayed complication of radiotherapy that is spontaneously irreversible, with no standard of treatment. We previously developed a successful antioxidant treatment in RI fibrosis and necrosis. Two patients with progressive worsening RI lumbosacral polyradiculopathy experienced over several years a significant clinical improvement in their neurological sensorimotor symptoms with long-term pentoxifylline-tocopherol-clodronate treatment, and good safety.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Antioxidants / therapeutic use*
  • Clodronic Acid / therapeutic use*
  • Drug Therapy, Combination
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Pentoxifylline / therapeutic use*
  • Polyradiculopathy / drug therapy*
  • Polyradiculopathy / etiology
  • Radiation Injuries / complications
  • Radiation-Protective Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Tocopherols / therapeutic use*

Substances

  • Antioxidants
  • Radiation-Protective Agents
  • Clodronic Acid
  • Tocopherols
  • Pentoxifylline