Tevagrastim anvendes til at stimulere dannelsen af hvide blodlegemer i følgende tilfælde: • til at reducere varigheden af neutropeni (lavt antal af neutrofiler, en type hvide blodlegemer) og forekomsten af febril neutropeni (neutropeni med feber) hos patienter, der får kemoterapi (cancerbehandling), som er cytotoksisk (celledræbende) • til at reducere varigheden af neutropeni hos patienter, der er under behandling, for at tilintetgøre knoglemarvsceller inden en knoglemarvstransplantation (som for eksempel hos visse patienter med leukæmi), hvis der er risiko for, at de får langvarig svær neutropeni • til at øge neutrofiltallet og reducere risikoen for infektion (betændelse) hos patienter med neutropeni, der gentagne gange tidligere har haft alvorlige infektioner • til at behandle vedvarende neutropeni hos patienter med fremskreden hiv- infektion for at reducere risikoen for bakterielle infektioner, når andre behandlingsmuligheder ikke er hensigtsmæssige.
Tevagrastim is used to stimulate the production of white blood cells in the following situations: • to reduce the duration of neutropenia (low levels of neutrophils, a type of white blood cell) and the occurrence of febrile neutropenia (neutropenia with fever) in patients receiving chemotherapy (cancer treatment) that is cytotoxic (cell-killing); • to reduce the duration of neutropenia in patients undergoing treatment to destroy the bone marrow cells before a bone marrow transplant (such as in some patients with leukaemia) if they are at a risk of long-term, severe neutropenia; • to increase levels of neutrophils and reduce the risk of infections in patients with neutropenia who have a history of severe, repeated infections; • to treat persistent neutropenia in patients with advanced human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, to reduce the risk of bacterial infections when other treatments are not appropriate.