Pegaspargase is a conjugate of monomethoxypolyethylene glycol (mPEG) and L-asparaginase (L-asparagine amidohydrolase), an asparagine-specific enzyme that converts L-asparagine into aspartic acid and ammonia. Asparagine is an amino acid that is vital for cell survival. In humans, most normal tissues can produce asparagine through the action of asparagine synt...
Pegaspargase is indicated as a component of a multi-agent chemotherapeutic regimen for the treatment of pediatric and adult patients with 1) first-line acute lymphoblastic leukemia or 2) acute lymphoblastic leukemia and hypersensitivity to asparaginase.
Memorial Sloan Kettering, New York, New York, United States
University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
National Cancer Center/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, Beijing, China
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, United States
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States
City of Hope Medical Center, Duarte, California, United States
Beijing Tongren Hospital, Beijing, China
Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, Please Select, China
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta - Arthur M Blank Hospital, Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Corewell Health Dearborn Hospital, Dearborn, Michigan, United States
Corewell Health Grand Rapids Hospitals - Butterworth Hospital, Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States
Beijing Tongren Hospital, Beijing, China
Guangdong General Hospital, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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