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Ototoxicity Flashcards

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What is the textbook definition of ototoxicity?

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  • Any source of non-mechanical, non-disease damage to the ear
  • Includes: medications, solvents, heavy metals, possibly asphyxiants
  • Most often used in content of clinical, medication-induced hearing loss or vestibular dysfunction
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What is the operational definition of ototoxicity?

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  • Based on grading scales

- Beneficial for: consistency, objectivity, approachable numbers to non-audiologists

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What are some benefits to using grading scales?

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  • Defined parameters, operational definition
  • Rank or grade the degree of hearing loss
  • Provide government agencies with data to judge drug safety
  • Assess effectiveness or oto-protective interventions
  • Assess genetic susceptibility to ototoxicity
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Describe the ASHA Ototoxicity Grading Scale.

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-Binary: yes/no ototoxicity:
20 dB+ decrease in pure-tone threshold at 1 test frequency
OR
10 dB+ decrease at 2 adjacent test frequencies
OR
Loss of response at 3 consecutive test frequencies where responses were previously attained
-Threshold change confirmed on retest

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Describe the NCI ototoxicity grading scale.

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-Grading of adverse events, hearing change, and/or therapeutic needs
-Graded on a scale of 0-5:
Grade 0 = no adverse event
Grade 1 = mild adverse event
Grade 2 = moderate adverse event
Grade 3 = severe adverse event
Grade 4 = life-threatening adverse event
Grade 5 = fatal adverse event
-Grading is different for adults vs. pediatrics

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Describe the monitoring for FDA approval of new drugs.

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  • Phase 1: safety
  • Phase 2: efficacy, optimum dose-response
  • Phase 3: large scale study to detect side effects not identified ini first 2 phases
  • Phase 4: further evaluation on subpopulations such as children, pregnant women, and the elderly
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Describe Brock criteria for monitoring ototoxicity.

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-Grading of hearing loss at the end of trial:
Grade 0 = thresholds <40 dB at all frequencies
Grade 1 = thresholds 40 dB+ at 8 kHz
Grade 2 = thresholds 40 dB+ 4-8 kHz
Grade 3 = thresholds 40 dB+ 2-8 kHz
Grade 4 = thresholds 40 dB+ 1-8 kHz

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Describe Boston SIOP grading scale for ototoxicity.

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-Grading of hearing loss
Grade 0 = hearing threshold up to 20 dB at all frequencies
Grade 1 = thresholds > 20 dB above 4 kHz
Grade 2 = thresholds > 20 dB at 4 kHz+
Grade 3 = thresholds > 20 dB at 2 or 3 kHz+
Grade 4 = thresholds > 40 dB at 2 kHz+

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How can ototoxicity be defined?

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  • Textbook definition
  • Operational (i.e. grading scales)
  • Functional (i.e. WR decline)
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What medications have been linked to ototoxicity?

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  • Aminoglycoside antibiotics
  • Antineoplastic drugs
  • Loop diuretics
  • Chelating agents
  • Anti-inflammatory drugs
  • Ototopic agents
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What are aminoglycoside antibiotics?

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  • EX: gentamicin, neomycin, streptomycin
  • First discovered by Albert Schatz in Selman Waksman’s lab in 1944 (ototoxicity was first noted by Feldman & Hinshaw in 1945)
  • Among the most commonly used antibiotics worldwide (i.e. TB, CF, serious infections)
  • Side effects include ototoxicity and nephrotoxicity
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What are audiological manifestations of aminoglycoside antibiotic ototoxicity?

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1) HL
- Bilateral, HF SNHL
- Onset is often delayed days or weeks after onset of therapy
- Most often permanent

2) Tinnitus
- Immediately following first treatment
- Typically occurs before HL

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What are vestibular manifestations of aminoglycoside antibiotic ototoxicity?

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1) Acute
- Headaches
- Nausea, vomitting, imbalance
- Vertigo

2) Chronic
- Difficulty with sudden movements
- Imbalance when walking

3) Compensatory
- Centrally mediated

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What are antineoplastic drugs?

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  • Platinum compounds:
    1) Cisplatin
  • Kills cancer cells by binding DNA, resulting in kinked helix (cannot bind so cell dies)
  • Ototoxicity is typically bilateral, symmetrical, sensory, permanent, HF
  • Onset: gradual, progressive, cumulative, or sudden
  • Evidence of progression after cisplatin is d/c

2) Carboplatinum
- Less cochleotoxic than cisplatin
- Indications are similar to cisplatin

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What are loop diuretics?

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  • Drugs that inactivate the Na-K pump at the loop of Henle in the kidney
  • Prevent reabsorption of Na, K, chloride, and water (potent diuretics)
  • Indications: heart failure, edema, hypertension, ascites from liver failure
  • Ototoxicity: tinnitus, flat SNHL, rare reports of vertigo
  • Toxicity related to:dosing, concomitant aminoglycoside Rx, renal function/failure
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What are chelating agents?

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-Used to treat iron overload, sickle cell disease, etc.

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What are anti-inflammatory drugs?

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1) Salicylates (ASA)
- Mild to moderate SNHL
- Reduced OAEs due to decreased cochlear blood flow
- Recovery in 24-72 hours after cessation of drugs

2) Quinine
- Indications: antimalarial, nocturnal leg cramps
- Bilateral, symmetrical SNHL
- Reduced WR
- HF tinnitus
- Typically reversible

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What are ototopic agents?

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EX: solvents, antiseptics, antibiotics

  • Indications: suppurative OM, otorrhea following myringotomy and tubes, draining mastoid cavities, OE
  • Low incidence of ototoxicity
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What is the audiologist’s role in ototoxicity monitoring?

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  • Monitor for ototoxicity
  • Establishing goals of a monitoring program
  • Participation in therapeutic decision making
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Why do we monitor for ototoxicity?

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  • Ensure early identification of hearing loss
  • Prevent functional hearing loss (i.e. treatment alternatives, smaller/less frequent doses, d/c treatment)
  • Care and support of patient and family
  • Evaluate drug safety
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What are some considerations for ototoxicity monitoring?

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  • Patient age and medical status
  • Underlying diagnosis
  • Purpose of monitoring
  • How will a change in hearing be defined and reported?
  • What is at stake?
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What are some age-related considerations in ototoxicity monitoring for neonates?

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  • NICU admissions receive prophylactic or empiric treatment with gentamicin
  • Broad spectrum specificity toward organisms commonly encountered in neonatal sepsis
  • Considered clinically essential despite known ototoxicity and nephrotoxicity
  • Higher incidence of HL in NICU babies is of unknown etiology (but aminoglycoside use is a common risk factor)
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What are some factors potentiating aminoglycoside ototoxicity in neonates?

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  • Concurrent medications (i.e. loop diuretics)
  • Inflammatory status
  • Genetics
  • Noise levels in the NICU
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What does JCIH recommend for neonates taking aminoglycosides for 5 days+?

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  • Diagnostic follow-up by 9 months of age

- No specific screening/monitoring protocol for ototoxicity in neonates

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What are challenges to monitoring neonates for ototoxicity?
- Timing and feasibility of test (baseline often cannot be completed before drug administration) - Focus of test (i.e. NBS looks for mild-mod HL in MFs but ototoxicity monitoring requires HFs) - Serial ABR or OAE is labor-intensive, difficult to interpret in premies - Noise from medically-necessary interventions
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What are recommendations for ototoxicity prevention in neonates?
- Minimize use of aminoglycosides - Monitor level of ambient noise in NICU and take steps to mitigate - Prenatal testing for genetic risk factors - Education of parents and NICu staff regarding the risk of progressive or late-onset HL and importance of follow-up
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Describe age-related considerations in ototoxicity monitoring in pediatrics.
-Childhood cancers are most often treatment with platinum (cisplatin) chemotherapy
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What are cisplatin ototoxicity risk factors in pediatrics?
- Younger age - Dose - Cranial radiation - Concomitant use of other ototoxins during treatment (i.e. aminoglycosides, loop diuretics) - Genetic predisposition
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How is cranial radiation a risk factor for cisplatin ototoxicity in pediatrics?
- Increased risk of HL as radiation dose increases - HL might not appear until 18 months+ after tx completion - May develop transient or permanent CHL - Combination of cisplatin and radiation therapy potentiates the ototoxic effect of cisplatin
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Describe the impact of cisplatin ototoxicity in pediatrics.
- Reduces utility of cisplatin therapy by limiting dose escalation - Precludes investigation of novel strategies to enhance cisplatin cytotoxicity - Infants and young children at critical stage of development - Older children and adolescents: educational achievement, social-emotional development, QOL
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Describe the suggested pediatric monitoring protocol: 5;0+.
- Evaluate at baseline, during therapy, and end of therapy/school re-entry - AC 0.5-8 kHz (BC when indicated) - EHF - Otoscopy - Immittance - DPOAE - Suprathreshold speech recognition - Question about tinnitus
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Describe the suggested pediatric monitoring protocol: 0;8-4;11.
- Evaluate at baseline, during therapy, and end of therapy/school re-entry - AC 0.5-8 kHz (BC when indicated) - Otoscopy - Immittance - DPOAE - Suprathreshold speech recognition (when possible)
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Describe the suggested pediatric monitoring protocol: infant or unresponsive patient.
- Evaluate at baseline, during therapy, and end of therapy/school re-entry - Tone evoked ABR/ASSR (>4 kHz if possible) - Otoscopy - Immittance - DPOAE - Behavioral audiometry as soon as patient is able
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Describe SIOP Minimal Test Battery for ototoxicity monitoring in pediatrics.
- Sequence for testing: used only when complete evaluation is not possible - Purpose: direct testing to critical components for grading hearing loss - Improve consistency of data in multi-center studies - Allow grading when only 2-3 frequencies can be measured - Children tested with minimal battery will require complete evaluation as soon as child is able
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What adult cancers are usually treated with platinum-based chemotherapy?
- Head and neck - Lung - Colorectal - Bladder - Germ cell - Ovaria - Testicular
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What are the general goals for adult ototoxicity monitoring programs?
- Use of standard definition of threshold shift - Pre-treatment counseling regarding potential ototoxicity - Baseline evaluation before (or early in) treatment - Monitoring evaluations at sufficient intervals to document hearing loss progress or fluctuation - Post-treatment evaluation followed by longer term monitoring
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When should adult OMPs start?
- Cisplatin: no later than 24 hours after initial treatment and retest prior to each subsequent dose - Aminoglycoside: no later than 72 hours after initial administration and monitor at least weekly during treatment
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When should post-treatment evaluation for adult OMP occur?
- Immediately post-treatment | - Follow-up at 3 and 6 months post-treatment
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What are baseline, monitoring test components for adult OMP?
- Otoscopy - Tympanometry - AC 250-8000 Hz - BC - EHF - OAE - Speech audiometry
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What are additional adult OMP components?
- OAEs (focus on HF) - Lack of guideline for testing/interpretation - Standard clinical protocol?
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What are some advantages/limitations of EHFs?
- Advantages: monitoring above 8 kHz more sensitive to ototoxic changes, intra-subject variability is within standard test-retest criteria - Limitations: requires "add-on" of extended high frequencies to audiometer, increases test time
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What are some OMP service gaps?
- Inconsistent referrals - Scheduling limitations - Location and space limitations - Staffing limitations
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Describe OMP service gap: inconsistent referrals.
- Self-referral and physician referral after treatment - Multiple staff shifts and rotating residents made in-service training difficult - Insufficient lead time prior to treatment - Solutions: - Participation in oncology multidisciplinary team clinics - Referrals from pharmacy
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Describe OMP service gap: logistical barriers.
- Patient schedules and compliance with audiology visits - Audiology not near the oncology or infectious disease locations - Other appointments running late - Number of schedulers, booths, and audiologists - Solutions: - Dedicated appointment slots/rooms/staff - Creative scheduling
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What are some advantages to ABR monitoring for ototoxicity?
- Reliable, portable, objective - Greater dB than OAEs - May capture pre-clinical changes - Helpful in cases when patient is very ill and/or uncooperative
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What are some limitations to ABR monitoring for ototoxicity?
- Lengthy - Lacks frequency specificity at high stimulus levels - High frequency stimuli may not be available - May require sedation - Sensitivity and specificity for detecting ototoxic changes unknown
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What are some advantages to OAE monitoring for ototoxicity?
- Efficient, portable, and reliable objective tool - May capture pre-clinical changes - Helpful in cases when patient is very ill and/or uncooperative
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What are some limitations to OAE monitoring for ototoxicity?
- Limited ability to assess the higher frequencies - No widely accepted standard for change - Limited dB range - Obscured by ME disease - Require careful measurement - Sensitivity and specificity for detecting ototoxic changes unknown
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What are requirements of otoprotective drugs?
- Effective - Safe for human administration - Clinically feasible - No interference with primary drug
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Where are we with regard to otoprotective agents?
- Currently, no drug is FDA approved to prevent or treat ototoxic hearing loss in humans - In/approaching clinical trials for: - Protection for cisplatin-induced ototoxicity, noised-induced HL, aminoglycoside-induced ototoxicity
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