Nelarabine Injection

16 interactions 91 cited references
Also sold as: Arranon Arranon®
About Nelarabine Injection

Nelarabine is used to treat certain types of leukemia (cancer that begins in the white blood cells) and lymphoma (cancer that begins in the cells of the immune system) that have not improved or that have come back after treatment with other medications. Nelarabine is in a class of medications called antimetabolites. It… Read the full Nelarabine Injection drug information page →

Dr. Brian Staiger, PharmD, BCPS
Medically reviewed by Dr. Brian Staiger, PharmD, BCPS · Updated Aug 9, 2026 · Editorial policy · Data sources

Sources: FDA prescribing information (Structured Product Labeling), the published literature cited in each entry, DDInter 2.0 (a major open-access drug-interaction database), and legacy DrugBank interaction data distributed by the NIH's RxNav service (decommissioned in 2024) — analyzed and reviewed by our pharmacist team. How we build this library →

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9 Contraindicated 7 Major
All (16) Contraindicated (9) Major (7)

Contraindicated

Nelarabine Injection Bacillus Of Calmette And Guerin Vaccine, Live An increased risk of infection by the live vaccine Details Nelarabine Injection Dengue Tetravalent Vaccine, Live An increased risk of infection by the live vaccine Details Nelarabine Injection Measles Virus Vaccine, Live An increased risk of infection by the live vaccine Details Nelarabine Injection Mumps Virus Vaccine, Live An increased risk of infection by the live vaccine Details Nelarabine Injection Rubella Virus Vaccine, Live An increased risk of infection by the live vaccine Details Nelarabine Injection Smallpox Monkeypox Vaccine An increased risk of infection by the live vaccine Details Nelarabine Injection Typhoid Vaccine Typhim VI® An increased risk of infection by the live vaccine Details Nelarabine Injection Varicella Virus Vaccine, Live An increased risk of infection by the live vaccine Details Nelarabine Injection Yellow Fever Vaccine Stamaril An increased risk of infection by the live vaccine Details

Major

Nelarabine Injection Adenovirus Vaccine Type 4, Live An increased risk of infection by the live vaccine Details Nelarabine Injection Adenovirus Vaccine Type 7, Live An increased risk of infection by the live vaccine Details Nelarabine Injection Cholera Vaccine Ipol An increased risk of infection by the live vaccine Details Nelarabine Injection Ebola Zaire Vaccine, Live An increased risk of infection by the live vaccine Details Nelarabine Injection Influenza Virus Vaccine, Live An increased risk of infection by the live vaccine Details Nelarabine Injection Pentostatin Reduced conversion of nelarabine to its active moiety, resulting in decreased nelarabine efficacy Details Nelarabine Injection Rotavirus Vaccine, Live An increased risk of infection by the live vaccine Details

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