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. 2016 Sep 21;12(1):176–189. doi: 10.2215/CJN.06100616

Table 2.

Summary of known renal toxicities of Food and Drug Administration approved antimyeloma agents

Class/Drug Name Published Toxicities in the Literature CKD Dosing ESRD Dosing
Traditional chemotherapy
 Cisplatin ATN, TMA, hypomagnesemia, fanconi syndrome, renal salt wasting Reduce dose by 25% (46–60 ml/min CrCl) HD: Reduce dose by 50% and administer after HD; CAPD: reduce dose by 50%; CRRT: reduce dose by 25%
Reduce dose by 50% (10–45 ml/min CrCl)
 Melphalan AKI, hyponatremia Reduce dose by 15% (46–60 ml/min CrCl) Limited data
Reduce dose by 25% (10–45 ml/min CrCl)
 Cyclophosphamide Hemorrhagic cystitis, hyponatremia No dosing adjustment needed HD: reduce dose by 50% and administer after HD;
CAPD: reduce dose by 25%; CRRT: no adjustment needed
 Anthracyclines Collapsing glomerulopathy, FSGS, minimal change disease, TMA No dosing adjustment needed No dosing adjustment needed
Immunomodulators
 Lenalidomide AKI, AIN, fanconi syndrome, minimal change disease 10 mg daily (30–60 ml/min CrCl) HD: 5 mg daily after HD
15 mg every 48 h (10–29 ml/min CrCl)
 Pomalidomide AKI, crystal nephropathy CrCl<45ml/min avoid use Insufficient data
Proteasome inhibitors
 Bortezomib TMA Reduce dose if GFR<20 cc/min Dose after dialysis and consider dose reduction (but insufficient data)
 Carfilzomib TMA, prerenal, tumor lysis like syndrome, ATN No dose adjustment Dose after dialysis
 Ixazomib None reported Insufficient data Insufficient data
HDAC inhibitors
 Panobinostat None reported No dose adjustment Insufficient data
SLAMF7 inhibitors
 Elotuzumab AKI No dose adjustment No dose adjustment
Anti-CD38 agents
 Daratumumab None reported No dose adjustment No dose adjustment

ATN, acute tubular necrosis; TMA, thrombotic microangiopathy; CrCl, creatinine clearance; HD, hemodialysis; CAPD, continuous automated peritoneal dialysis; CRRT, continuous RRT; AIN, acute interstitial nephritis; HDAC, histone deactylase; SLAMF7, signaling lymphocytic activation molecule F7.