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

Table 3.

Summary of known renal toxicities of antimyeloma agents (not Food and Drug Administration approved to treat myeloma) currently in clinical trials

Class/Drug Name Published Toxicities in the Literature Trial Stage CKD Dosing ESRD dosing
mTOR inhibitors
 Temsirolimus Proteinuria, FSGS, ATN Phase 2 trials No dose adjustment Insufficient data
 Everolimus Proteinuria Phase 1 trials Individualized dosing on the basis of therapeutic drug monitoring Insufficient data
 Sirolimus FSGS, TMA, ATN Phase 1 trials Individualized dosing on the basis of therapeutic drug monitoring Insufficient data
BRAF inhibitors
 Vemurafenib AIN, ATN, subnephrotic proteinuria, hypokalemia, hyponatremia, fanconi syndrome Phase 2 trials No dose adjustment but also not well studied Insufficient data
 Dabrafenib AKI, AIN, hypophosphatemia Phase 2 trials No dose adjustment Insufficient data
HDAC inhibitors
 Vorinostat None reported Phase 3 trials No dose adjustment Insufficient data
MEK inhibitors
 Trametinib Hypertension, hyponatremia, AKI Phase 2 trials No dose adjustment, for <30 cc/min – not studied Insufficient data
Immune check point inhibitors
 Nivolumab AIN, hyponatremia Phase 3 trials No dose adjustment Insufficient data
 Pembrolizumab AIN, hyponatremia Phase 3 trials No dose adjustment Insufficient data
Anti–IL-6 agents
 Siltuximab Hyperkalemia, Hyperurecemia Phase 2 trials No dose adjustment if GFR>15 cc/min Insufficient data
Anti-KIR agents
 Lirilumab AKI, hypophosphatemia Phase 1 trials No data available No data available
Akt inhibitors
 Perifosine Hypophosphatemia Phase 3 trials No data available No data available

mTOR, mammalian target of rapamycin; ATN, acute tubular necrosis; TMA, thrombotic microangiopathy; BRAF, v-Raf murine sarcoma viral oncogene homolog B; AIN, acute interstitial nephritis; HDAC, histone deactylase inhibitors; MEK, mitogen-activated protein kinase; KIR, killer Ig receptor; Akt, serine-threonine protein kinase B.