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. 2017 Feb 14;83(7):1544–1555. doi: 10.1111/bcp.13238

Table 1.

Pharmacodynamic properties of 15 protein kinase inhibitors and adverse drug reactions contained in VigiBase®

Drug name (year of approval) Indications Main targets ICSRs reported in VigiBase®
N (%)
N = 141 601
ICSRs of CF reported in VigiBase®
n (%)
n = 2594
Afatinib (2013) Advanced/metastatic NSCLC (EGFR+) EGFR, HER2, HER3, HER4 1442 (1.0) 15 (0.6)
Axitinib (2012) Advanced RCC VEGFR‐1, VEGFR‐2, VEGFR‐3 3000 (2.1) 39 (1.5)
Bosutinib (2012) CML (ph+) Bcr‐abl, CSK, Lyn, Hck, PDGFRs, KIT 987 (0.7) 28 (1.1)
Crizotinib (2011) Advanced NSCLC (ALK+) ALK, MET 3141 (2.2) 34 (1.3)
Dasatinib (2006) CML (ph+) Bcr‐abl, KIT, PDGFRβ, Eph 9861 (7.0) 375 (14.5)
ALL (ph+)
Erlotinib (2004) Advanced/metastatic NSCLC (EGFR+) EGFR 24 891 (17.6) 240 (9.3)
Gefitinib (2003) Advanced/metastatic NSCLC (EGFR+) EGFR 4812 (3.4) 46 (1.8)
Imatinib (2001) CML (ph+) Bcr‐abl, KIT, DDR1, DDR2, CSFR, PDGFRα, PDGFRβ 25 503 (18.0) 577 (22.2)
ALL (ph+)
MD/MPD (PDGFR+)
HES/CEL (FIP1L1+/PDGFRα+)
GIST
DFSP
Lapatinib (2007) BC (HER2+) EGFR, HER2 12 030 (8.5) 164 (6.3)
Nilotinib (2007) CML (ph+) Bcr‐abl, PDGFRα, PDGFRβ, KIT, EPH 7589 (5.4) 175 (6.8)
Pazopanib (2009) Advanced RCC VEGFR‐1, VEGFR‐2, VEGFR‐3, PDGFRα, PDGFRβ, KIT 8378 (5.9) 117 (4.5)
Soft‐tissue sarcoma
Ruxolitinib (2011) Myelofibrosis JAK1, JAK2 5513 (3.9) 79 (3.1)
Polycythaemia vera
Sorafenib (2005) Hepatocellular carcinoma B‐Raf, B‐RafV600E, KIT, FLT3, c‐Raf, VEGFR‐2, VEGFR‐3, PDGFRβ 15 482 (10.9) 188 (7.3)
Advanced RCC
Differentiated thyroid carcinoma
Sunitinib (2006) GIST PDGFRα, PDGFRβ, VEGFR‐1, VEGFR‐2, VEGFR‐3, KIT, FLT3, Ret, CSFR 18 303 (12.9) 508 (19.56)
Metastatic RCC
Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumours
Vandetanib (2011) Medullary thyroid cancer VEGFR‐2, EGFR 669 (0.5) 9 (0.4)
Total 141 601 (100) 2594 (100)

ALK, anaplastic lymphoma receptor tyrosine kinase; ALL, acute lymphoblastic leukaemia; BC, breast cancer; Bcr‐abl, Bcr‐abl fusion protein; B‐Raf, B‐Raf proto‐oncogene, serine/threonine kinase; CEL, chronic eosinophilic leukaemia; CF, cardiac failure; CML, chronic myeloid leukaemia; c‐Raf, Raf‐1 proto‐oncogene, serine/threonine kinase; CSFR, colony‐stimulating factor 1 receptor; CSK, c‐src tyrosine kinase; DDR1, discoidin domain receptor tyrosine kinase 1/2; DFSP, dermofibro sarcoma protuberans; EGFR, epidermal growth factor receptor; EPH, ephrin receptor; FI1L1: FIP1‐like 1 protein; FLT3, receptor‐type tyrosine protein kinase FLT3; GIST, gastrointestinal stromal tumour; Hck, HCK proto‐oncogene, Src family tyrosine kinase; HER2/3/4, erb‐b2 receptor tyrosine kinase 2/3/4; HES, hypereosinophilic syndrome; ICRS, individual case safety report; JAK1/2, tyrosine protein kinase JAK1/2; KIT, KIT proto‐oncogene receptor tyrosine kinase; Lyn: LYN proto‐oncogene, Src family tyrosine kinase; MD/MPD, myelodysplastic/myeloproliferative syndrome; MET, MET proto‐oncogene, receptor tyrosine kinase; NSCLC, nonsmall cell lung cancer; PDGFRα/β, platelet‐derived growth factor receptor alpha/beta; Ph, Philadelphia chromosome; RCC, renal cell carcinoma; Ret, ret proto‐oncogene; VEGFR‐1/2/3, vascular endothelial growth factor 1/2/3