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. 2020 May 19;10:779. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2020.00779

Table 3.

Target therapies (part I).

Electrolyte disorder Drug Incidence (%) Type of study Mechanism(s)
Hyponatremia Cixutumumab
Bevacizumab
Ado-trastuzumab
Ipilimumab, Nivolumab
Nivolumab
Icrucumab, Etaracizumab
Volociximab
Brivanib, Imatinib, Dasatinib,Cediranib Nilotinib,Sorafenib,
Sunitinib, Gefinitib, Pazopanib, Afatinib, Bosutinib
Temsirolimus, Everolimus
Interferon-alpha,
Levamisole, Pentostatine
Interferon-alpha
Elacytarabine,
Interleukin-2,
Eribulin mesylate
Bortezomib
25 (D) (71)


n.a. (A)



Brivanib and Cetuximab 63.4 (D); Pazopanib 31.7 (D); Gefitinib 1
(D) (6); Cediranib 65 (D);
35(<120 mmol/L) (72)
Blockade of IGF-1 receptor (71, 73)
SIADH; Nephrotic Syndrome (69, 70)
CSWS (74)
Adrenal insufficiency due to autoimmune hypophysitis (75, 76)
Interstitial nephritis, autoimmune adrenalitis (77, 78)
SIADH (?) (79, 80)

SIADH (34, 8183)



Aldosterone resistance (84, 85)
SIADH (8689)

Hyperglicemia (90)
Unclear (9193)


SIADH (?) (94, 95)
TLS (96)

Incidence and type of study column: the letter after the percentage indicates the type of evidence available: A isolated case; B case series; C pharmacovigilance notifications or registry; D observational study, clinical trial, metanalysis of clinical trials. n.a. not available. References in bracket square. CSWS Cerebral Sal wasting Syndrome; IGF-1, Insulin-like growth factor-1; SIADH, Syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone secretion; TLS, Tumor Lysis Syndrome.