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

Table 4.

Target therapies (part II).

Electrolyte disorder Drug Incidence (%) Type of study Mechanism(s)
Hypokalemia






Hyperkalemia
Cetuximab, Panitumumab

Lumretuzumab, Pertuzumab
(combined with paclitaxel)

Bevacizumab
Temsirolimus, Everolimus
Tremelimumab, Blinatumomab,
Volasertib, Eribulin Mesilate

DRUG-INDUCING-TLS
(MoAbs, TKI, PI, CAR-T)
IMMUNOMODULATORS (Thalidomide, Lenaldomide)
6 (<3 mmol/L) (D) (97)
8 (all grade) (D) (97)
57 (all grade) (D);
40 (<3.0 mmol/L) (D) (98)


n.a.



n.a.
Renal potassium wasting due to hypomagnesemia (97, 99)

Drug-induced secretory diarrhea (98)


Proximal tubular damage (100)
Acquired FS (101)
Unclear;
Possible drug-induced diarrhea
(102105)
TLS (34, 101)
Hypomagnesemia Cetuximab,
Panitumumab
Zalutumumab, Nimotuzumab
Cetuximab
(combined with irinotecan)
Lumretuzumab,Pertuzumab (combined with paclitaxel)
2-6 (<0.9 mg/dl) (D)
(99, 106)

5.9 (<0.9 mg/dl) [D]
(107)
34; 3% (<0.9 mg/dl) (D) (98, 99, 106)
Renal magnesium wasting due to TRPM6/EGF/EGFR blockade (99, 108)



Drug-induced secretory diarrhea (98)

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. CAR-T, Chimeric Antigen Receptor-T; FS= Fanconi Syndrome; MoAbs, Monoclonal Antibodies; PI, Proteasome Inhibitors; TKI, Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors; TLS, Tumor Lysis Syndrome; TRPM6, Transient Receptor Potential Cation Channel, subfamily M, member 6/EGF, Epidermal Growth Factor.