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. 2021 Oct 12;11:726008. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2021.726008

Table 3.

Hypertension risk with angiogenesis inhibitors.

Molecular target Incidence of hypertension Relative risk of hypertension Reference
Bevacizumab Anti-VEGF-A antibody 25.4% (21.3–30.1) 7.5 (4.2-13.4) (36)
Sorafenib B-Raf, FLT-1, FLT-3, FLT-4, KDR, KIT, PDGFR-A, PDGFR-B, FGFR, c-fms 22.5% (19.5–25.9) 3.9 (2.6-5.9) (37)
Sunitinib ABL-1, c-KIT, PDGFR-A, PDGFR-B, FLT-1, KDR, FLT-3, FLT-4, FGFR, SRC, c-smc 29% (38)
Ramucirumab Anti-KDR antibody 21.3% 2.7 (2.3-3.2) (39)

VEGF, anti-vascular endothelial growth factor; -, not available; VEGFR, vascular endothelial growth factor receptor; PDGFR, platelet-derived growth factor receptor.