NDT Plus Advance Access originally published online on April 15, 2009
NDT Plus 2009 2(4):292-294; doi:10.1093/ndtplus/sfp037
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Acute renal failure after treatment with sunitinib in a patient with multiple myeloma
1 Division of Nephrology and Hypertension
2 Division of Hematology
3 Department of Pharmacology
4 Department of Anatomic Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
Correspondence: Correspondence and offprint requests to: Nelson Leung; E-mail: Leung.nelson{at}mayo.edu
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Sunitinib is a multiple tyrosine kinase receptors inhibitor that is approved for the treatment of advanced renal cell carcinoma. Amongst its targets are fetal liver tyrosine kinase receptor 3 (FLT 3) and vascular endothelial growth factor receptor (VEGFR). Renal toxicity has not been reported from the trials, but several patients have been reported to develop a pre-eclampsia-like syndrome. We report the first case of acute tubular necrosis in a patient with multiple myeloma following treatment with sunitinib.
Key Words: acute renal failure drug toxicity sunitinib
Received for publication March 6, 2009. Accepted for publication March 17, 2009.