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ArticleCancer chemotherapy and pharmacology2022

Risk factors of proteinuria and potentially protective effect of renin-angiotensin system inhibitors in patients with renal cell carcinoma receiving axitinib.

Hiroaki Ikesue, Kenta Yamaoka, Ayako Matsumoto, Masaki Hirabatake, Nobuyuki Muroi, Toshinari Yamasaki, Mutsushi Kawakita, Tohru Hashida

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Article in Cancer chemotherapy and pharmacology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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Hiroaki IkesueDepartment of Pharmacy, Kobe City Medical Center General Hospital, 2-1-1 Minatojima-Minamimachi, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo, 650-0047, Japan. ikesue@kcho.jp.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8499-131X
Kenta YamaokaDepartment of Pharmacy, Kobe City Medical Center General Hospital, 2-1-1 Minatojima-Minamimachi, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo, 650-0047, Japan.
Ayako MatsumotoDepartment of Pharmacy, Kobe City Medical Center General Hospital, 2-1-1 Minatojima-Minamimachi, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo, 650-0047, Japan.
Masaki HirabatakeDepartment of Pharmacy, Kobe City Medical Center General Hospital, 2-1-1 Minatojima-Minamimachi, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo, 650-0047, Japan.
Nobuyuki MuroiDepartment of Pharmacy, Kobe City Medical Center General Hospital, 2-1-1 Minatojima-Minamimachi, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo, 650-0047, Japan.
Toshinari YamasakiDepartment of Urology, Kobe City Medical Center General Hospital, Kobe, Japan.
Mutsushi KawakitaDepartment of Urology, Kobe City Medical Center General Hospital, Kobe, Japan.
Tohru HashidaDepartment of Pharmacy, Kobe City Medical Center General Hospital, 2-1-1 Minatojima-Minamimachi, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo, 650-0047, Japan.
Kobe City Medical Center General Hospital · JP

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Abstract

purposePatients receiving vascular endothelial growth factor-tyrosine kinase inhibitors are at a risk of developing proteinuria. Renin-angiotensin system (RAS) inhibitors exert renoprotective effects and might reduce proteinuria risk in these patients. We investigated the risk factors for and protective effect of RAS inhibitors against proteinuria in patients with renal cell carcinoma (RCC) receiving axitinib.

methodsWe retrospectively reviewed the medical records of patients with RCC receiving axitinib at Kobe City Medical Center General Hospital between September 2012 and October 2020. Patients with proteinuria ≥ 2+ at baseline were excluded. The patients were categorized into RAS inhibitor user, non-RAS inhibitor user, and non-user groups. The severity of proteinuria was graded based on the Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events, version 5.0. A multivariate Cox proportional hazards model was employed to identify the risk factors for developing grade ≥ 2 proteinuria.

resultsAmong 42 patients, 28 received antihypertensive drugs at baseline. Among these, 17 and 11 patients were in the RAS inhibitor and non-RAS inhibitor user groups, respectively. Twenty-three patients (54.8%) developed grade ≥ 2 proteinuria. The multivariate analysis revealed that the non-RAS inhibitor user group (P = 0.001) and patients with pre-existing grade 1 proteinuria (P = 0.022) were significantly associated with the development of grade ≥ 2 proteinuria, whereas the RAS inhibitor user group was not significantly associated with it.

conclusionIn patients with RCC receiving axitinib, pre-existing proteinuria and non-RAS inhibitor use were significantly associated with grade ≥ 2 proteinuria development. Our preliminary data should be confirmed by further studies.

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Carcinoma, Renal CellKidney NeoplasmsAntihypertensive AgentsAxitinibEnzyme InhibitorsHumansProteinuriaRenin-Angiotensin SystemRetrospective StudiesRisk FactorsVascular Endothelial Growth Factor AAntihypertensive AgentsAxitinibEnzyme InhibitorsVascular Endothelial Growth Factor AAxitinibProteinuriaRenal cell carcinomaRenin–angiotensin system inhibitorRisk factor

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