Improvement of lenvatinib-induced nephrotic syndrome after adaptation to sorafenib in thyroid cancer: A case report

World Journal of Clinical Cases
Che Hseuh YangMin Che Tung

Abstract

Target therapy is licensed by United States Food and Drug Administration on certain cancers. Both sorafenib and lenvatinib are tyrosine kinase inhibitor and indicated on radioactive iodine (RAI)-refractory differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC). Lenvatinib is more effective in cancers' control than sorafenib, but causes more nephrotoxicity than sorafenib does. This case is the second published case about the serial adaptions from lenvatinib to sorafenib for improving the proteinuria and, meanwhile, achieving the therapeutic goal. A 56-year-old man suffered from bilateral edematous lower extremities after 1-mo prescription of lenvatinib of 20 mg/d for RAI-refractory DTC. Aside from this symptom, he also developed hypertension. His laboratory showed grade-3 proteinuria (estimated 24-h urine protein: 9993 mg), hypoalbuminemia and hypercholesterolemia. Anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) therapy-induced nephrotic syndrome was impressed. After reduced dosage of lenvatinib of 10 mg/d and related symptomatic drugs, limited improvement was observed in both adverse effects and caner control. Under this condition, we substituted sorafenib of 400 mg/d for lenvatinib of 10 mg/d. After a 5-mo prescription, not only hypertension and ...Continue Reading

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