Idecabtagene vicleucel
Abecma · BCMA CAR-T cell therapy
CRS-driven AKI and tumor lysis in myeloma.
Carvykti · CILT
BCMA CAR-T cell therapy · approved 2022 · 10 citations
Describes how this page is sourced, not how dangerous the drug is. Thinly sourced means fewer of the sourcing signals are met — not that the agent is kidney-safe. A rule-based summary, not a formal certainty appraisal.
A high-avidity BCMA CAR-T sharing ide-cel's CRS-driven prerenal AKI — with a signature delayed parkinsonism not to be mistaken for uremia.
Signature lesion
CRS-associated AKI mirrors the BCMA CAR-T class (roughly 5-30% across cohorts, mostly mild) and generally reverses with supportive care. A distinct, non-renal signature toxicity is a delayed movement-and-neurocognitive (parkinsonism-like) syndrome, named MNTs by NCCN: about 3% of ciltacabtagene recipients across CARTITUDE-1 and CARTITUDE-4 showed parkinsonism consistent with it, grade 3 or worse in 2%.Source: Berdeja et al., Lancet 2021
AKI in the first 1–2 weeks after infusion.
Distilled from: “AKI in the first 1-2 weeks; the movement disorder is delayed (weeks).”
This agent's kidney lesions ordered by prominence — the #1 signature lesion first, then secondary and rare patterns. Cited incidence is shown where a citable figure exists; otherwise the tier stands qualitatively.
Renal hypoperfusion from capillary leak and cytokine storm — IL-2 and CAR-T cytokine release syndrome.
Direct death of tubular epithelial cells — the dose-limiting lesion of the platinums and zoledronate.
Renal electrolyte derangement — magnesium/potassium/calcium wasting (cisplatin, anti-EGFR antibodies) or retention (FGFR-inhibitor hyperphosphatemia, tumor-lysis hyperkalemia/hyperphosphatemia).
Intratubular precipitation of drug or metabolite — high-dose methotrexate and tumor lysis crystals.
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Prerenal / Hemodynamic AKI
Renal hypoperfusion from capillary leak and cytokine storm — IL-2 and CAR-T cytokine release syndrome.
Autologous BCMA-directed CAR-T bearing two BCMA-binding single-domain antibodies (bivalent) with 4-1BB and CD3-zeta domains, giving high avidity for BCMA on myeloma cells and driving T-cell activation and plasma-cell killing.
Class-level context for the major non-renal toxicities of the BCMA CAR-T cell therapy class.
Immune / Infusion
CRS, infusion reactions, irAEs, anaphylaxis
Neurologic
Neuropathy, encephalopathy, ICANS, PRES
Hematologic
Cytopenias, thrombosis, TMA
9 primary references — trials, cohorts, mechanism, and reviews. Single-patient case reports are listed separately below, graded by strength. Citation metadata via PubMed / NLM.
Primary (non–case-report) references per year — a proxy for how actively the agent's renal literature is accruing. Recent years are highlighted. Reflects curation depth, not a systematic bibliometric count.
Single-patient and small-series reports, graded by evidentiary strength — A Strong (biopsy-proven plus a series and/or positive rechallenge), B Moderate, and C Limited (a single clinically-diagnosed case). Strongest first. Grades are inferred automatically from each report's abstract and journal — a heuristic ranking aid, not a formal quality appraisal.
Quoted verbatim from this agent's current FDA label (Oct 2025) — not paraphrased or interpreted. Full label on DailyMed .
Boxed warning
WARNING: CYTOKINE RELEASE SYNDROME, NEUROLOGIC TOXICITIES, HLH/MAS, PROLONGED and RECURRENT CYTOPENIA, and SECONDARY HEMATOLOGICAL MALIGNANCIES Cytokine Release Syndrome (CRS), including fatal or life-threatening reactions, occurred in patients following treatment with CARVYKTI. Do not administer CARVYKTI to patients with active infection or inflammatory disorders. Treat severe or life-threatening CRS with tocilizumab or tocilizumab and corticosteroids [see Dosage and Administration (2.2 , 2.3) , Warnings and Precautions (5.2) ] . Immune Effector Cell-Associated Neurotoxicity Syndrome (ICANS), which may be fatal or life-threatening, occurred following treatment with CARVYKTI, including before CRS onset, concurrently with CRS, after CRS resolution, or in the absence of CRS. Monitor for neurologic events after treatment with CARVYKTI. Provide supportive care and/or corticosteroids as needed [see Dosage and Administration (2.2 , 2.3) , Warnings and Precautions (5.3) ] . Parkinsonism and Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) and their associated complications resulting in fatal or life-threatening reactions have occurred following treatment with CARVYKTI [see Warnings and Precautions (5.3) ] . Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis/Macrophage Activation Syndrome (HLH/MAS), including fatal and life-threatening reactions, occurred in patients following treatment with CARVYKTI. HLH/MAS can occur…
Everything below is FAERS — adverse events someone chose to report, about 5,875 of them for this agent. Nobody counts the patients who were fine, so none of these numbers is an incidence, a risk, or a rate: they describe what gets reported, shaped by a drug's fame, its indication, and who was watching. How these numbers work.
Reported with a death outcome
748 of 5,875 reports
Reported with hospitalization
2,051 of 5,875 reports
Reports per year
Yearly FAERS report volume · most recent year is partial.
Bars rank systems by summed reaction-term mentions (a report counts once per term it names) — an ordinal “more vs less reported” cue, not a tally of distinct reports. Renal & urinary first. As of 2026-10-01.
Each recommendation below is this atlas's faithful summary of the source, not a quotation from it — follow the PubMed link for the wording the society published. Summaries may be superseded; consult the current full text and individualize to the patient.
General onco-nephrology references
Where Ciltacabtagene autoleucel sits in nephrotoxicity space — each dot is an anti-cancer agent, positioned so neighbors share a kidney-injury phenotype. Its 6 closest are filled and lead to a numbered marker, matching the numbered cards below.
Abecma · BCMA CAR-T cell therapy
CRS-driven AKI and tumor lysis in myeloma.
Breyanzi · CD19 CAR-T cell therapy
CRS-driven prerenal AKI and tumor-lysis crystal nephropathy in the first weeks; low severe-CRS rate softens the renal burden.
Ordspono · Bispecific (CD20×CD3)
CD20×CD3 bispecific; tumor-lysis urate crystal nephropathy with CRS.
Decnupaz · CD123 antibody-drug conjugate
2026 CD123 ADC for BPDCN; renal risk indirect — TLS in the CD123+ disease plus the CD123-class capillary-leak concern; its own dose-limiting toxicity was reversible VOD.
Gazyva · Anti-CD20 antibody
High tumor-lysis risk in CLL.
Rituxan · Anti-CD20 antibody
Tumor lysis with bulky disease; treats some GN.
Nearest agents by kidney-injury phenotype (shared injuries, nephron target, severity, class) — a similarity approximation, not a claim of shared drug identity or mechanism.
Same-class agents ordered by their documented kidney-injury profile — atlas severity, an acute-kidney-injury FAERS signal, and how many injury types each is documented to cause. Agents nearer the top carry the lighter documented renal profile.
A comparison of documented kidney-injury data within one drug class — not a substitution recommendation. Efficacy, indication, and non-renal toxicity differ between these agents and are out of scope here. Educational only, not medical advice.