Lutetium-177 Dotatate
Lutathera · Radioligand therapy (PRRT)
Peptide receptor radionuclide therapy; proximal tubular radiation nephropathy is dose-limiting — amino-acid co-infusion is renoprotective.
Radiopharmaceutical (¹³¹I-MIBG)
Azedra · MIBG
Radiopharmaceutical (¹³¹I-MIBG) · approved 2018 · 9 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 beta-emitting norepinephrine-transporter radioligand cleared through the kidney — where the non-target absorbed dose makes renal function dose-limiting in CKD.
Signature lesion
Reported renal toxicity is uncommon and usually low-grade. In a dosimetry-guided high-activity 131I-MIBG cohort, 3 of 14 patients (21%) had transient grade 1 renal toxicity (Maric 2023, small single-center series using conventional 131I-MIBG). In the registrational high-specific-activity trial (Azedra, n=68 dosed), renal failure was not among the most common treatment-emergent events — nausea, myelosuppression and fatigue dominated — and clinically significant (grade >=3) nephrotoxicity was rare. The kidney concern is driven less by acute events than by the delayed, cumulative absorbed radiation dose, so headline incidence figures come from small cohorts and should be read as low-grade signal rather than a robust rate.Source: Maric et al., J Nucl Med 2023
Biphasic: modest transient creatinine changes within weeks; the characteristic radiation nephropathy is delayed, typically appearing 6-12 months or later, sometimes years out.
Distilled from: “Biphasic — modest, often transient creatinine changes within weeks of a therapeutic dose; the characteristic radiation nephropathy is delayed, typically appearing 6-12 months or later after cumulative renal irradiation, sometimes years out.” · PMID 30291194 (opens PubMed in a new tab)
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.
Direct death of tubular epithelial cells — the dose-limiting lesion of the platinums and zoledronate.
Slow, cumulative tubulointerstitial scarring — fibrosis, tubular atrophy and glomerulosclerosis with no discrete acute phase. The nitrosourea (carmustine/lomustine) lesion and delayed radioligand (radiation) nephropathy; often irreversible and detected only as a creeping creatinine months to years later.
On-target loss of endothelial nitric oxide from VEGF-pathway blockade — so characteristic it has been studied as a pharmacodynamic marker of drug exposure.
Damage to the filtration barrier — podocyte injury, FSGS and protein leak from VEGF and mTOR blockade.
Tap a signature to trace where it strikes the nephron.
Acute Tubular Necrosis
Direct death of tubular epithelial cells — the dose-limiting lesion of the platinums and zoledronate.
High-specific-activity iodine-131 meta-iodobenzylguanidine (131I-MIBG) is a norepinephrine analog taken up via the norepinephrine transporter (NET/SLC6A2) and stored in the neurosecretory granules of catecholamine-secreting neuroendocrine tumor cells; the I-131 label then delivers targeted beta-particle radiation that produces lethal DNA double-strand breaks in the tumor, with a smaller gamma component used for imaging/dosimetry.
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.
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 Iobenguane I-131 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.
Lutathera · Radioligand therapy (PRRT)
Peptide receptor radionuclide therapy; proximal tubular radiation nephropathy is dose-limiting — amino-acid co-infusion is renoprotective.
Imbruvica · BTK inhibitor
Tumor lysis, hypertension and AKI.
Quadramet · Bone-seeking radiopharmaceutical (153Sm-EDTMP)
Renally excreted; dominant toxicity is reversible myelosuppression; caution in renal impairment.
Opdivo · PD-1 checkpoint inhibitor
PD-1 inhibitor; ICI acute interstitial nephritis is the prototype.
mTOR inhibitor
Podocyte injury → proteinuria and FSGS.
Ofev · VEGFR/FGFR/PDGFR TKI
Proteinuria and rare TMA.
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.