EGFR exon20 TKI
Mobocertinib
Exkivity · MOBO
EGFR exon20 TKI · approved 2021 · 7 references
An EGFR exon-20 TKI whose kidney injury is GI-mediated — torrential diarrhea drives prerenal AKI, watched alongside QT.
- Signature injury
- Prerenal / Hemodynamic AKI
- Severity
- Mild
- Reversibility
- Reversible
- Onset
- Diarrhea early (within the first week); AKI follows. Prerenal AKI is typically reversible with early volume repletion and diarrhea control.
Signature kidney injury & incidence
Prerenal / Hemodynamic AKI — representative grade ≥3 incidence ~6%.
Diarrhea is near-universal: any-grade ~83% (up to ~93% pooled), grade >=3 ~20-21%, with median onset ~5 days. AKI is predominantly prerenal; a real-world cohort reported grade >=3 renal failure in ~6%. Precise drug-attributable AKI and QT rates are not robustly quantified beyond class warnings. Reported rate: grade >=3 renal failure in 6% — 16 patients with EGFR exon 20 insertion-mutated NSCLC receiving mobocertinib 160 mg once daily as monotherapy under… (Kian 2022, PMID 36203432).
Source: Riely et al., Cancer Discov 2021 (83% any-grade diarrhea); Kian et al., Front Oncol 2022 (real-world grade ≥3 renal failure ~6%, n=16)
Reported injury signatures: Prerenal / Hemodynamic AKI, Acute Tubular Necrosis, Electrolyte Disturbance.
Renal toxicity profile
- Prerenal / Hemodynamic AKIPrimary
- Acute Tubular NecrosisSecondary
- Electrolyte DisturbanceSecondary
Onset timing & rechallenge
Acute (~1–7 days) — Prerenal AKI follows early diarrhea (within the first week).
Mechanism of kidney injury
Clinical presentation
Management
Risk factors
- Baseline CKD and older age
- Concurrent diuretics, RAAS blockers or NSAIDs
- Inadequate antidiarrheal prophylaxis and baseline electrolyte abnormalities
- Concomitant QT-prolonging drugs, hypokalemia or hypomagnesemia
Prevention
- Pre-emptive antidiarrheal plan: early loperamide at the first loose stool, dietary measures
- Aggressive hydration with potassium/magnesium repletion
- Correct electrolytes and avoid concomitant QT-prolonging agents
- Hold/dose-reduce for grade >=3 or persistent diarrhea
Renal dose adjustment
Dialyzability & ESKD dosing
Differential diagnosis
Monitoring
- ECG/QTc at baseline and periodically (and after electrolyte shifts)
- Serum electrolytes (especially magnesium and potassium)
- Renal function during diarrheal episodes
- Stool frequency
Key trials & series
- Phase 1/2 (PPP + EXCLAIM; Zhou, JAMA Oncol 2021) — registrational data supporting 2021 accelerated approval
- EXCLAIM-2 phase 3 (Janne, J Clin Oncol 2025) — first-line vs platinum; failed, leading to withdrawal
Clinical pearls
- Kidney injury is GI-mediated — mostly prerenal from torrential diarrhea, not direct tubulotoxicity; fix the gut and volume and the kidney recovers.
- Diarrhea is near-universal (~83-93%) and fast (median ~5 days) — a pre-emptive loperamide plus hydration/electrolyte plan from day 1 is essential.
- Watch the potassium/magnesium-QTc loop: diarrhea-induced hypokalemia/hypomagnesemia compounds intrinsic hERG-mediated QT prolongation.
- Historical caveat: withdrawn in 2023 after EXCLAIM-2 failed — a cautionary example of an unconfirmed accelerated approval.
Anticancer mechanism
Note
Guidelines & consensus
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.
- ADQI (2026) — The nephrotoxic effects of anti-cancer therapies: consensus report of the 34th Acute Disease Quality Initiative workgroupProvides expert-based statements (modified Delphi) on preventing and managing cisplatin/platinum-associated AKI, including isotonic IV hydration, attention to volume status and concomitant nephrotoxins, and incorporates evidence that IV magnesium supplementation may reduce cisplatin-associated AKI; emphasizes risk stratification and standardized AKI definitions.Nat Rev Nephrol · PMID 41361704
- SIRM (2022) — SIRM-SIN-AIOM: appropriateness criteria for evaluation and prevention of renal damage in the patient undergoing contrast medium examinations-consensus statements from Italian College of Radiology (SIRM), Italian College of Nephrology (SIN) and Italian Association of Medical Oncology (AIOM)Recommends eGFR-based renal risk assessment and pre/post-contrast isotonic saline or sodium bicarbonate hydration; advises maintaining a 5-7 day interval between iodinated contrast administration and cisplatin in cancer patients to reduce additive nephrotoxicity.Radiol Med · PMID 35303246
- KDIGO (2020) — KDIGO Controversies Conference on onco-nephrology: understanding kidney impairment and solid-organ malignancies, and managing kidney cancerIdentifies platinum compounds (especially cisplatin) as leading cytotoxic causes of acute tubular injury, AKI, and electrolyte/magnesium wasting; calls for interdisciplinary onco-nephrology care, accurate GFR estimation, and individualized drug dosing in patients with reduced kidney function.Kidney Int · PMID 33126977
- KDIGO (2020) — KDIGO Controversies Conference on onco-nephrology: kidney disease in hematological malignancies and the burden of cancer after kidney transplantationAddresses chemotherapy-associated AKI/CKD in hematologic cancer, GFR estimation and chemotherapy dosing in patients with reduced kidney function, and management priorities and research gaps for onco-nephrology care.Kidney Int · PMID 33276867
- ADDIKD (2025) — Integrating International Consensus Guidelines for Anticancer Drug Dosing in Kidney Dysfunction (ADDIKD) into everyday practiceProvides GRADE-based, drug-specific dose-adjustment recommendations for anticancer agents in kidney dysfunction (illustrated for methotrexate, cisplatin, carboplatin and nivolumab); the recommendations build on Part 1's standardised CKD-EPI eGFR assessment rather than Cockcroft-Gault creatinine clearance.EClinicalMedicine · PMID 40290844
- ADDIKD (2025) — Aligning kidney function assessment in patients with cancer to global practices in internal medicineThree consensus recommendations: assess kidney function by GFR (measured GFR or CKD-EPI eGFR), classify it using KDIGO categories, and use this uniform approach to dose anticancer drugs — moving cancer medicine away from Cockcroft-Gault estimated creatinine clearance.EClinicalMedicine · PMID 40290845
- ADDIKD (2025) — A methodology for determining dosing recommendations for anticancer drugs in patients with reduced kidney functionEstablishes that, where RCT evidence is lacking, anticancer drug dosing recommendations in kidney dysfunction should be derived by critically appraising observational literature via GRADE combined with structured international multidisciplinary consensus voting.EClinicalMedicine · PMID 40290846
- KDIGO (2013) — Diagnosis, evaluation, and management of acute kidney injury: a KDIGO summary (Part 1)Defines/stages AKI by serum creatinine and urine output; emphasizes avoiding nephrotoxins, maintaining euvolemia/perfusion, dose-adjusting drugs to kidney function, and monitoring high-risk patients — the framework applied to nephrotoxic anti-cancer agents.Crit Care · PMID 23394211
- KDIGO (2024) — Executive summary of the KDIGO 2024 Clinical Practice Guideline for the Evaluation and Management of Chronic Kidney Disease: known knowns and known unknownsEvaluate and risk-stratify CKD, manage to delay progression and its complications, and practise explicit medication management and drug stewardship — the framework the atlas's G1–G5 eGFR banding and every renal dose-adjustment recommendation sit inside. Because the guideline excludes dialysis and transplant recipients by its own statement of scope, its recommendations do not carry to those settings, where this atlas's dialyzability and post-transplant guidance rests on other sources.Kidney Int · PMID 38519239
- KDIGO (2021) — Executive summary of the KDIGO 2021 Guideline for the Management of Glomerular DiseasesProvides the staging/treatment framework for drug-associated glomerular lesions (e.g., bisphosphonate- and interferon-related collapsing FSGS, VEGF-inhibitor podocytopathy/proteinuria), including immunosuppression and supportive RAAS-blockade strategies.Kidney Int · PMID 34556300
- KDIGO (2024) — Executive summary of the KDIGO 2024 Clinical Practice Guideline for the Management of ANCA-Associated VasculitisUpdates immunosuppressive induction (rituximab/cyclophosphamide), incorporates avacopan and lower-dose or glucocorticoid-sparing regimens — the management framework for drug- and checkpoint-inhibitor-associated ANCA/pauci-immune glomerulonephritis.Kidney Int · PMID 38388147
- KDIGO (2024) — Executive summary of the KDIGO 2024 Clinical Practice Guideline for the Management of Lupus NephritisUpdates first-line lupus nephritis therapy to combination immunosuppression with the addition of belimumab or a calcineurin inhibitor (voclosporin) — informs management of immune-complex/lupus-like glomerulonephritis encountered with immunotherapy.Kidney Int · PMID 38182299
- KDIGO (2025) — Executive summary of the KDIGO 2025 Clinical Practice Guideline for the Management of Immunoglobulin A Nephropathy (IgAN) and Immunoglobulin A Vasculitis (IgAV)Encourages liberal kidney biopsy and stricter proteinuria control (<0.5 g/d, ideally <0.3 g/d) with RAAS blockers, SGLT2 inhibitors, and targeted-release budesonide — the framework for IgA-dominant glomerular lesions, including those triggered by immune-modulating cancer therapy.Kidney Int · PMID 40975525
References
7 peer-reviewed references. Citation metadata via PubMed / NLM.
- 1.Real-world efficacy and safety of mobocertinib in EGFR exon 20 insertion-mutated lung cancer.Kian W et al. · Front Oncol · 2022 · PMID 36203432
- 2.Treatment Outcomes and Safety of Mobocertinib in Platinum-Pretreated Patients With EGFR Exon 20 Insertion-Positive Metastatic Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: A Phase 1/2 Open-label Nonrandomized Clinical Trial.Zhou C et al. · JAMA Oncol · 2021 · PMID 34647988
- 3.Activity and Safety of Mobocertinib (TAK-788) in Previously Treated Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer with EGFR Exon 20 Insertion Mutations from a Phase I/II Trial.Riely GJ et al. · Cancer Discov · 2021 · PMID 33632775
- 4.First-Line Mobocertinib Versus Platinum-Based Chemotherapy in Patients With EGFR Exon 20 Insertion-Positive Metastatic Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer in the Phase III EXCLAIM-2 Trial.Janne PA et al. · J Clin Oncol · 2025 · PMID 39879577
- 5.Characterization and management of adverse events observed with mobocertinib (TAK-788) treatment for EGFR exon 20 insertion-positive non-small cell lung cancer.Yang JC et al. · Expert Rev Anticancer Ther · 2022 · PMID 36537204
- 6.Mobocertinib: Mechanism of action, clinical, and translational science.Hanley MJ et al. · Clin Transl Sci · 2024 · PMID 38511563
- 7.Severe Acute Kidney Injury in Hospitalized Cancer Patients: Epidemiology and Predictive Model of Renal Replacement Therapy and In-Hospital Mortality.Calcas Marques R et al. · Cancers (Basel) · 2024 · PMID 38339312