XPO1 (nuclear export) inhibitor
Selinexor
Xpovio · SELI
XPO1 (nuclear export) inhibitor · approved 2019 · 8 references
A first-in-class nuclear-export inhibitor whose dose-limiting toxicity is hyponatremia — usually grade >=3 and front-loaded.
- Signature injury
- SIADH / Hyponatremia
- Severity
- Moderate
- Reversibility
- Reversible
- Onset
- Early — within the first cycle/few weeks; front-loaded.
Signature kidney injury & incidence
SIADH / Hyponatremia — representative incidence ~39%.
Hyponatremia is common and dose-limiting. All-grade hyponatremia affected 39% of the selinexor-dexamethasone patients tabulated in the FDA label's STORM adverse-reaction table, reaching grade 3-4 in 22% — making it the leading grade >=3 non-hematologic toxicity, and one of the six grade 3-4 laboratory abnormalities the label lists at >=10%. Both rates come from the trial's safety tables rather than its abstract, which does not mention hyponatremia; a separate phase 1 dose-escalation cohort reported grade >=3 hyponatremia at a concordant 23%. Combination regimens run lower: in BOSTON grade 3-4 hyponatremia was ~8-9%, and in SADAL ~8%.
Source: XPOVIO FDA label, STORM adverse-reaction table (openFDA); Chari et al., NEJM 2019 (PMID 31433920); Ho et al., Ther Adv Med Oncol 2022 (PMID 35432603)
Reported injury signatures: SIADH / Hyponatremia, Electrolyte Disturbance, Prerenal / Hemodynamic AKI.
Renal toxicity profile
- SIADH / HyponatremiaPrimary~39%Hyponatremia ~39% all-grade, 22% grade >=3 with selinexor-dexamethasone (pooled analysis)
- Electrolyte DisturbanceSecondary
- Prerenal / Hemodynamic AKISecondary
Onset timing & rechallenge
Subacute (~1–6 weeks) — Early — within the first cycle or few weeks; front-loaded.
Mechanism of kidney injury
Clinical presentation
Management
Risk factors
- Baseline hyponatremia or poor oral intake
- Advanced age/frailty and poor performance status
- Concurrent diuretics or other SIADH-inducing drugs
- Inadequate antiemetic prophylaxis and dehydration
Prevention
- Mandatory prophylactic antiemetics (5-HT3 antagonist with or without olanzapine and an NK1 antagonist)
- Hydration and nutritional support
Renal dose adjustment
Dialyzability & ESKD dosing
Differential diagnosis
Monitoring
- Serum sodium and a full metabolic panel at baseline and each cycle (more often early or with symptoms)
- CBC weekly initially (thrombocytopenia, neutropenia)
- Weight, fluid status and nutrition
- Symptom/antiemetic-response review
- Serum sodium and a full metabolic panel at baseline and each cycle (at least weekly early in treatment, or with symptoms)
Key trials & series
- STORM (Chari, NEJM 2019) — pivotal trial; hyponatremia ~22%, predominantly grade >=3
- BOSTON (Grosicki, Lancet 2020) — phase 3 in myeloma after >=1 prior line
- SADAL (Kalakonda, Lancet Haematol 2020) — pivotal DLBCL trial
Clinical pearls
- STORM hyponatremia was overwhelmingly grade >=3 — check sodium at least weekly early; it is dose-limiting, not a nuisance.
- Scheduled multi-agent antiemetic prophylaxis plus hydration is the highest-yield intervention because much of the hyponatremia/AKI is GI-loss-driven.
- In myeloma, exclude pseudohyponatremia from paraprotein and correct sodium slowly.
- Toxicity is front-loaded (cycles 1-2) and managed with dose interruption/reduction.
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
8 peer-reviewed references. Citation metadata via PubMed / NLM.
- 1.Oral Selinexor-Dexamethasone for Triple-Class Refractory Multiple Myeloma.Chari A et al. · N Engl J Med · 2019 · PMID 31433920
- 2.A phase 1 study of the safety, pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of escalating doses followed by dose expansion of the selective inhibitor of nuclear export (SINE) selinexor in Asian patients with advanced or metastatic malignancies.Ho J et al. · Ther Adv Med Oncol · 2022 · PMID 35432603
- 3.Once-per-week selinexor, bortezomib, and dexamethasone versus twice-per-week bortezomib and dexamethasone in patients with multiple myeloma (BOSTON): a randomised, open-label, phase 3 trial.Grosicki S et al. · Lancet · 2020 · PMID 33189178
- 4.Selinexor in patients with relapsed or refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (SADAL): a single-arm, multinational, multicentre, open-label, phase 2 trial.Kalakonda N et al. · Lancet Haematol · 2020 · PMID 32589977
- 5.Selinexor, selective inhibitor of nuclear export: Unselective bullet for blood cancers.Benkova K et al. · Blood Rev · 2020 · PMID 32972802
- 6.Nuclear Export Inhibition for Pancreatic Cancer Therapy.Muqbil I et al. · Cancers (Basel) · 2018 · PMID 29735942
- 7.Cancer therapy in patients with reduced kidney function.Karam S et al. · Nephrol Dial Transplant · 2024 · PMID 38914465
- 8.Toxicity management strategies for next-generation novel therapeutics in multiple myeloma.Steinbach M et al. · Ther Adv Hematol · 2022 · PMID 35860442
Case reports & series (2)
The weakest rung of clinical evidence — single-patient and small-series reports, strongest first. Each carries a heuristic strength grade (A Strong / B Moderate / C Limited) inferred from its abstract and journal, not a formal appraisal. Weigh well below the primary references above.
- C1.[B · Moderate]Selinexor-associated hyponatremia: single-center, real-world data.Kala J et al. · Kidney Int · 2020 · PMID 32828243
- C2.[C · Limited]First case report of tumor lysis syndrome and acute renal failure after selinexor use in multiple myeloma.Castellon C et al. · Leuk Lymphoma · 2021 · PMID 34369242