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ROS1 TKI

Taletrectinib

Ibtrozi · ROS1 TKI; pseudo-AKI

ROS1 TKI · approved 2025 · 4 references

Next-generation ROS1 TKI with a benign, transporter-mediated creatinine bump

Signature injury
Pseudo-AKI
Severity
Mild
Reversibility
Reversible
Onset
Class-effect transporter inhibition produces a creatinine rise early after initiation that tends to plateau and is dose-dependent. Drug-specific onset timing for taletrectinib is not separately characterized.

Signature kidney injury & incidence

Pseudo-AKI.

Drug-specific renal toxicity data for taletrectinib are limited. In the pooled TRUST-I and TRUST-II registrational safety population (352 patients at 600 mg once daily), the dominant treatment-emergent events were gastrointestinal and hepatic (elevated AST/ALT), with no defined intrinsic kidney lesion; renal-specific incidence figures are not separately reported. The expected renal signal, extrapolated from the ROS1/TRK-TKI class, is a mild, benign rise in serum creatinine from inhibition of tubular creatinine secretion rather than true GFR loss (pseudo-AKI). A precise incidence for taletrectinib-attributable creatinine elevation is not established.

Source: 40179330

Reported injury signatures: Pseudo-AKI.

Onset timing & rechallenge

Acute (~1–7 days) — A class-effect transporter-mediated creatinine rise appears early after initiation and plateaus, though drug-specific timing is not separately characterized.

Mechanism of kidney injury

By class analogy to TKIs that inhibit the renal cation transporters OCT2 and MATE1/MATE2-K, the proximal-tubule pathway that secretes creatinine into urine can be blocked, raising measured serum creatinine without a fall in true GFR (pseudo-AKI). This is the same transporter-mediated mechanism demonstrated for other oncology TKIs (for example tucatinib), where iohexol- and cystatin C-based GFR remained unchanged despite a creatinine rise.

Clinical presentation

Typically an asymptomatic, mild rise in serum creatinine detected on routine labs, without oliguria, sediment abnormalities, or symptoms of true kidney injury. Cystatin C-based eGFR or a measured GFR, if obtained, would be expected to be discordantly preserved.

Management

Do not reflexively reduce or stop taletrectinib for an isolated, stable, mild creatinine rise; instead confirm it is pseudo-AKI by checking that GFR-independent markers (cystatin C eGFR or measured GFR) are preserved and that the urinalysis is bland. Reserve dose interruption for a genuine, progressive decline in filtration, sediment abnormalities, or symptomatic injury. Investigate alternative causes (volume depletion, other nephrotoxins, obstruction) when creatinine rises substantially or continues to climb.

Risk factors

  • Pre-existing chronic kidney disease (lower baseline reserve magnifies the apparent change)
  • Concurrent nephrotoxins or other OCT2/MATE inhibitors
  • Volume depletion (can convert a benign signal into genuine prerenal injury)

Prevention

  • Establish a baseline creatinine before starting therapy
  • Consider cystatin C or measured GFR to distinguish pseudo-AKI from true injury before dose changes
  • Maintain euvolemia and review the concomitant medication list for additive transporter inhibition

Renal dose adjustment

No dedicated renal-impairment dosing thresholds by CrCl are established in the available literature; refer to current product labeling. A benign transporter-mediated creatinine rise should not by itself trigger CrCl-based dose modification.

Dialyzability & ESKD dosing

Not characterized. As a small-molecule, highly protein-bound oral TKI, meaningful removal by hemodialysis is unlikely, but drug-specific data are lacking.

Differential diagnosis

Distinguish benign transporter-mediated pseudo-AKI from true acute kidney injury (prerenal volume depletion, ATN from concomitant nephrotoxins, or contrast injury) and from obstruction. A bland urinalysis with preserved cystatin C-based or measured GFR despite a higher creatinine points to pseudo-AKI rather than a structural lesion.

Monitoring

  • Cystatin C-based eGFR or measured GFR when the etiology of a creatinine rise is unclear
  • Urinalysis if true injury is suspected
  • Volume status and concomitant nephrotoxins

Key trials & series

  • TRUST-I and TRUST-II (pooled integrated analysis, Perol et al., J Clin Oncol 2025): among TKI-naive patients confirmed ORR 88.8 percent and median PFS 45.6 months; predominant adverse events were GI and hepatic, with neurologic events infrequent

Clinical pearls

  • A mild creatinine rise on a ROS1/TRK TKI is usually a lab artifact of blocked tubular creatinine secretion, not nephron injury; chase it with cystatin C before dose-reducing.
  • Unlike crizotinib, the ROS1 next-generation TKIs are not classically associated with renal cyst formation, but follow-up imaging data are immature.

Anticancer mechanism

Taletrectinib is an oral, CNS-active, selective next-generation ROS1 tyrosine kinase inhibitor. It binds the ATP pocket of the ROS1 kinase domain to block constitutive signaling driven by ROS1 gene fusions, and retains activity against the solvent-front G2032R resistance mutation that defeats earlier-generation agents. It has more selective ROS1 inhibition with reduced TRK-related off-target activity compared with some predecessors.

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

4 peer-reviewed references. Citation metadata via PubMed / NLM.

  1. 1.Taletrectinib in ROS1+ Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: TRUST.Perol M, Li W, Pennell NA, et al. · J Clin Oncol · 2025 · PMID 40179330
  2. 2.Targeting ROS1 rearrangements in non-small cell lung cancer: Current insights and future directions.Desilets A, Repetto M, Yang SR, Drilon A · Cancer · 2025 · PMID 40171848
  3. 3.Tucatinib Inhibits Renal Transporters OCT2 and MATE Without Impacting Renal Function in Healthy Subjects.Topletz-Erickson AR, Lee AJ, Mayor JG, et al. · J Clin Pharmacol · 2020 · PMID 32989831
  4. 4.Case report: successful use of repotrectinib in a ROS1 fusion-positive lung adenocarcinoma patient with severe renal insufficiency and prior tyrosine kinase inhibitor treatment failure.Liang Z, Li H · Anticancer Drugs · 2026 · PMID 41903327
Educational monograph from NephTox (nephtox.com). Not medical advice — verify against current guidelines before any clinical decision.