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Renal dosing

Does the kidney come back?

A cross-drug read on nephrotoxicity outlook: whether an agent’s kidney injury usually recovers or leaves a chronic deficit, whether dialysis has been reported, and whether re-exposure is tolerated. Every cell is distilled from the agent’s own cited outcome literature — filter by recovery trajectory, dialysis signal, or a documented rechallenge disposition.

42 agents

Renal recovery trajectory, CKD and dialysis signals, and rechallenge disposition per anti-cancer agent, each with its PubMed source.
AgentRecoveryChronic signalRechallengeSources
Carmustine (BCNU)Nitrosourea alkylatorOften permanentCKD / eGFR declinePMID 7272960 (opens PubMed in a new tab)
IfosfamideOxazaphosphorine alkylatorOften permanentCKD / eGFR declineDialysis / RRTPMID 29606257 (opens PubMed in a new tab)
Lomustine (CCNU)Nitrosourea alkylatorOften permanentCKD / eGFR declinePMID 7272960 (opens PubMed in a new tab)
Mitomycin CAntitumor antibioticOften permanentCKD / eGFR declineDialysis / RRTPMID 2497229 (opens PubMed in a new tab)
PamidronateBisphosphonateOften permanentCKD / eGFR declineDialysis / RRTPMID 11373339 (opens PubMed in a new tab)
SemustineNitrosourea (alkylating)Often permanentCKD / eGFR declineDialysis / RRTPMID 6360348 (opens PubMed in a new tab)
AtezolizumabAnti-PD-L1 antibodyOften partial recoveryCKD / eGFR declineDialysis / RRTCase-by-casePMID 31896554 (opens PubMed in a new tab)
AvelumabAnti-PD-L1 antibodyOften partial recoveryCKD / eGFR declineDialysis / RRTCase-by-casePMID 31896554 (opens PubMed in a new tab)
BortezomibProteasome inhibitorVariablePMID 34680184 (opens PubMed in a new tab)
CarfilzomibProteasome inhibitorOften partial recoveryCKD / eGFR declineDialysis / RRTCase-by-casePMID 38658194 (opens PubMed in a new tab)
CemiplimabAnti-PD-1 antibodyOften partial recoveryCKD / eGFR declineDialysis / RRTCase-by-casePMID 31896554 (opens PubMed in a new tab)
CisplatinPlatinum agentOften partial recoveryCKD / eGFR declineDialysis / RRTPMID 36229672 (opens PubMed in a new tab)
CosibelimabPD-L1 immune checkpoint inhibitorOften partial recoveryCKD / eGFR declineDialysis / RRTCase-by-casePMID 31896554 (opens PubMed in a new tab)
DostarlimabAnti-PD-1 antibodyOften partial recoveryCKD / eGFR declineDialysis / RRTCase-by-casePMID 31896554 (opens PubMed in a new tab)
DurvalumabAnti-PD-L1 antibodyOften partial recoveryCKD / eGFR declineDialysis / RRTCase-by-casePMID 31896554 (opens PubMed in a new tab)
GemcitabineNucleoside analogVariableCKD / eGFR declineDialysis / RRTContraindicatedPMID 12324937 (opens PubMed in a new tab)
IpilimumabCTLA-4 checkpoint inhibitorOften partial recoveryCKD / eGFR declineDialysis / RRTCase-by-casePMID 31896554 (opens PubMed in a new tab)
NivolumabPD-1 checkpoint inhibitorOften partial recoveryCKD / eGFR declineDialysis / RRTCase-by-casePMID 31896554 (opens PubMed in a new tab)
PembrolizumabPD-1 checkpoint inhibitorOften partial recoveryCKD / eGFR declineCase-by-casePMID 34625513 (opens PubMed in a new tab)PMID 31896554 (opens PubMed in a new tab)
PemetrexedAntifolateOften partial recoveryCKD / eGFR declinePMID 41614227 (opens PubMed in a new tab)
PenpulimabPD-1 immune checkpoint inhibitorOften partial recoveryCKD / eGFR declineDialysis / RRTCase-by-casePMID 31896554 (opens PubMed in a new tab)
RelatlimabImmune checkpoint inhibitor (anti-LAG-3)Often partial recoveryCKD / eGFR declineDialysis / RRTCase-by-casePMID 31896554 (opens PubMed in a new tab)
RetifanlimabPD-1 immune checkpoint inhibitorOften partial recoveryCKD / eGFR declineDialysis / RRTCase-by-casePMID 31896554 (opens PubMed in a new tab)
StreptozocinNitrosourea alkylatorOften partial recoveryCKD / eGFR declineHigh recurrencePMID 11219485 (opens PubMed in a new tab)
SugemalimabPD-L1 immune checkpoint inhibitorOften partial recoveryCKD / eGFR declineDialysis / RRTCase-by-casePMID 31896554 (opens PubMed in a new tab)
TislelizumabPD-1 immune checkpoint inhibitorOften partial recoveryCKD / eGFR declineDialysis / RRTCase-by-casePMID 31896554 (opens PubMed in a new tab)
ToripalimabPD-1 immune checkpoint inhibitorOften partial recoveryCKD / eGFR declineDialysis / RRTCase-by-casePMID 31896554 (opens PubMed in a new tab)
Zoledronic acidBisphosphonateOften partial recoveryCKD / eGFR declineDialysis / RRTPMID 12787420 (opens PubMed in a new tab)
AzacitidineHypomethylating agentUsually reversiblePMID 11219485 (opens PubMed in a new tab)
BevacizumabAnti-VEGF antibodyUsually reversiblePMID 27154025 (opens PubMed in a new tab)
CarboplatinPlatinum agentUsually reversiblePMID 35190107 (opens PubMed in a new tab)
CetuximabAnti-EGFR antibodyUsually reversibleCKD / eGFR declinePMID 17466895 (opens PubMed in a new tab)
CyclophosphamideOxazaphosphorine alkylatorUsually reversibleCKD / eGFR declinePMID 9415661 (opens PubMed in a new tab)
Methotrexate (high-dose)AntifolateUsually reversibleDialysis / RRTOften toleratedPMID 20679598 (opens PubMed in a new tab)PMID 22252903 (opens PubMed in a new tab)
MitotaneAdrenolyticUsually reversiblePMID 35567656 (opens PubMed in a new tab)
OxaliplatinPlatinum agentUsually reversibleDialysis / RRTContraindicatedPMID 36978021 (opens PubMed in a new tab)
PanitumumabAnti-EGFR antibodyUsually reversibleCKD / eGFR declinePMID 17466895 (opens PubMed in a new tab)
RamucirumabAnti-VEGFR2 antibodyUsually reversiblePMID 31277139 (opens PubMed in a new tab)
Ziv-afliberceptVEGF trapUsually reversiblePMID 36309669 (opens PubMed in a new tab)
Immune Checkpoint InhibitorsImmune checkpoint inhibitorCase-by-casePMID 31896554 (opens PubMed in a new tab)
ProcarbazineHydrazine alkylating agentHigh recurrence
TagraxofuspIL-3 immunotoxinOften tolerated

Recovery class and rechallenge disposition summarize documented cohort/case experience, not an individual prognosis; “—” means the agent has no distilled entry for that column yet, not that the risk is absent. Educational content — not medical advice. Confirm against the primary source and the treating team.