Everolimus

BreastfeedingPediatric
  • TRADE NAMES: Afinitor (Novartis); Certican (Novartis); Zortress (Novartis)
  • INDICATIONS: Prophylaxis of organ rejection in adults following kidney or liver transplant; advanced renal cell carcinoma; neuroendocrine tumors of pancreatic, gastrointestinal or lung origin; breast cancer in post-menopausal women with advanced hormone-receptor positive, HER2-negative type cancer; renal angiomyolipoma and tuberous sclerosis complex; subependymal giant cell astrocytoma associated with tuberous sclerosis
  • CLASS: Antineoplastic / anticancer agent (see also Immune checkpoint inhibitor), Immunosuppressant, mTOR inhibitor
  • HALF-LIFE: ~30 hours

In immunosuppression therapy: MALIGNANCIES AND SERIOUS INFECTIONS, KIDNEY GRAFT THROMBOSIS; NEPHROTOXICITY

In heart transplantation: MORTALITY


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SKIN.
HAIR.
NAILS.
MUCOSAL.
CARDIOVASCULAR.
CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM.
ENDOCRINE/METABOLIC.
GASTROINTESTINAL/HEPATIC.
GENITOURINARY.
HEMATOLOGIC.
LOCAL.
NEUROMUSCULAR/SKELETAL.
OCULAR.
OTIC.
RENAL.
RESPIRATORY.
OTHER.


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Click on the DRUG REVIEW ARTICLE tab (above) to see a review of everolimus in kidney transplantation in the Taylor & Francis journal Expert Opinion on Drug Safety. (Note that non-subscribers to the journal will only be able to see an abstract of the article.)

Page last updated 08/24/2023

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Incidence info

  • <1%
  • 1-5%
  • 5-10%
  • 10-15%
  • 15-20%
  • 20-30%
  • >30%

Seriousness info

  • Hospitalization possible
  • Life threatening
  • Fatal

Warnings in other populations info

  • Breast feeding
  • Geriatric
  • Pediatric
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