アブストラクト | There are concerns by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regarding a potential link between tyrosine kinase inhibitors targeting vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF-TKIs) and the risk of aortic dissection. Elevation of blood pressure induced by VEGF-TKIs has been discussed as part of the pathomechanism. To address this important safety issue, we conducted a large pharmacovigilance study assessing the risk of aortic dissection reporting associated with the use of VEGF-TKIs, thereby exploring the role of blood pressure. We queried the FDA Adverse Event Reporting System from 2004 to 2019 for reports including VEGF-TKIs and aortic dissection and estimated reporting odds ratios (RORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) of aortic dissection associated with the use of VEGF-TKIs. Secondary analyses stratified by the strength of blood pressure elevation (>/=10 mmHg vs. <10 mmHg increased systolic or diastolic bloods pressure) and pre-existing arterial hypertension. There were 81 reports of aortic dissection related to VEGF-TKIs during the study period. VEGF-TKIs were associated with an increased risk of aortic dissection reporting (ROR, 4.31; 95% CI, 3.43 to 5.42). The risk was higher among compounds strongly increasing blood pressure (ROR, 5.33; 95% CI, 3.88 to 7.32) than among compounds moderately increasing blood pressure (ROR, 2.79; 95% CI, 1.83 to 4.27). Pre-existing arterial hypertension did not modify the association. Overall, our study showed an increased risk of aortic dissection reporting associated with the use of VEGF-TKIs. Blood pressure elevation seems to play a role in the pathophysiology of this adverse effect. |
ジャーナル名 | Pharmacology research & perspectives |
Pubmed追加日 | 2021/1/10 |
投稿者 | Dorks, Michael; Jobski, Kathrin; Herget-Rosenthal, Stefan; Hoffmann, Falk; Douros, Antonios |
組織名 | Department of Health Services Research, Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg,;Oldenburg, Germany.;Department of Medicine, Rotes Kreuz Hospital, Bremen, Germany.;Departments of Medicine and Epidemiology, McGill University, Montreal, QC,;Canada.;Centre for Clinical Epidemiology, Lady Davis Institute - Jewish General Hospital,;Montreal, QC, Canada.;Institute of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, Charite-Universitatsmedizin;Berlin, Berlin, Germany. |
Pubmed リンク | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33421342/ |