Abstract
Despite the efficacy of tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) across multiple cancers, side effects including treatment-related diarrhea can impede a patient’s ability to reach therapeutic doses or stay on therapy. Below, we present the case of a 72-year-old patient with metastatic papillary renal cell carcinoma recurrent despite nephrectomy. Over the course of treatment, the patient received multiple different tyrosine kinase inhibitors with varying efficacy. Treatment with the TKI cabozantinib after failure of two prior TKIs resulted in a clinical response with shrinkage of his nodal metastatic disease. However, the severe treatment-related diarrhea refractory to conventional management required both dose holds and dose reductions of cabozantinib. Off-label administration of crofelemer, a novel FDA-approved antidiarrheal agent, successfully controlled the treatment-related diarrhea and allowed resumption and partial dose increase of cabozantinib. This case suggests that crofelemer could be a viable therapeutic strategy to address TKI-induced diarrhea.
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