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Table 1 Incidence and RR of all-grade and high-grade hypertension with targeted therapies

From: Risks and management of hypertension in cancer patients undergoing targeted therapy: a review

Type of cancer therapy

All-grade hypertension

High-grade hypertension

Reference

Incidence (95% CI), %

RR (95% CI)

Incidence (95% CI), %

RR (95% CI)

Monoclonal antibodies targeting VEGF

Bevacizumab

23.6 (20.5–27.1)

3.02 (2.24–4.07)

7.9% (6.1–10.2%)

5.28 (4.15–6.71)

[12]

Ramucirumab

16.4 (11.9–22.3)

2.28 (1.61–3.24)

9.8 (7.2–13.0)

3.59 (2.32–5.53)

[13]

VEGF fusion molecules

Aflibercept

42.4 (35.0–50.3)

4.47 (3.84–5.22)

17.4 (13.7–21.9)

4.97 (3.95–6.27)

[14]

Tyrosine kinase inhibitors

Sorafenib

19.1 (15.8–22.4)

3.07 (2.05–4.60)

4.3 (3.0–5.5)

3.31 (2.21–4.95)

[15]

Sunitinib

21.6 (18.7–24.8)

3.44 (0.62–19.15)

6.8 (5.3–8.8)

22.72 (4.48–115.29)

[16]

Pazopanib

35.9 (31.5–40.6)

4.97 (3.38–7.30)

6.5 (5.2–8.0)

2.87 (1.16–7.12)

[17]

Axitinib

40.1 (30.9–50.2)

3.0 (1.29–6.97)

13.1 (6.7–24)

1.71 (1.21–2.43)

[18]

Regorafenib

44.4 (30.8–59.0)

3.76 (2.35–5.99)

12.5 (5.2–27.1)

8.39 (3.10–22.71)

[19]

Cabozantinib

39.0 (33.9–44.3)

5.48 (3.76–7.99)

17.0 (12.4–20.4)

5.09 (2.71–9.54)

Incidence: PI 2020a)

RR: [20]

Vandetanib

24.2 (18.1–30.2)

5.1 (3.76–6.92)

6.4 (3.3–9.5)

8.06 (3.41–19.04)

[21]

Lenvatinib

47.0 (35.4–58.9)

3.47 (2.31–5.21)

17.7 (10.2–28.9)

11.54 (4.83–27.57)

Incidence: [22]

RR: PI 2020

Ponatinib

45.5 (36.7–54.5)

NA

22.7 (14.5–33.8)

NA

Incidence: PI 2020

Nilotinib

10.0 (7.0–14.2)

4.01 (1.78–9.04)

1.1 (0.3–3.3)

3.01 (0.32–28.77)

Incidence: PI 2020

RR: compared with imatinib

Androgen inhibitors

Abiraterone

21.9 (13.6–33.2)

1.80 (1.47–2.19)

10.2 (6.9–11.6)

2.11 (1.66–2.68)

[5]

Enzalutamide

11.9 (8.8–16.0)

2.82 (2.34–3.38)

4.9 (3.5–6.8)

2.27 (1.73–2.96)

[6]

Proteasome inhibitors

Bortezomib

13 (10.0–17.3)

1.78 (1.12–2.84)

2.6 (1.4–5.0)

4.46 (0.97–20.49)

PI 2020

Carfilzomib

12.2 (9.8–14.9)

2.71 (1.53–4.82)

4.3 (2.6–6.4)

3.0 (0.97–9.15)

Incidence: [7]

RR: PI 2020

PI3 kinase inhibitors

Copanlisib

35.0 (28.3–42.6)

NA

26 (21.3–31.0)

NA

Incidence: PI 2020

Bruton tyrosine kinase inhibitor

Ibrutinib

19 (17.1–21.1)

2.82 (1.52–5.23)

8 (6.7–9.5)

RR: NA

Incidence: PI 2020.

RR: [9]

  1. The data were derived from systematic review and meta-analysis or calculated from the package inserts if not available as indicated
  2. RR, relative risk; CI, confidence interval; VEGF, vascular endothelial growth factor; PI, proteasome inhibitor; NA, no available data for calculations
  3. a)Calculated based on PI 2020