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How do you manage hyponatremia in patients with renal cell carcinoma on cabozantinib and nivolumab?

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Nephrology · Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Since ICPI can cause thyroiditis and adrenal insufficiency, the TSH and AM cortisol should be checked -- in addition to the usual evaluation for hyponatremia (serum and urine Osm, urine electrolytes, and an assessment of the patient's volume status). If adrenal insufficiency is present, the hyponatr...

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Nephrology · Northwell Health and Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell

Immune checkpoint inhibitors (here nivolumab) have been associated with hyponatremia. The most common is still SIADH based on a single-center study. Endocrinopathies, as mentioned above, are definitely in the differential and need to be ruled out as treatment is usually steroids and can really help....

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