• Advanced renal cell carcinoma:
    • PO 800mg OD
  • Advanced soft tissue sarcoma in patients who have received prior chemotherapy:
    • PO 800mg OD

Tablet: 800mg

  • To be taken 1 hour before or 2 hours after meals

Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor anticancer

It inhibits multiple tyrosine kinases including VEGF, resulting in decreased angiogenesis, tumor growth and cancer progression

  • Diarrhea
  • Hypertension
  • Fatigue
  • Nausea
  • Hair discoloration
  • Decreased weight
  • Vomiting
  • Hepatotoxicity
  • Hemorrhage
  • Dysgeusia
  • Headache
  • Tumor pain
  • Myocardial dysfunction
  • Anorexia
  • Musculoskeletal pain
  • Myalgia
  • Alopecia
  • Dyspnea
  • Rash
  • Cough
  • Asthenia
  • Chest pain
  • Skin depigmentation
  • Peripheral edema
  • Abdominal pain
  • Dyspepsia
  • Dysphonia
  • Mucositis
  • Proteinuria
  • Dizziness
  • Stomatitis
  • Hypothyroidism
  • Insomnia
  • Epistaxis
  • Hand-foot syndrome
  • Venous thromboembolism
  • Xeroderma
  • Rigors
  • Blurred vision
  • Nail disorder
  • QT prolongation
  • MI
  • Increased ALT/AST
  • Increased glucose
  • Leukopenia
  • Lymphocytopenia
  • Thrombocytopenia
  • Neutropenia
  • Increased bilirubin
  • Decreased sodium
  • Hyperlipasemia
  • Hypersensitivity to components/class
  • Pediatric patients
  • Electrolyte abnormalities
  • Bilirubin >3x ULN
  • Hemoptysis within 6 months
  • GI hemorrhage within 6 months
  • Cerebral hemorrhage within 6 months
  • Stroke within 6 months
  • MI within 6 months
  • Uncontrolled hypertension
  • GI perforation
  • Fistula
  • Unhealed surgical wound
  • Major surgery within prior 2 weeks
  • Avoid treatment for at least 1 week before elective surgery
  • Avoid breastfeeding during treatment and for 2 weeks after discontinuation

WARNING:

Severe and fatal hepatotoxicity observed in clinical trials

  • Aluminum hydroxide
  • Atorvastatin
  • Chloroquine
  • Elagolix
  • Lefamulin
  • Cidofovir
  • Cisapride
  • Pimozide
  • Thioridazine

                          Drug Status

Availability Prescription only
Pregnancy Category D
Breastfeeding Contraindicated
Schedule Not controlled
BRAND NAME STRENGTH FORMULATION PACK SIZE MANUFACTURER DISTRIBUTOR
Votrient 200mg Tablet 30’s Novartis Kenya Novartis Kenya