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Malignant transformation: Which Medications Cause It? (409 Reports Across 51 Drugs)

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Malignant transformation has been reported as an adverse event with 51 different drugs in the FDA's FAERS database, with 409 total reports. 142 of these reports resulted in death.The drugs most commonly associated with Malignant transformation are OSIMERTINIB, ETOPOSIDE, and MELPHALAN.

409
Total Reports
51
Drugs Involved
142
Deaths
48
Hospitalizations
56.0 yrs
Average Patient Age
44.6% / 55.4%
Female / Male

Which Drugs Cause Malignant transformation Most Often?

Drug Reports % of Drug Reports Deaths Hosp. Life-Threat.
OSIMERTINIB 109 0.4% 19 5 1
ETOPOSIDE 108 0.2% 67 5 0
MELPHALAN 95 0.6% 63 0 0
CYTARABINE 91 0.2% 58 0 0
CARMUSTINE 88 2.6% 58 0 0
CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE 73 0.1% 53 4 2
PREDNISONE 69 0.0% 54 5 0
GEFITINIB 67 1.4% 10 4 1
VINCRISTINE 66 0.1% 50 4 2
DOXORUBICIN 61 0.1% 48 2 0
IFOSFAMIDE 60 0.4% 47 5 0
CISPLATIN 58 0.1% 41 5 0
DEXAMETHASONE 57 0.1% 50 0 0
RITUXIMAB 56 0.0% 37 0 0
METHOTREXATE 52 0.0% 44 0 0
FLUDARABINE 33 0.1% 22 0 0
PROCARBAZINE 31 0.5% 24 2 2
CHLORAMBUCIL 25 1.1% 21 0 0
LEUPROLIDE 24 0.0% 1 1 0
ALLOPURINOL 23 0.1% 0 0 0

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Top 3 Drugs Associated With Malignant transformation

109 reports
108 reports
95 reports

Related Side Effects

Drug ineffective (1,049,718) Off label use (762,782) Death (660,423) Fatigue (599,248) Nausea (562,301) Diarrhoea (491,550) Pain (471,975) Headache (460,069) Dyspnoea (409,496) Dizziness (352,922)