The Drug-Induced Respiratory Disease Website and App
Frequency - Incidence
Incidence of respiratory adverse event(s) due to the specific drug as assessed by number of reported/published cases in the literature. Red digits in stars indicate: 0 = Very rare, questionable signal · 1 = < 10 cases · 2 = 10-50 cases · 3 = 50–100 cases · 4 = 100-200 cases · 5 = >200 cases
Evidence level/grade
Evidence level for respiratory adverse event(s) due to the specific drug as estimated using Hill’s (1965), Naranjo’s (1981), and Bégaud’s (1985) criteria applied to published cases. Blue digits in stars indicate: 0 = Questionable · 1 = Low · 2 = Moderate · 3 = Robust · 4 = Definite · 5 = Unquestionable, pathognomonic
Path: Diffuse alveolar damage (DAD-pattern) (see also IL)
Publications
[Fatal interstitial lung disease associated with erlotinib use].
Nederlands tijdschrift voor geneeskunde. 2013;157(7):A5519
Erlotinib-associated near-fatal interstitial pneumonitis in a patient with relapsed lung adenocarcinoma.
Chang Gung medical journal. 2010;33(1):100-5
Fatal interstitial lung disease after erlotinib for non-small cell lung cancer.
Journal of thoracic oncology : official publication of the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer. 2008;3(9):1050-3
Fatal diffuse alveolar damage in two lung transplant patients treated with cetuximab.
The Journal of heart and lung transplantation : the official publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation. 2007;26(12):1340-4
Pulmonary toxicity associated with erlotinib.
Chest. 2007;132(3):1042-4
Fatal interstitial lung disease associated with oral erlotinib therapy for lung cancer.
BMC cancer. 2007;7:150