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Case Reports
. 2022 Jan;28(1):205-210.
doi: 10.1177/10781552211013878. Epub 2021 May 14.

Bendamustine-induced nephrogenic diabetes insipidus - A case report

Audrey Desjardins  1 , Viviane Le-Nguyen  1 , Léa Turgeon-Mallette  1 , Chloé Vo  1 , Jean-Samuel Boudreault  2 , Jean-Philippe Rioux  3 , Xue Feng  4 , Amélie Veilleux  4
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Bendamustine-induced nephrogenic diabetes insipidus - A case report

Audrey Desjardins et al. J Oncol Pharm Pract. 2022 Jan.

Abstract

Introduction: In patients with relapsed or refractory lymphoma, high-dose chemoimmunotherapy with subsequent autologous hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) is a standard of care. Bendamustine, an alkylating agent, is used in the BeEAM (bendamustine, etoposide, cytarabine, melphalan) protocol for conditioning therapy before autologous HCT in patients with relapsed or refractory lymphoma who are eligible for transplant. There is no consensus regarding an optimal salvage regimen and the approach varies according to toxicity.

Case report: We present a case of partial nephrogenic diabetes insipidus after receiving bendamustine, as part of the BeEAM protocol.Management and outcome: The patient was managed with parenteral fluid administration and intranasal desmopressin before the condition resolved on its own.

Discussion: We summarize published reports of bendamustine-induced diabetes insipidus.

Keywords: Bendamustine; adverse effect; diabetes insipidus; nephrogenic diabetes insipidus.

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Conflict of interest statement

Declaration of conflicting interests: The author(s) declared the following potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: JSB has served on advisory boards for Janssen, Celgene, Amgen, and BMS.

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Serum sodium and urine output during hospitalization.H*: D5% + 1/2 NS + KCl 20 mEq alternating with NS + KCl 20 mEq.
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