Afinitor and Oesophageal perforation - a phase IV clinical study of FDA data

Summary:

Oesophageal perforation is reported as a side effect among people who take Afinitor (everolimus), especially for people who are female, 40-49 old, have been taking the drug for < 1 month also take Humulin R, and have Metastatic gastric cancer.

The phase IV clinical study analyzes which people have Oesophageal perforation when taking Afinitor. It is created by eHealthMe based on reports of 41,609 people who have side effects when taking Afinitor from the FDA, and is updated regularly.

What is Afinitor?

Afinitor has active ingredients of everolimus. It is often used in breast cancer metastatic. eHealthMe is studying from 41,680 Afinitor users. Check the latest studies of Afinitor.

What is Oesophageal perforation?

Oesophageal perforation (hole in oesophagus) is found to be associated with 141 drugs and 253 conditions by eHealthMe. Check the latest studies of Oesophageal perforation.



On Aug, 01, 2026

41,609 people reported to have side effects when taking Afinitor.
Among them, 12 people (0.03%) have Oesophageal perforation.

Could Afinitor cause Oesophageal perforation?

Among these 12 people:

How long have people been on Afinitor when they have Oesophageal perforation? *

  • < 1 month: 54.55 %
  • 1 - 6 months: 9.09 %
  • 6 - 12 months: 0.0 %
  • 1 - 2 years: 18.18 %
  • 2 - 5 years: 18.18 %
  • 5 - 10 years: 0.0 %
  • 10+ years: 0.0 %

What is the gender of people who have Oesophageal perforation when taking Afinitor? *

  • female: 80 %
  • male: 20 %

What is the age of people who have Oesophageal perforation when taking Afinitor? *

  • 0-1: 0.0 %
  • 2-9: 0.0 %
  • 10-19: 0.0 %
  • 20-29: 22.22 %
  • 30-39: 0.0 %
  • 40-49: 66.67 %
  • 50-59: 11.11 %
  • 60+: 0.0 %

What are other drugs people take besides Afinitor? *

  1. Kenalog: 6 people, 50.00%
  2. Humulin R: 6 people, 50.00%
  3. Prochlorperazine: 1 person, 8.33%
  4. Clonazepam: 1 person, 8.33%
  5. Aromasin: 1 person, 8.33%

What are other side effects people have besides Oesophageal perforation? *

  1. Fever: 9 people, 75.00%
  2. Small Intestinal Perforation (hole in small intestine): 7 people, 58.33%
  3. Loss Of Consciousness: 6 people, 50.00%
  4. Hypotension (abnormally low blood pressure): 6 people, 50.00%
  5. Hyperkalemia (damage to or disease of the kidney): 6 people, 50.00%
  6. Nausea And Vomiting: 6 people, 50.00%
  7. Haematochezia (passage of stools containing blood): 6 people, 50.00%
  8. Abdominal Pain Upper: 6 people, 50.00%
  9. Tonic Convulsion (the person will quickly lose consciousness and the skeletal muscles will suddenly tense, often causing the extremities to be pulled towards the body or rigidly pushed away from it): 6 people, 50.00%
  10. Vascular Pseudoaneurysm (leakage of arterial blood from an artery into the surrounding tissue with a continuing communication between the originating artery and the resultant adjacent cavity): 6 people, 50.00%

What are the existing conditions these people have? *

  1. Metastatic Gastric Cancer (cancer types can spread to the stomach from other place): 6 people, 50.00%
  2. Astrocytoma, Low Grade (low grade tumour of the brain that originate in a particular kind of glial-cells): 2 people, 16.67%
  3. Musculoskeletal Stiffness (stiffness of the body's muscles, joints, tendons, ligaments and nerves): 1 person, 8.33%
  4. Cancer Pain: 1 person, 8.33%
  5. Breast Cancer Recurrent: 1 person, 8.33%

* Approximation only. Some reports may have incomplete information.

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Sub-studies by gender and age:

Female: 0-1 2-9 10-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-59 60+

Male: 0-1 2-9 10-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-59 60+

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How the study uses the data?

The study uses data from the FDA. It is based on everolimus (the active ingredients of Afinitor) and Afinitor (the brand name). Other drugs that have the same active ingredients (e.g. generic drugs) are not considered. Dosage of drugs is not considered in the study.

How to use the study?

DO NOT STOP MEDICATIONS without first consulting your doctor. If there are any serious or long term adverse effects discovered in the study, discuss the study with your doctor to ensure that proper medication management will be in place if applicable.

Who is eHealthMe?

With medical big data and proven AI/ML algorithms, eHealthMe provides a platform for everyone to run phase IV clinical trials. We study millions of patients and 5,000 more each day. Results of our real-world drug study have been referenced on 800+ peer-reviewed medical publications, including The Lancet, Mayo Clinic Proceedings, and Nature. Our analysis results are available to researchers, health care professionals, patients (testimonials), and software developers (open API).

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