Lack of efficacy (neoplasia, no remission)

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VeDDRA Code: 2891

127 adverse event reports referencing this reaction

127
Total Reports
36
Deaths
2830.0%
Death Rate

Species Most Affected

Dog 127

Breeds Most Affected

Dog (unknown) 28
Retriever - Labrador 15
Retriever - Golden 9
Boxer (German Boxer) 6
Terrier - Boston 6
Terrier - Bull - American Pit 5
Pit Bull 5
Collie - Border 4
Mountain Dog - Bernese 3
Doberman Pinscher 2

Associated Drugs

Rabacfosadine 64
Prednisone 60
Tigilanol Tiglate 49
Maropitant Citrate 31
Gabapentin 28
Famotidine 27
Diphenhydramine 25
Butorphanol Tartrate 17
Dexmedetomidine 16
Verdinexor 13
Atipamezole 11
Butorphanol 10
Metronidazole 9
Atipamezole Hydrochloride 9
Dexmedetomidine Hydrochloride 8
Trazodone 7
Buprenorphine 5
Mirtazapine 5
Unspecified 5
Omeprazole 4

Data Summary

Metric Value
Total reports referencing reaction 127
Reports with fatal outcome 36
Case-fatality rate (reported events) 2830.0%
Species observed 1
Breeds observed 20
Drugs associated with reaction 20

Source: FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine — Adverse Event Reporting (CVM AER); reaction term coded under VeDDRA 2891.

Lack of efficacy (neoplasia, no remission) Reaction Insights

The FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine database currently lists 127 adverse event reports that reference Lack of efficacy (neoplasia, no remission) as a reaction term, including 36 reports with a death outcome — a 2830.0% case-fatality figure calculated across only those events where this reaction was coded. The reaction is indexed in the openFDA system under VeDDRA code 2891, the standardized veterinary dictionary used to normalize clinical signs across submitters. Because reports are voluntary and often describe multiple concurrent signs per animal, the volume here reflects reporting intensity rather than true incidence in the broader pet population.

Lack of efficacy (neoplasia, no remission) appears most frequently in reports for Dog (127 reports) — with Dog dominating at 127 entries. Within those species, the breeds most often named alongside this reaction are Dog (unknown) (28), Retriever - Labrador (15), Retriever - Golden (9). These distributions are influenced both by underlying breed popularity and by how veterinarians and owners code a given clinical sign, so they should be interpreted as a reporting fingerprint rather than a pure susceptibility ranking.

The drugs most commonly co-reported with Lack of efficacy (neoplasia, no remission) are Rabacfosadine (64 reports), Prednisone (60 reports), Tigilanol Tiglate (49 reports), Maropitant Citrate (31 reports), with Rabacfosadine appearing alongside this reaction in 64 submissions. Co-reporting does not establish that any specific product caused the reaction — FDA CVM data captures temporal association only. The value of these aggregates is in flagging which therapeutic classes appear repeatedly alongside a given clinical sign, so owners and veterinarians can ask targeted questions about medications currently in use.

Source: FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine — Adverse Event Reports FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine — Adverse Event Reports Data reflects voluntary submissions and may not represent actual incidence rates

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Data sourced from official AKC, AVMA, ACVO, and breed-club veterinary references. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainBreed Editorial