Clinical characteristics of gastrointestinal immune-related adverse events of immune checkpoint inhibitors and their association with survival
Kentaro Yamada, Tsunaki Sawada, Masanao Nakamura, Takeshi Yamamura, Keiko Maeda, Eri Ishikawa, Tadashi Iida, Yasuyuki Mizutani, Naomi Kakushima, Takuya Ishikawa, Kazuhiro Furukawa, Eizaburo Ohno, Takashi Honda, Hiroki Kawashima, Masatoshi Ishigami, Satoshi Furune, Tetsunari Hase, Kenji Yokota, Osamu Maeda, Naozumi Hashimoto, Masashi Akiyama, Yuichi Ando, Mitsuhiro Fujishiro
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Despite the popularity of immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) in the treatment of advanced cancer, patients often develop gastrointestinal (GI) and non-GI immune-related adverse events (irAEs). The clinical characteristics and survival outcomes of GI-irAEs have not been fully elucidated in previous reports. This necessitates the evaluation of the impact of GI-irAEs on patients receiving ICI treatment. AIM: To evaluate the clinical characteristics of GI-irAEs and their impact on survival in patients treated with ICIs. METHODS: value < 0.05 was considered statistically significant. RESULTS: = 0.024) was an independent predictive factor for OS in patients with MM. CONCLUSION: Patients receiving anti-CTLA-4 antibodies develop GI-irAEs more frequently and with higher severity than those receiving anti-PD-1/PD-L1 antibodies. Continuing ICI treatment in patients with MM with GI-irAEs have better OS.