Pembrolizumab-Induced Adrenal Insufficiency in Patients with Untreated Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer : A Case Series

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Pembrolizumab-induced adrenal insufficiency (AI) is recognized as a rare immune-related adverse event (irAE) that can be fatal if diagnosis is delayed. Clinical features of AI in patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) who received pembrolizumab as the first-line treatment were observed. Five out of 49 patients with untreated advanced NSCLC developed AI between April 2017 and February 2021. Of the 5 patients, 4 developed AI with a grade >3 and were hospitalized. The median time of the onset of AI from the start of first-line treatment was 4.63 months. All the patients improved after corticosteroid replacement therapy. The efficacy of treatment was complete response in 1 patient and partial response in 4 patients. Median progression-free survival was 37.7 months, and overall survival had not been reached. This case series revealed the efficacy of immunotherapy in AI as an irAE.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:14

Enthalten in:

Case reports in oncology - 14(2021), 3 vom: 15. Sept., Seite 1561-1566

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Sonehara, Kei [VerfasserIn]
Tateishi, Kazunari [VerfasserIn]
Araki, Taisuke [VerfasserIn]
Komatsu, Masamichi [VerfasserIn]
Akahane, Jumpei [VerfasserIn]
Yamamoto, Hiroshi [VerfasserIn]
Hanaoka, Masayuki [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Adrenal insufficiency
Case Reports
Immune-related adverse events
Non-small cell lung cancer
Pembrolizumab

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Date Revised 25.12.2021

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1159/000519597

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM334858992