Outcomes of High-Grade Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Hepatitis in Hospitalized and Nonhospitalized Patients

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BACKGROUND & AIMS: Guidelines recommend hospitalization for severe immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) hepatitis. We compared patient outcomes in the inpatient versus outpatient settings.

METHODS: We conducted a multicenter, retrospective cohort study of 294 ICI-treated patients who developed grade 3-4 ICI hepatitis. The primary outcome was time to alanine aminotransferase (ALT) normalization (≤40); secondary outcomes included time to ALT ≤100 U/L and time to death. To account for confounding by indication, inverse probability of treatment weighting was applied to perform Cox regression. A sensitivity analysis was performed excluding patients with grade 4 hepatitis.

RESULTS: One hundred and sixty-six patients (56.5%) were hospitalized for a median of 6 (interquartile range, 3-11) days. On inverse probability of treatment weighting Cox regression, hospitalization was not associated with time to ALT normalization (hazard ratio [HR], 1.11; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.86-1.43; P = .436) or time to ALT ≤100 U/L (HR, 1.11; 95% CI, 0.86-1.43; P = .420). In the sensitivity analysis limited to patients with grade 3 hepatitis, hospitalization was also not associated with time to ALT normalization (HR, 1.11; 95% CI, 0.83-1.50; P = .474) or time to ALT ≤100 U/L (HR, 1.19; 95% CI, 0.90-1.58; P = .225). In a subgroup analysis of 152 patients with melanoma, hospitalization was not associated with reduced risk of all-cause death (HR, 0.93; 95% CI, 0.53-1.64; P = .798). Notably, despite their Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events classification of high-grade hepatitis, 94% of patients had "mild" liver injury based on International Drug-Induced Liver Injury Criteria.

CONCLUSIONS: Hospitalization of patients with high-grade ICI hepatitis was not associated with faster hepatitis resolution and did not affect mortality. Routine hospitalization may not be necessary in all patients with high-grade ICI hepatitis and Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events criteria may overestimate severity of liver injury.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

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2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2024

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Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology : the official clinical practice journal of the American Gastroenterological Association - (2024) vom: 23. Feb.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Li, Michael [VerfasserIn]
Wong, Danny [VerfasserIn]
Sack, Jordan S [VerfasserIn]
Vogel, Alexander S [VerfasserIn]
Hodi, F Stephen [VerfasserIn]
Fong, Lawrence [VerfasserIn]
Lai, Jennifer C [VerfasserIn]
Zucker, Stephen D [VerfasserIn]
Grover, Shilpa [VerfasserIn]

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Drug-Induced Liver Injury
Immune-Related Adverse Event
Immunotherapy
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Date Revised 23.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

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10.1016/j.cgh.2024.02.006

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NLM368916707