Chronic gastrointestinal immune-related adverse events in patients exposed to immune checkpoint inhibitors

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BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI) cause acute gastrointestinal (GI) immune-related adverse events (IrAEs). We aimed to report and describe chronic GI IrAEs.

METHODS: We included consecutive patients addressed to a single center between October 2010 and March 2022 for endoscopic and/or histological GI inflammation persisting at least six months after the last dose of ICI.

RESULTS: Among a total of 178 patients addressed for GI IrAE, 14 met the inclusion criteria (8 %). The median follow-up was 13 months after discontinuation of ICI. The most common symptom was watery diarrhea (54 %). Ten (77 %) patients had colonic involvement and three patients (21 %) had ileal involvement. Ten patients (77 %) had inflammatory lesions, two patients (15 %) had fistulas and one patient had (8 %) a stricture. All patients had lymphoplasmacytic infiltrate and basal plasmacytosis, and seven (54 %) had crypt distortions. Nine patients (69 %) received medical therapy, including five patients treated with vedolizumab, two patients (15 %) underwent intestinal resection. At the last follow-up, seven of the 13 patients were receiving maintenance therapy. Endoscopic lesions persisted one year after discontinuing ICI in 4/6 patients, and two years after discontinuation in 3/4 patients.

CONCLUSIONS: Chronic GI IrAEs exist after ICI use.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:48

Enthalten in:

Clinics and research in hepatology and gastroenterology - 48(2024), 4 vom: 10. Apr., Seite 102311

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Jeay, Marine [VerfasserIn]
Carbonnel, Franck [VerfasserIn]
Robert, Caroline [VerfasserIn]
Mussini, Charlotte [VerfasserIn]
Bellanger, Christophe [VerfasserIn]
Meyer, Antoine [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Antineoplastic Agents, Immunological
Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors
Immune checkpoint inhibitors
Immune-mediated adverse effects
Immunotherapy
Inflammatory bowel disease
Journal Article

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Date Completed 08.04.2024

Date Revised 08.04.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.clinre.2024.102311

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM369208692