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CANCER IMMUNOLOGY IMMUNOTHERAPY
Volume 69, Issue 11, Pages 2403-2408Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s00262-020-02674-w
Keywords
Pneumonitis; Immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI); Immunotherapy; Immune-related adverse events (irAE); Inhaled corticosteroids (ICS)
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- National Institutes of Health [P30CA016058, K12 CA133250]
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Background Checkpoint inhibitor pneumonitis (CIP) is an immune-related adverse event that may complicate treatment with immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI) and can cause significant morbidity. We sought to identify predictors for the development of CIP, and whether the use of inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) at time of ICI may be protective. Methods Patients with advanced cancer treated with ICI from 2011 and 2018 were included in this study. CIP attribution to ICI was determined by treating physician at time of diagnosis. Predictors were assessed by univariate and multivariable Cox proportional hazard models. Results We identified 837 pts treated with ICI, of whom 30 (3.6%) developed grade 2 or higher CIP. 82 patients (9.8%) were receiving ICS at time of ICI and had increased risk of developing CIP with hazard ration (HR) of 4.22 (95% CI 1.93-9.21,p < 0.001) compared to those patients not receiving ICS. Patients with age >= 65 years had increased risk of developing CIP (HR 2.12, 95% CI 1.02-4.40,p = 0.044), as did 209 patients with lung cancer (198 NSCLC and 11 SCLC) compared to other types of cancers (HR 3.15, 95% CI 1.54-6.46,p = 0.002). In multivariable analysis, age >= 65 years, lung cancer diagnosis, and ICS use remained statistically associated with the development of CIP, with adjusted HR for ICS 3.09 (95% CI 1.32-7.24,p = 0.009). Conclusions Patients treated with ICS at time of ICI initiation had an increased risk of developing CIP. We further identified older adults with age >= 65 years and lung cancers as independent risk factors for CIP.
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