Immunotherapy-Induced Airway Disease: A New Pattern of Lung Toxicity of Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors.

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Serval ID
serval:BIB_9D5C7A280A6C
Type
Article: article from journal or magazin.
Publication sub-type
Case report (case report): feedback on an observation with a short commentary.
Collection
Publications
Institution
Title
Immunotherapy-Induced Airway Disease: A New Pattern of Lung Toxicity of Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors.
Journal
Respiration; international review of thoracic diseases
Author(s)
Mitropoulou G., Daccord C., Sauty A., Pasche A., Egger B., Aedo Lopez V., Letovanec I., Beigelman-Aubry C., Nicod L.P., Lazor R.
ISSN
1423-0356 (Electronic)
ISSN-L
0025-7931
Publication state
Published
Issued date
08/01/2020
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
99
Number
2
Pages
181-186
Language
english
Notes
Publication types: Case Reports
Publication Status: ppublish
Abstract
Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) have been shown to improve overall and progression-free survival in various cancers but have been associated with various immune-related adverse events (IRAEs), including interstitial lung disease, especially organizing pneumonia. We report 2 cases of isolated severe airway disease attributable to ICIs, a rarely reported pattern of lung toxicity. The first patient received nivolumab with or without ipilimumab in a randomized double-blind trial for locoregional metastatic melanoma. The second patient was treated with nivolumab for lung adenocarcinoma. An IRAE was suspected in both cases due to a temporal relationship between ICI initiation and symptom onset. ICIs were stopped, and high-dose prednisone, inhaled corticosteroids, and bronchodilators were administered, allowing a rapid clinical and functional improvement in Patient 1. In Patient 2, despite prolonged high-dose prednisone, only a stabilization of forced expiratory volume in 1 s could be achieved, and the disease course was complicated by respiratory infections resulting in further loss of lung function. The patient died 1 year later due to progression of metastatic disease. These 2 cases suggest that pulmonary IRAEs secondary to ICIs may present as isolated bronchitis or bronchiolitis, with variable outcomes following ICI withdrawal and systemic corticosteroids.
Keywords
Bronchiolitis, Bronchitis, Drug-related side effects and adverse reactions, Immunotherapy, Ipilimumab, Lung, Nivolumab
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Web of science
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10/01/2020 11:22
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02/03/2021 6:25
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