Clinical Outcomes of Patients with Advanced Cancer and Pre-Existing Autoimmune Diseases Treated with Anti-Programmed Death-1 Immunotherapy: A Real-World Transverse Study

著者: Alessio Cortellini, Sebastiano Buti, Daniele Santini, Fabiana Perrone, Raffaele Giusti, Marcello Tiseo, Melissa Bersanelli, Maria Michiara, Antonino Grassadonia, Davide Brocco, Nicola Tinari, Michele De Tursi, Federica Zoratto, Enzo Veltri, Riccardo Marconcini, Francesco Malorgio, Carlo Garufi, Marco Russano, Cecilia Anesi, Tea Zeppola, Marco Filetti, Paolo Marchetti, Andrea Botticelli, Gian Carlo Antonini Cappellini, Federica De Galitiis, Maria Giuseppa Vitale, Roberto Sabbatini, Sergio Bracarda, Rossana Berardi, Silvia Rinaldi, Marianna Tudini, Rosa Rita Silva, Annagrazia Pireddu, Francesco Atzori, Rita Chiari, Biagio Ricciuti, Daniela Iacono, Maria Rita Migliorino, Antônio Rossi, Giampiero Porzio, Katia Cannita, Valeria Ciciarelli, Maria Concetta Fargnoli, Paolo A. Ascierto, Corrado Ficorella - The Oncologist 2019 被引用: 221

BACKGROUND: Patients with a history of autoimmune diseases (AIDs) have not usually been included in clinical trials with immune checkpoint inhibitors. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Consecutive patients with advanced cancer, treated with anti-programmed death-1 (PD-1) agents, were evaluated according to the presence of pre-existing AIDs. The incidence of immune-related adverse events (irAEs) and clinical outcomes were compared among subgroups. RESULTS: = .0030) were significantly related to a higher incidence of irAEs of any grade. No significant differences were observed regarding grade 3/4 irAEs and objective response rate among subgroups. Pre-existing AIDs were not significantly related with progression-free survival and overall survival. CONCLUSION: This study quantifies the increased risk of developing irAEs in patients with pre-existing AIDs who had to be treated with anti-PD-1 immunotherapy. Nevertheless, the incidence of grade 3/4 irAEs is not significantly higher when compared with control population. The finding of a greater incidence of irAEs among female patients ranks among the "hot topics" in gender-related differences in immuno-oncology. IMPLICATIONS FOR PRACTICE: Patients with a history of autoimmune diseases (AIDs) have not usually been included in clinical trials with immune checkpoint inhibitors but are frequent in clinical practice. This study quantifies the increased risk of developing immune-related adverse events (irAEs) in patients with pre-existing AIDs who had to be treated with anti-programmed death-1 immunotherapy. Nevertheless, their toxicities are mild and the incidence of grade 3/4 irAEs is not significantly higher compared with those of controls. These results will help clinicians in everyday practice, improving their ability to offer a proper counselling to patients, in order to offer an immunotherapy treatment even to patients with pre-existing autoimmune disease.