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. 2023 Aug 25;11:2050313X231195462. doi: 10.1177/2050313X231195462

Table 1.

Patient characteristics, cancer characteristics, immune-related dermatological side effect and treatments.

Patient Sex Age (years) Cancer Cancer treatment irAEs irAE treatment Dupilumab dosage Cancer outcome
1 M 74 Recurrent invasive cutaneous SCC and metastatic melanoma Cemiplimab (PD1 inhibitor) Eczema and pruritus - Topical steroids
- Oral antihistamine
Loading dose 600 mg followed by 300 mg every other week SCC complete response and metastatic melanoma partial response
2 M 78 Stage IIIC cutaneous melanoma Adjuvant nivolumab (PD1 inhibitor) BP - Topical steroids
- Oral prednisone
Loading dose 600 mg followed by 300 mg every other week Remission
3 F 70 Metastatic serous endometrial carcinoma Pembrolizumab (PD1 inhibitor) and Lenvatinib (multi-target tyrosine kinase inhibitor) BP - Topical steroids
- Doxycycline
- Nicotinamide
- Oral prednisone
- Mycophenolate mofetil
Loading dose 600 mg followed by 300 mg every other week Death from cancer progression

BP: Bullous pemphigoid; SCC: squamous cell carcinoma.PD1: programmed cell death 1; irAE: immune-related adverse event.

Informed consent to receive dupilumab as an off-label medication for irAEs was obtained from all our patients after a thorough discussion involving their medical oncologist.