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. 2023 Sep 11;14(16):2956–2963. doi: 10.7150/jca.87335

Table 3.

Patient irAE characteristics and incidence rates of infection for patients included in the analysis.

Study information Type of irAE Treatment for irAE Follow up
First author and year Patientsn GIn (%) Hepatobiliaryn (%) Lungn (%) Steroids n (%) Median steroids dose (mg) IFX n (%) VDZn (%) Infection rate n (%) Duration (mons)
Alexander 2021 127 127 (100) 0 (0) 0 (0) 127 (100) > 5 mg 127 (100) 127 (100) 26 (20.5) 6
Au 2018 57 0 (0) 57 (100) 0 (0) 45 (78.9) 1.3 mg/kg 0 (0) 0 (0) 15 (26.3) 4
Beattie 2020 26 0 (0) 0 (0) 26 (100) 26 (100) 100 mg 20 (76.9) 0 (0) 4 (15.4) 2
Johnson 2018 75 75 (100) 0 (0) 0 (0) 75 (100) NR 36 (48) 0 (0) 2 (2.7) 26
Kadokawa 2021 8 7 (87.5) 1 (12.5) 0 (0) 8 (100) NR 8 (100) 0 (0) 4 (50) 3
Li 2022 215 55 (25.6) 215 (100) 58 (27.0) 215 (100) NR 0 (0) 0 (0) 25 (11.6) NR
Shah 2022 112 48 (42.9) 28 (25) 23 (20.5) 112 (100) >20 mg 15 (13.4) 3 (2.7) 22 (19.6) 3
Thompson 2021 50 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 50 (100) NR 0 (0) 0 (0) 17 (34) 3
Wang 2018 79 79 (100) 0 (0) 0 (0) 79 (100) NR 35 (44.3) 0 (0) 29 (36.7) 1
Williams 2019 103 0 (0) 0 (0) 28 (27.2) 103 (100) 1mg/kg 0 (0) 0 (0) NR 3
Zou 2021 184 184 (100) 0 (0) 0 (0) 184 (100) NR 94 (51.1) 63 (34.2) 35 (19.0) 45

GI, gastrointestinal; IFX, infliximab; irAE, immune-related adverse event; NR, not reported; VDZ, vedolizumab.

‡Our analysis for this study was limited to those who received systemic corticosteroids.