Table 1.
Nivolumab | Interstitial lung disease, pneumonitis, OP, AFOP, sarcoidosis/sarcoid-like reaction, pleural effusion, reactivation of pulmonary infection (tuberculosis, aspergillosis), lung cavitation, asthma. |
Pembrolizumab | Pneumonitis (increased risk of high-grade pneumonitis compared with nivolumab), pleural effusion, sarcoidosis/sarcoid-like reactions, reactivation of tuberculosis, AFOP, OP, eosinophilic pneumonia, ARDS, lung cavitation, asthma exacerbation, alveolar hemorrhage. |
Nivolumab/ipilimumab | Pneumonitis (increased risk of all-grade pneumonitis compared with PD-1 inhibitor monotherapy), sarcoidosis. |
Atezolimumab | Pneumonitis (overall, PD-L1 inhibitors have a lower incidence of all-grade pneumonitis compared with PD-1 inhibitors). |
Durvalumab | Pneumonitis |
Avelumb | Pneumonitis, sarcoid-like reaction |
AFOP, Acute Fibrinous Organizing Pneumonia; ARDS, Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome; OP, organizing pneumonia; PD-1, Programmed Death-1; PD-L1, Programmed Death-Ligand 1.