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. 2024 Jan 9;38(1):25–38. doi: 10.1007/s40290-023-00508-5

Table 1.

Incidence of the most common any grade irAEs in pivotal first-line metastatic studies

Study name Immunotherapy and dose Additional agents Tumour irAEs Incidence (%)
Checkmate 067 [10]

Ipilimumab 3 mg/kg

Nivolumab 1 mg/kg

Nil Melanoma

Skin

Diarrhoea/colitis

Hepatic

62

48

33

KEYNOTE 024 [11] Pembrolizumab 200 mg Nil NSCLC

Hypothyroidism

Hyperthyroidism

Pneumonitis

9.1

7.8

5.8

Checkmate 214 [12]

Ipilimumab 1 mg/kg

Nivolumab 3 mg/kg

Nil RCC

Fatigue

Pruritus

Diarrhoea

37

28

27

KEYNOTE 048 [13] Pembrolizumab 200 mg Monotherapy, platinum and 5-FU based chemotherapy arms Head and neck SqCC

Hypothyroidism

Pneumonitis

Hyperthyroidism

18

6

3

IMbrave150 [14] Atezolizumab 1200 mg Bevacizumab 15 mg/kg HCC

Fatigue

AST increase

Pruritus

20.4

19.5

19.5

TOPAZ-1 [15] Durvalumab 1500 mg

Cisplatin

Gemcitabine

Cholangiocarcinoma

Hypothyroidism

Rash/dermatitis

Hepatitis

5.9

3.6

1.2

Checkmate 649 [16] Nivolumab 240 mg or 360 mg FOLFOX Gastric adenocarcinoma

Gastrointestinal

Skin

Hepatic

34

27

26

JAVELIN Bladder 100 [17] Avelumab 10 mg/kg Cisplatin/carboplatin-gemcitabine Urothelial carcinoma

Fatigue

Pruritus

Diarrhoea

17.7

17.2

16.6

Checkmate 743 [18]

Ipilimumab 1 mg/kg

Nivolumab 3 mg/kg

Nil Mesothelioma

Colitis

Infusion reaction

Hepatitis

3.0

2.0

1.7

AST aspartate aminotransferase, HCC hepatocellular carcinoma, irAE immune-related adverse event, NSCLC non-small cell lung cancer, RCC renal cell carcinoma, SqCC squamous cell carcinoma