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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Feb 23.
Published in final edited form as: J Cancer Res Clin Oncol. 2022 Sep 14;149(2):877–883. doi: 10.1007/s00432-022-04299-1

Table 2.

The demographics, clinical characteristics and outcomes of IMH stratified by resolution

No resolution of IMH (n = 11) Resolution of IMH (n = 10) p-value
Age (years) 59 (10) 62 (11) 0.64
Gender (female) 6 (55%) 7 (70%) 0.66
Race 0.67
 Asian 0 (0%) 1 (10%)
 Black or African American 2 (18%) 2 (20%)
 Hispanic 0 (0%) 1 (10%)
 White or Caucasian 9 (82%) 6 (60%)
 History of autoimmune disease 0 (0%) 1 (10%) 0.48
BMI at referral 26 (24–30) 28 (26–31) 0.36
Tumor type 0.016
 Bladder 2 (18%) 0 (0%)
 Breast 4 (36%) 0 (0%)
 Esophageal 0 (0%) 2 (20%)
 GBM 1 (9%) 1 (10%)
 Gastric 0 (0%) 2 (20%)
 Liposarcoma 0 (0%) 1 (10%)
 Melanoma 2 (18%) 1 (10%)
 NSCLC 0 (0%) 3 (30%)
 Ovarian 1 (9%) 0 (0%)
 Pancreatic 1 (9%) 0 (0%)
Metastatic 4 (36%) 3 (30%) 1.00
Type of immunotherapy 0.59
 CTLA-4 2 (18%) 0 (0%)
 CTLA-4 PD-1/PD-L1 1 (9%) 2 (20%)
 PD-1/PD-L1 8 (73%) 8 (80%)
ANA titer (> 1:80) 2 (25%) 4 (44%) 0.62
ASMA titer (> 1:40) 1 (11%) 1 (14%) 1.00
Doses of ICI before IMH 2 (1–4) 4 (2–9) 0.32
Time from first ICI to IMH referral (days) 84 (44–238) 107 (44–200) 0.89
Toxicity at referral 1.00
 Grade 1–2 3 (27%) 3 (30%)
 Grade 3–4 8 (73%) 7 (70%)
Pattern of injury 0.30
 Hepatocellular 3 (27%) 4 (40%)
 Mixed 2 (18%) 4 (40%)
 Cholestatic 6 (55%) 2 (20%)
Toxicity at peak 0.15
 Grade 1–2 1 (9%) 4 (40%)
 Grade 3–4 10 (91%) 6 (60%)
Pattern of injury 1.00
 Hepatocellular 3 (27%) 3 (30%)
 Mixed 4 (36%) 4 (40%)
 Cholestatic 4 (36%) 3 (30%)
Toxicity 1 week after treatment 0.041
 Grade 1–2 1 (13%) 6 (75%)
 Grade 3–4 7 (88%) 2 (25%)
Treatment with steroid 9 (82%) 8 (80%) 1.00
Initial dosing of steroids > 1 mg/kg/day prednisone equivalent 5 (56%) 4 (50%) 1.00
Duration of steroid (days) 28 (12–58) 110 (46–162) 0.074
Time from referral to death (days) 33 (10–67) 467 (412–472) 0.016
Death at follow-up 11 (100%) 3 (30%) 0.001

n (%), mean (STD), median (IQR)