TABLE 2:
Case reports, series and cohort studies detailing use of ICI in the peritransplantation setting for HCC therapy.
| Pre-LT | Author | Age/Sex | ICI regimen | Therapy Prior to/with ICI | ICI duration of Treatment | ICI Completion to Transplant (m) | Rejection | Other Outcomes |
| Nordness et al. 2020 | 65 M | nivolumab | Hepatectomy Sorafenib TARE TACE | 2 years | 8 days | Yes | - Partial remission pre-LT - Fatal hepatic necrosis |
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| Schwacha-Eipper 2020 | 62 M | nivolumab | Sorafenib Regorafenib | 34 cycles | 6 weeks | No | -Partial remission pre-LT | |
| Chen et al 2021 | 39 M | toripalimab | Hepatectomy TACE Sorafenib Lenvatinib Ablation | 10 cycles | 93 days | Yes | -Fatal acute hepatic necrosis | |
| Kang et al. 2022 | 14 M | pembrolizumab | Cisplatin/Doxorubicin/Dexrazoxane Hepatectomy TACE | 9 weeks | 138 days | No | -Hepatic artery dissection -Graft loss |
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| Schnickel et al. 2022 | 61F | nivolumab | n/a | 18 months | 5 weeks | Yes | -Hepatic necrosis -Graft loss |
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| 65M | nivolumab | n/a | 8 months | 10 days | Yes | -Hepatic necrosis | ||
| 71 M | nivolumab | n/a | 8 months | 3 months | No | n/a | ||
| 65 F | nivolumab | n/a | 12 months | 4 months | No | n/s | ||
| 68M | nivolumab | n/a | 12 months | 6 months | No | -Cholestasis -Death |
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| Abdelrahim et al. 2024 | 64 M | atezolimumab+bevacimumab | Radiation | 4 months | 4 months | No | -Recurrence | |
| 61 M | nivolumab | TARE Hepatectomy Sorafenib | 8 months | 8 weeks | No | n/a | ||
| 58 M | atezolimumab+bevacimumab | TARE Lenvatinib TACE Carbonzatinib | 3 months | 6 months | No | -Recurrence | ||
| 61 M | nivolumab atezolimumab+ bevacimumab |
Lenvatinib | 1 month 3 months |
2 months | No | n/a | ||
| 68 M | atezolizumab + bevacimumab | TARE TACE Ablation Lenvatinib | 16 months | 36 months | No | -Chronic respiratory failure -Sustained bacteremia and septic shock |
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| 59 M | nivolumab ipilimumab | Hepatectomy Ablation TACE Radiation | 1 months | 41 months | No | -ICI associated hepatotoxicity -Mesh related complications |
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| Post-LT | Author | Age/Sex | ICI regimen | Other Post-LT Therapy | ICI duration of Treatment | Transplant to ICI Initiation Duration (m) | Rejection | Other Outcomes |
| Varkaris et al. 2017 | 70 M | pembrolizumab | Sorafenib Chemoradiation Capecitabine | 4 months | 8 years | No | -Disease progression | |
| De Toni et al. 2017 | 41 M | nivolumab | TACE Ablation | 15 cycles | 11 months | Yes | -Disease progression | |
| Friend et al. 2017 | 20 M | nivolumab | Sorafenib Capecitabine | 2 weeks | 3 years | Yes | -Fatal acute graft rejection | |
| 14 M | nivolumab | Sorafenib Capecitabine | 1 week | 3 years | Yes | -Fatal acute graft rejection | ||
| Rammohan et al. 2018 | 57 M | pembrolizumab | Sorafenib | 10 months | 4 years | No | -Partial remission | |
| DeLeon et al. 2018 | 56 M | nivolumab | Sorafenib | 1.2 months | 2.7 years | No | -Disease progression | |
| 55 M | nivolumab | Sorafenib | 1.1 months | 7.8 years | No | -Disease progression | ||
| 34 F | nivolumab | Sorafenib | 1.3 months | 3.7 years | No | -Disease progression | ||
| 63 M | nivolumab | Sorafenib | 0.3 months | 1.2 years | No | -Multiorgan failure | ||
| 68 M | nivolumab | Sorafenib | 0.9 months | 1.1 years | Yes | n/a | ||
| Gassmann et al. 2018 | 53 F | nivolumab | Sorafenib | 1 week | 2 years | Yes | -Fatal severe graft rejection | |
| Amjad et al. 2019 | 62 F | nivolumab | TACE Radiation | 6 months | 1.3 Years | No | -Complete remission | |
| Kumar et al. 2019 | 64 M | nivolumab | Sorafenib | 1 week | 2 years | Yes | -n/a | |
| Pandey et al. 2020 | 52F | ipilumumab | Ablation Sorafenib | 13 months | 7.5 years | No | -Complete remission | |
| Al Jarroudi O. 2020 | 70 M | nivolumab | Sorafenib Gemcitabine Oxaliplatin Regorafenib | 8 weeks | 3 years | Yes | -Disease progression | |
| 62 F | nivolumab | Sorafenib Regorafenib 5 fluorouracil/ Oxaliplatin | 10 weeks | unknown | No | -Disease progression | ||
| 66 M | nivolumab | Sorafenib Regorafenib | 12 weeks | 5 years | No | -Disease progression | ||
| Anugwom et al. 2020 | 62 M | nivolumab | Sorafenib Carboplatin/Gemcitabine 5 fluorouracil/ oxaliplatin Radiation | 2 months | 1 year | Yes | -Immune hepatitis |