Table 4.
Clinical characteristics, therapeutic response, and toxicities of the 11 patients presenting with detectable baseline HIV RNA (n = 9) and/or advanced immunosuppression (n = 4).
| Patient | Sex | Age (years) | Cancer and stage | PD-1 inhibitor | HIV RNA at baseline (copies/mL) | HIV RNA after PD-1 inhibitors (copies/mL) | CD4+ T-cell count at baseline (cells/μL) | CD4+ T-cell count at 24 weeks (cells/μL) | Response | Toxicity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Male | 35 | Lung cancer III | Tislelizumab | 13,932 | ND | 122 | 179 | PD | NO |
| 2 | Male | 69 | Lung cancer III | Sintilimab | 1.62 × 105 | ND | 210 | 219 | SD | NO |
| 3 | Male | 69 | Lung cancer III | Sintilimab | 6,754 | ND | 318 | 402 | SD | Hypothyroidism |
| 4 | Male | 51 | Liver cancer III | Sintilimab | 1,323 | ND | 165 | 258 | PD | Hypothyroidism |
| 5a | Male | 78 | Lung cancer IV | Camrelizumab | 1.04 × 106 | NA | 36 | 248 | SD | NO |
| 6 | Male | 55 | Esophageal cancer III | Camrelizumab | 59 | ND | 321 | 345 | PD | Hypothyroidism |
| 7 | Male | 48 | Esophageal cancer IV | Camrelizumab | 41 | NA | 399 | 400 | SD | NO |
| 8a | Male | 55 | Esophageal cancer IV | Tislelizumab | 542 | 54 | 69 | 154 | PD | NO |
| 9 | Male | 27 | Gastric cardia adenocarcinoma IV | Sintilimab | 3,049 | 44 | 208 | 282 | PD | NO |
| 10 | Male | 63 | Lung cancer III | Tislelizumab | ND | ND | 49 | 135 | PD | NO |
| 11 | Male | 69 | Nasopharyngeal carcinoma III | Camrelizumab | ND | ND | 73 | 137 | PD | NO |
Patients 5 and 8 had detectable HIV RNA and concurrent CD4+ T-cell counts < 100 cells/μL at baseline.
NA, not available; ND, not detected; NO, not observed.