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. 2026 Jun 24;16:1846602. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2026.1846602

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
a

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.