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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Kidney Int. 2016 Jun 7;90(3):638–647. doi: 10.1016/j.kint.2016.04.008

Table 3. Treatment and Outcomes.

Pt Treatment Renal Function Re-treated with CPI? IRAEs with re-treatment? AKI with re-treatment?
1 Pred 60mg daily, tapered off over 3 months Partial recovery Pembro No No
2 Pred 60mg daily, tapered off over 6 weeks Complete recovery No NA NA
3 Episode 1: Pred 60mg daily, tapered off over 2 weeks; Episode 2: hydrocortisone 100mg IV q12 hours × 1 day, then prednisone 60mg daily, tapered to 10 mg daily over 3 months and continued at 10mg daily for an additional 3 months Partial recovery No NA NA
4 Conservative management No recovery No NA NA
5 Solumedrol 35mg IV daily × 4 days, then Pred 80mg daily, tapered off over 8 weeks Partial recovery No NA NA
6 Solumedrol 500mg IV daily × 3 days, 250mg IV daily × 3 days, then pred 80mg daily, tapered off over 4 weeks No recovery No NA NA
7 Pred 70mg BID, tapered over 3 weeks to 10mg daily, tapered off over 9 weeks Partial recovery Ipi Colitis No
8 Pred 60mg daily, tapered off over 2 weeks No recovery No NA NA
9 Solumedrol 500mg IV daily × 3 days, then Pred 60mg daily; 2 weeks later Pred increased to 80mg BID and MMF 1g BID added Partial recovery No NA NA
10 Conservative management No recovery Ipi No No
11 Pred 60mg daily × 4 weeks, then tapered off over 8 weeks Partial recovery No NA NA
12 Solumedrol 500mg IV daily × 3 days, then Pred 40mg daily, tapered off over 4 weeks Partial recovery No NA NA
13 Solumedrol 250mg × 1, then Pred 40 mg daily, tapered off over 3 months Complete recovery No NA NA

Abbreviations: CPI, checkpoint inhibitor; IRAEs, immune-related adverse events; MMF, mycophenolate mofetil; NA, not applicable; Pembro, pembrolizumab; Pred, prednisone.