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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Oct 5.
Published in final edited form as: Nat Rev Endocrinol. 2017 Jan 20;13(4):195–207. doi: 10.1038/nrendo.2016.205

Table 1.

Endocrine IRAEs in patients treated with ipilimumab

Study Cohort Endocrinopathy
Age (range) n Hypophysitis 2°/Other AI 2°/Other HT 1° HT Thyroiditis 1° AI
Phan, et al(2003)64 52 (39–67) 14 1 1 1 NR NR NR
Attia, et al(2005)82 50.1 (21–67) 56 1 NR NR NR NR NR
Maker, et al(2006)62 48 (24–68) 46 8 NR 1* NR NR NR
Downey, et al(2007)86 50 (21–69) 139 13 NR 3* NR NR NR
Small, et al(2007)89 70.5 (56–79) 14 NR NR NR NR NR NR
Yang, et al(2007)39 52–59 (31–70) 61 2 1* NR NR NR NR
Weber, et al(2008)90 59 (29–87) 88 NR 1* NR NR NR NR
Ansell, et al(2009)91 56 (37–79) 18 1 NR NR NR NR NR
O’Day, et al(2010)92# 59 (26–85) 155 NR NR NR NR NR NR
Hodi, et al(2010)7 55.6–56.8|| 540 4 5* 8* NR NR NR
Hersh, et al(2011)93 61 (25–82) 72 NR 1* NR NR NR NR
Ku et al (2010)87 62 (38–86) 53 1ǂ 2 1* NR NR NR
Royal, et al(2010)94 55 (27–68) 27 1 NR NR NR NR NR
Robert, et al(2011)8 57.5|| 250 NR NR NR NR NR NR
DiGiacomo, et al(2011)95 55 (23–77) 27 NR NR 2* NR 1 NR
Eggermont, et al(2015)88 51 (20–84) 475 86 NR 42* NR NR NR
Faje, et al(2014)36 59.9–68.2|| 154 17ǂ 7 17 8 NR NR
Ryder, et al(2014)32** NR 256 19 16 11 15 8 2
Postow, et al(2015)131 67 (31–80) 47 3 2* 7* NR NR NR
Larkin, et al(2015)132 61 (18–89) 315 12 NR 13* NR NR NR
Albarel, et al(2015)48## 55.5|| 131 15 11 13 NR NR NR
Total 2938 184 (9.1%) 37 (6.1%) 42 (7.6%) 23 (5.6%) 9 (3.2%) 2 (0.8%)
Event/Totalǂǂ - 184/2017 37/608|||| 42/555|||| 23/410 9/283 2/256
*

Unclear etiology (such as primary versus secondary)

#

Endocrinopathies (n=9) reported but no specifics given

ǂ

Single patient within trial cohort with multiple events (hypophysitis)

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Age range not given;

Retrospective review.

**

18 patients had secondary gondadotroph deficiency.

##

12 patients had secondary gondadotroph deficiency.

ǂǂ

Percentage determined by total number of events divided from total number of patients only from studies reporting event.

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Unclear etiologies were not included in calculation.

AI, adrenal insufficency; HT, hypothyroidism; NR, not reported

Note: Secondary gonadotroph deficiency was reported in 30 out of 401 patients (7.5%)