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. 2017 Oct 4;2017:bcr2017220415. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2017-220415

Table 1.

Patients’ diabetes-related characteristics after receiving anti-PD-L1 therapy

Case 1 Case 2
Anti-PD-L1 Therapy Durvalumab Atezolizumab
Time from initiation of therapy to onset of diabetes (weeks) 18 9
Clinical presentation Vaginal candidiasis, recurrent bacterial cystitis, fatigue, polyuria, DKA Fatigue, polyuria
Blood glucose at diagnosis 326 mg/dL 379 mg/dL
HbA1C at diagnosis 9.1% (76 mmol/mol) 8.2% (66 mmol/mol)
C-peptide (blood glucose) 0.4 ng/mL (142 mg/dL)* 1.1 ng/mL (386 mg/dL)*
0.6 ng/mL (336 mg/dL)†
GAD antibody 13 U/mL§ 28.4 U/mL‡
Islet cell antibodies Not available Negative

*At diagnosis.

2 months after diagnosis.

‡Normal <1 U/mL.

§Normal <0.5 U/mL.

DKA, diabetic ketoacidosis; GAD, glutamic acid decarboxylase; HbA1C, glycated haemoglobin.; PD-L1, programmed cell death ligand-1.