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. 2017 Sep 8;14(5):5671–5680. doi: 10.3892/ol.2017.6919

Table I.

Incidence of IRAEs during anticancer immunotherapy with anti-CTLA4 or anti-PD1/PD-L1 antibodies.

IRAE incidence (all grades), %

IRAEs Anti-CTLA4 immunotherapy Anti-PD1/PD-L1 immunotherapy
Dermatological (rash, pruritus, psoriasiform eruptions, vitiligo, Sweet's syndrome, Stevens-Johnson syndrome, toxic epidermal necrosis, pyoderma gangrenosum, cutaneous sarcoidosis) 44.0 37.4
Gastrointestinal (diarrhea, colitis, hepatitis, pancreatitis) 30.0 20.0
Fatigue 46.0 47.0
Endocrine (thyroid dysfunction, hypophysitis, adrenal insufficiency) 10.0 <10.0
Musculoskeletal 6.1 7.6
Mucosal toxicity (oral mucositis, dry mouth) <5.0 5.0
Respiratory (pulmonitis) 1.0 <1.0
Ophthalmological (episcleritis, conjunctivitis, uveitis, orbital inflammation) <1.0
Neurological (paresthesia, Guillain-Barré syndrome, aseptic or lymphocytic meningitis, posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome, inflammatory enteric neuropathy, transverse myelitis) <1.0
Renal (renal failure) <1.0 1.0–22.0
Hematological (red cell aplasia, autoimmune neutropenia or pancytopenia, acquired hemophilia) <1.0

IRAE, immune-related adverse event; CTLA4, cytotoxic T lymphocyte antigen 4; PD1, programmed cell death protein 1; PD-L1, programmed death ligand 1.