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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Jan 15.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer. 2017 Sep 28;124(2):271–277. doi: 10.1002/cncr.31043

Table 3. Adverse Events (AEs), Immune Related Adverse Events (IRAEs), and Overall Response Rates with PD-1 versus PD-L1 Inhibitors.

PD-1 Inhibitors (n=3284) PD-L1 Inhibitors (n=2460) p-value
Overall AEs (%) 64 66 0.8
Grade 3-5 AEs (%) 13 21 0.15
Fatigue, any grade (%) 19 21 0.4
Diarrhea, any grade (%) 9 12 0.4
Rash, any grade (%) 9 7 0.8
IRAEs (%) 16 11 0.07
Grade 3-5 IRAEs (%) 3 5 0.4
Hypothyroidism, any grade (%) 6.7 4.2 0.07
Pneumonitis, any grade (%) 4 2 0.01
Colitis, any grade (%) 1.7 1 0.4
Overall Response Rate (ORR) (%) 19 18.6 0.17