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. 2018 Jan 28;2018:8981375. doi: 10.1155/2018/8981375

Table 1.

Characteristics of patients reported in the literature so far with fulminant diabetes from anti-PD-1 immunotherapy.

Study Age (years)/sex Cancer diagnosis Anti-PD-1 agent Presentation HbA1C (%) C-peptide Antibody positivity
Hughes et al. [7] 55/F Melanoma Nivolumab DKA 6.9 Undetectable No
83/F NSCLC Nivolumab DKA 7.7 Undetectable GADA
63/M RCC Nivolumab Hyperglycemia 8.2 Low GADA, IAA, ICA
58/M SCLC Nivolumab DKA 9.7 Undetectable GADA
64/F Melanoma Pembrolizumab Hyperglycemia 7.4 Low No
Martin-Liberal et al. [8] 54/F Melanoma Pembrolizumab DKA NA NA GADA
Mellati et al. [9] 70/M NSCLC Nivolumab DKA 9.8 Low NA
66/F Jaw sarcomatoid squamous cell carcinoma NA DKA 9.4 Undetectable GADA
Gaudy et al. [10] 44/F Melanoma Pembrolizumab DKA 6.85 Undetectable GADA
Okamoto et al. [11] 55/F Melanoma Nivolumab Hyperglycemia 7 Undetectable No
Miyoshi et al. [5] 66/F Melanoma Nivolumab DKA 7.3 Undetectable No
Lowe et al. [12] 54/F Melanoma Nivolumab DKA NA Undetectable GADA
Munakata et al. [13] 71/M Hodgkin lymphoma Nivolumab Hyperglycemia 7.3 Undetectable No
Ishikawa et al. [14] 54/F Melanoma Nivolumab DKA 7 Low No
Li et al. [15] 63/F NSCLC Nivolumab DKA <6.4% NA GADA
Araújo et al. [16] 73/F NSCLC Nivolumab DKA 7.2 Undetectable GADA
Alzenaidi et al. 2017 [17] 47/M Melanoma Nivolumab DKA 8 Undetectable GADA
Godwin et al. [18] 34/F NSCLC Nivolumab DKA 7.1 Undetectable GADA, IA-2, IAA
This study 61/M Melanoma Nivolumab DKA 6.9 Undetectable No

DKA: diabetic ketoacidosis; F: female; NSCLC: nonsmall cell lung cancer; SCLC: small cell lung cancer; RCC: renal cell carcinoma; GADA: glutamic acid decarboxylase autoantibodies; IAA: insulin autoantibodies; ICA: islet cell antibodies; NA: not available; IA-2: islet 2 autoantibody.