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. 2018 Mar 28;2018:17-0174. doi: 10.1530/EDM-17-0174

Table 4.

Characteristics of case reports of patients diagnosed with diabetes after receiving anti-PD-1 therapy.

Study Age Sex Cancer Presentation Time Frame HbA1c (%) Autoantibodies Prior or concurrent chemotherapeutics Management
Systemic steroid Resumed anti-PD-1
Nivolumab
 (19) 55 F Melanoma DKA 5 months 6.9 None Ipilimumab NR NR
83 F NSCLC DKA <1 month 7.7 GAD65 None NR NR
63 M RCC Hyperglycemia 4 months 8.2 GAD65, IA-2, IAA Aldesleukin, bevacizumab, interferon NR NR
58 M SCLC DKA 1 week 9.7 GAD65 Carboplatin, etoposide, paclitaxel NR NR
 (29) 70 M NSCLC Hyperglycemia 15 weeks 9.8 None NR NR NR
66 F SCC Jaw DKA 7 weeks 9.4 GAD65 NR NR NR
 (30) 72 M Hodgkin lymphoma Hyperglycemia 57 days 7.3 None ABVD, brentuximab NR Yes
 (31) 66 F Melanoma DKA 4 months 7.3 None None NR Yes
 (32) 70 F Melanoma Hyperglycemia 6 weeks NR None None NR Yes
40 M Melanoma NR 6 weeks NR NR Dacarbazine, polychemotherapy, ipilimumab NR Yes
78 F Melanoma DKA 3 weeks NR GAD65 Dacarbazine; ipilimumab NR NR
 (33) 55 F Melanoma Hyperglycemia 1 year 7 None Ipilimumab, dacarbazine, nimustine, cisplatin, tamoxifen NR Yes
 (34) 73 M Melanoma DKA 6 weeks 8.8 GAD65, ZnT8A, IA-2 Interferon, vemurafenib, cobimetinib NR Yes
 (35)l 63 F Melanoma DKA 30 weeks 8.9 None Dacarbazine NR No
 (36) 54 F Melanoma Hyperglycemia 10 months 7 None Cisplatin, dacarbazine, nimustine and tamoxifen NR Yes
 (37) 34 F NSCLC DKA 4 weeks 7.1 GAD65, IA-2, IAA Carboplatin, pemetrexed NR No
 (38) 68 F RCC Hyperglycemia 98 days 6.9 None Interferon, sunitinib, axitinib NR Yes
 (39) NR NR NSCLC NR NR NR NR NR NR NR
 (40) 63 M NSCLC DKA 27 days 7.2 GAD65 Carboplatin, paclitaxel, cisplatin NR No
 (41) 83 M SCC maxillary sinus DKA 3 months 7.4 GAD65 None Yes* No
 (42) 31 M NSCLC DKA 13 days 6.4 GAD65 NR NR Yes
62 F NSCLC Hyperglycemia 10 weeks 6.5 None NR NR Yes
 (43) 54 M Melanoma DKA 4 months NR GAD65 Ipilimumab Yes* No
 (44) 55 M Pleomorphic carcinoma DKA 10 days after cycle 9 8.2 None Cisplatin, docetaxel, pemetrexed NR No
 (45) 42 M Melanoma DKA 3 months 6.5 None Ipilimumab Yes* NR
 (46) 74 F NSCLC DKA 25 days 8.7 GAD65 Pemetrexed NR NR
 (47) 66 M Melanoma Hyperglycemia 19 days NR GAD65, IA-2 Ipilimumab Yes* No
 (48) 73 M NSCLC Hyperglycemia 25 weeks 9.4 None NR NR No
 (49) 40 M Hodgkin lymphoma NR NR NR GAD65 COPP, brentuximab, gemcitabine, ICE NR NR
 This case 70 M RCC DKA 6 weeks 8.4 None None No No
Pembrolizumab
 (19) 64 F Melanoma Hyperglycemia <1 month 7.4 None None NR NR
 (50) 54 F Melanoma DKA After cycle 3 NR GAD65 Ipilimumab NR Yes
 (51) 44 F Melanoma DKA 2 weeks after cycle 2 6.85 None NR NR Yes
 (52) 55 M Melanoma DKA Cycle 9 10.7 None Dacarbazine, ipilimumab NR No
 (53) 58 M Melanoma Hyperglycemia 1 year 9.7 GAD65 Interferon, vemurafenib, IL-2, ipilimumab No No
 (32) 58 F Melanoma Hyperglycemia 3 weeks NR GAD65 Ipilimumab NR Yes
 (21) 76 M NSCLC Hyperglycemia 4 weeks 5.8 GAD65, IA-2 Carboplatin, paclitaxel Yes Yes
 (20) 60 M Melanoma DKA 5 weeks 7.1 None Ipilimumab Yes No
 (54) 58 M Melanoma DKA 3 months 7.4 None BRAF/MEK inhibitor NR NR
 (55) 66 M NSCLC DKA 6 weeks 7.6 GAD65 NR NR Yes
56) 67 F Cholangiocarcinoma NR NR NR GAD65 Leucovorin, fluorouracil, oxaliplatin NR NR
 (57) 58 M Melanoma DKA 62 days 6.8 None Ipilimumab NR NR

*Systemic steroids were used for reasons other than autoimmune diabetes (colitis and adrenal insufficiency); systemic steroids were specifically used for autoimmune diabetes. However, there was no significant improvement or resolution of diabetes; had diagnosis of DM prior of starting nivolumab.

ABVD, doxorubicin, bleomycin, vinblastine, dacarbazine; COPP, cyclophosphamide/vincristin/prednisone/procarbazine; DKA, diabetic ketoacidosis; GAD65, glutamic acid decarboxylase 65; IAA, insulin autoantibodies; IA-2, tyrosine phosphatase-related islet antigen 2; ICE, ifosfamide/carboplatin/etoposide; NR, not reported; NSCLC, non-small cell lung cancer; RCC, renal cell carcinoma; SCC, squamous cell carcinoma; SCLC, small cell lung cancer; ZnT8A, zinc transporter 8 autoantibody.