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. 2018 Mar 15;7(7):e1440168. doi: 10.1080/2162402X.2018.1440168

Table 4.

Relationship of treatment parameters with occurrence of adverse events.

  No AE (n = 13) Any AE (n = 46) p No Grade ≥ 3 AE (n = 47) Grade ≥ 3 AE (n = 12) p
Diagnosis            
 Bladder 3 (42.9%) 4 (57.1%) 0.0659 7 (100%) 0 (0%) 0.4952
 Melanoma 3 (16.7%) 15 (83.3%)   14 (77.8%) 4 (22.2%)  
 NSCLC 0 (0%) 5 (100%)   5 (100%) 0 (0%)  
 Pancreas 1 (100%) 0 (0%)   1 (100%) 0 (0%)  
 RCC 5 (18.5%) 22 (81.5%)   19 (70.4%) 8 (29.6%)  
 SCC HN 1 (100%) 0 (0%)   1 (100%) 0 (0%)  
No. of ICI            
 Single 11 (27.5%) 29 (72.5%) 0.1893 35 (87.5%) 5 (12.5%) 0.0417
 >1 ICI 2 (10.5%) 17 (89.5%)   12 (63.2%) 7 (36.8%)  
ICI status            
 Simultaneous 1 (7.1%) 13 (92.9%) 0.1591 8 (57.1%) 6 (42.9%) 0.0260
 Othera 12 (26.7%) 33 (73.3%)   39 (86.7%) 6 (13.3%)  
Treatment order            
 ICI → RT (ICI first) 3 (27.3%) 8 (72.7%) 0.9153 11 (100%) 0 (0%) 0.1765
 RT + ICI (simultaneous) 6 (20.0%) 24 (80.0%)   23 (76.7%) 7 (23.3%)  
 RT → ICI (RT first) 4 (22.2%) 14 (77.8%)   13 (72.2%) 5 (27.8%)  
Single fractionsb            
 1 fraction 1 (16.7%) 5 (83.3%) 1.0000 5 (83.3%) 1 (16.7%) 1.0000
 >1 fraction 8 (25.8%) 23 (74.2%)   26 (83.9%) 5 (16.1%)  
1-3 fractionsc            
 1–3 fractions 3 (16.7%) 15 (83.3%) 1.0000 13 (72.2%) 5 (27.8%) 0.2320
 >3 fractions 4 (21.1%) 15 (78.9%)   17 (89.5%) 2 (10.5%)  
Other concurrent RTd            
 Yes 6 (28.6%) 15 (71.4%) 0.5131 16 (76.2%) 5 (23.8%) 0.7386
 No 7 (18.4%) 31 (81.6%)   31 (81.6%) 7 (18.4%)  
Head and Neck RT            
 No 9 (25.0%) 27 (75.0%) 0.4916 29 (80.6%) 7 (19.4%) 0.8309
 Yes 4 (17.4%) 19 (82.6%)   18 (78.3%) 5 (21.7%)  
Bone RT            
 No 8 (19.0%) 34 (81.0%) 0.3844 32 (76.2%) 10 (23.8%) 0.2979
 Yes 5 (29.4%) 12 (70.6%)   15 (88.2%) 2 (11.8%)  
Lung and Chest RT            
 No 8 (25.8%) 23 (74.2%) 0.4620 23 (74.2%) 8 (25.8%) 0.2723
 Yes 5 (17.9%) 23 (82.1%)   24 (85.7%) 4 (14.3%)  
Below Diaphragm RT            
 No 6 (18.2%) 27 (81.8%) 0.4213 27 (81.8%) 6 (18.2%) 0.6428
 Yes 7 (26.9%) 19 (73.1%)   20 (76.9%) 6 (23.1%)  
Median BED (Gy), total (IQR) 127.3 (83.5-160.0) 131.8 (77.5-206.5) 0.5043 127.3 (75.4-201.0) 146.0 (97.3-185.4) 0.5157
Median infusions (IQR) 4 (2-8) 8 (4-15) 0.1020 8 (4-15) 4 (3.5-7.5) 0.0632
Median ICI duration (mos), months (IQR) 2.7 (1.0-4.5) 3.8 (2.1-8.3) 0.1798 3.8 (2.1-8.3) 3.2 (1.7-4.1) 0.2247

Abbreviations: AE, adverse events; NSCLC, non-small cell lung cancer; RCC, renal cell carcinoma; SCC HN, head and neck squamous cell carcinoma; ICI, immune checkpoint inhibitor; RT, radiotherapy; BED, biologically equivalent dose; IQR, inter-quartile range.

a

Other included those who received single or >1 sequential but no concurrent ICIs.

b

Patients who only received 1 fraction versus patients who only received more than 1 fraction to all treated sites.

c

Patients who only received 1–3 fractions versus patients who only received more than 3 fractions to all treated sites.

d

This included conventional RT or brain SRS.