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. 2019 Feb 13;7(1):e000591. doi: 10.1136/bmjdrc-2018-000591

Table 4.

Disease characteristics and course of individual patients with PD-1 inhibitor-induced worsening of pre-existing type 2 diabetes

Pt BMI ICI Pre-ICI laboratory data Presentation Doses/time (months) to presentation Other IRAE Therapy
13 33.3 Nivolumab FPG 166 mg/dL, HbA1c 8.1%. HbA1c 10%, FPG 300 mg/dL, RPG 580 mg/dL. 2/3.9 Thyroiditis. TZD and basal insulin.
14 24.4 Nivolumab FPG 197 mg/dL, RPG 273 mg/dL, HbA1c 8.2% HbA1c 10%, RPG 378 mg/dL, FPG 311 mg/dL, β-OHB 1.8 mmol/L; methylprednisolone 1000 mg daily for 1 week. 4/5.7 Dermatitis; secondary adrenal insufficiency. MDI.
15 25.5 Pembrolizumab FPG 104 mg/dL, HbA1c 6.2%. HbA1c 8.6%, RPG 239 mg/dL, FPG 190 mg/dL. 12/5 Thyroiditis. Basal insulin.
16 27.1 Pembrolizumab FPG 111 mg/dL, RPG 132 mg/dL, HbA1c 8%. HbA1c 11.3%, RPG 367 mg/dL, FPG 222 mg/dL. 5/3.8 Ocular. Metformin and MDI.
17 37.9 Pembrolizumab FPG 121 mg/dL, HbA1c 7.4%. FPG 208 mg/dL, HbA1c 9%. 4/1.4 MDI
18 45.2 Pembrolizumab FPG 140 mg/dL, HbA1c 6.6%. FPG 230 mg/dL, RPG 249 mg/dL, HbA1c 8.1%, dexamethasone 2 g daily for 5 months. 3/6.9 Thyroiditis and hypophysitis. Metformin and MDI.
19 27.5 Ipilimumab → Pembrolizumab FPG 117 mg/dL. FPG 304 mg/dL, HbA1c 11.8%. 13/12.3 Hepatitis. MDI.
20 32.3 Nivolumab FPG 112 mg/dL, RPG 158 mg/dL, HbA1c 8.8%. FPG 154 mg/dL, RPG 180 mg/dL, HbA1c 9.5%, GGT 257 IU/L, dexamethasone 8 g daily for 1 week. 1/1.8 Thyroiditis. MDI.
21 18.4 Pembrolizumab FPG 141 mg/dL, RPG 235 mg/dL, HbA1c 9.2%. FPG 606 mg/dL, RPG 999 mg/dL, HbA1c 12%. 3/1.7 MDI.

BMI, body mass index; FPG, fasting plasma glucose; HbA1c, hemoglobin A1c; IA-2, islet antigen 2; IAA, insulin autoantibodies; IRAE, immune-related adverse events; MDI, multiple daily injections of insulin; RPG, random plasma glucose; TZD, Thiazolidinedione.