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. 2020 Apr 16;6(6):1–7. doi: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2020.0726

Table 1. Comparison Between Rechallenge and Nonrechallenge Cases After an Immune-Related Adverse Event With at Least 1 Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor (n = 24 079) .

Initial irAE No. (%)
Rechallenge after irAE (n = 6123) No rechallenge after irAE (n = 17 956)
ICI
Anti–PD-1 or anti–PD-L1 alone 4360 (71.2) 12 321 (68.6)
Anti–CTLA-4 alone 791 (12.9) 3290 (18.3)
Combination therapy 972 (15.9) 2345 (13.1)
Type of initial irAEa
Adrenal 374 (6.1) 815 (4.5)
Arthritis 491 (8.0) 1372 (7.6)
Colitis 1745 (28.5) 5353 (29.8)
Diabetes 245 (4.0) 511 (2.8)
Hematological 92 (1.5) 268 (1.5)
Hepatitis 473 (7.7) 1444 (8.0)
Hypophysitis 353 (5.8) 1136 (6.3)
Mucositis 135 (2.2) 374 (2.1)
Myocarditis 102 (1.7) 345 (1.9)
Myositis 152 (2.5) 455 (2.5)
Nephritis 78 (1.3) 198 (1.1)
Neurological 424 (6.9) 1243 (6.9)
Pancreatitis 119 (1.9) 332 (1.8)
Pneumonitis 1288 (21.0) 4001 (22.3)
Skin 155 (2.5) 478 (2.7)
Thyroiditis 779 (12.7) 1977 (11.0)
Uveitis 97 (1.6) 172 (1.0)
Vasculitis 16 (0.3) 48 (0.3)
Initial irAE
Serious 5344 (87.3) 14 846 (85.1)
Fatal 643 (10.5) 2037 (11.7)

Abbreviations: CTLA-4, cytotoxic T-lymphocyte antigen-4; ICI, immune checkpoint inhibitor; irAE, immune-related adverse event; PD-1, programmed cell death 1; PD-L1, programmed cell death 1 ligand 1.

a

A case can have multiple initial irAEs; counts of initial irAEs exceeded the number of cases.