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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Semin Nephrol. 2020 Jan;40(1):76–85. doi: 10.1016/j.semnephrol.2019.12.009

Table 4:

Rate of Select Adverse Events (%) in Key mRCC Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Trials

Nivolumab13 Pembrolizumab14 Nivolumab + ipilimumab17 Pembrolizumab + axitinib28 Avelumab + axitinib26 Atezolizumab + bevacizumab20
Trial CheckMate-025 KEYNOTE-427 CheckMate-214 KEYNOTE-426 JAVELIN RENAL 101 IMmotion-151
Fatigue 2.5% -- 4% 2.8% 3.5% 4.3%
Rash <1% 1.8% 1% 0.2% 0.5% Not reported
Palmar-plantar erysthodysesthesia -- -- -- 5.1% 5.8% --
Hypertension -- -- <1% 22.1% 25.6% 13.9%
Proteinuria -- -- -- 2.8% -- <3%
Diarrhea 1.2% 3.6% 4% 9.1% 6.7% 22%
Transaminitis -- 1.8% -- See below See below Not reported
AST elevation -- Not reported -- 13.3% 6% Not reported
ALT elevation -- Not reported -- 7% 3.9% Not reported
Colitis -- 2.7% -- -- -- --
Anemia 1.8% -- <1% 0.7% 1.6% --
Thyroid dysfunction -- -- <1% 0.2 0.2 Not reported
Pneumonitis 1.5% 0.9% -- 0.2% -- --