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. 2020 Sep 16;157(1):79–83. doi: 10.1001/jamadermatol.2020.3671

Table 2. Characteristics of Patients With New Cutaneous Melanoma After Starting Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors.

Patient No. AJCC (8th ed) stage at ICI start (unknown primary) Primary CMs before ICI start, No. ICI received before new primary CM diagnosis ICI start to new primary CM diagnosis, d Anatomic site (Breslow thickness) of new primary CMs diagnosed after ICI start ICI received after new primary CM(s) diagnosed ICI duration, first to last dose, d Other treatment of metastatic disease ICI start to last follow-up or death, d Vital/disease status
Before ICI start After ICI start
1 IV (no) 1 Ipi 404 Trunk (in situ)a,b NA 84 S NA 2709 Alive, NED
2 IV (no) 2 Pembro 508 Trunk (2.5 mm)c,d NA 189 R, S S 977 Alive, NED
3 IV (no) 3 Ipi 391 Trunk (1.1 mm)a,b Pembro, nivo 2331 R, S S, C 2331 Alive, NED
4 IV (no) 2 Ipi 162 Trunk (in situ)a,d Ipi, nivo, pembro 2029 NA R, S, T, I 2139 Alive, WD
5 IV (no) 3 Ipi 63 H&N (3 mm)c,d NA 25 R, S R 2274 Alive, NED
340 H&N (0.3 mm)
869 Trunk (in situ)
6 IV (no) 1 Ipi 1347 UE (in situ)a,e NA 73 S NA 2853 Alive, NED
7 III (no) 6 Ipi 73 UE (0.4 mm)c,d NA 31 NA C 2362 Alive, NED
8 IV (no) 1 Ipi 593 Trunk (in situ)a,b NA 42 S, C, T NA 3658 Alive, NED
9 IV (no) 7 Pembro 531 LE (0.3 mm)a,d NA 341 NA NA 611 Alive, NED
10 IV (no) 1 Ipi, nivo 492 H&N (in situ)e,f NA 42 R, S, V NA 2597 Alive, NED
11 IV (yes) 1 Ipi 240 UE (0.3 mm)a,d NA 583 S, C S 3590 Alive, NED
12 IV (yes) 0 Ipi 280 H&N (0.62 mm)c,d NA 42 NA R, C, T 492 Dead, DOD
13 IV (no) 1 Ipi, Nivo 365 Trunk (0.45 mm)a,b Ipi, nivo 966 S, I R, S, T 1486 Dead, DOD
14 IV (no) 1 Ipi 66 UE (0.3 mm)c,d Ipi 476 S, V R, T 519 Dead, DOD
15 IV (no) 1 Ipi 338 LE (invasive)c,d Ipi 735 S R, C, T 759 Dead, DOD
16 IV (no) 2 Pembro 765 H&N (in situ)a,b NA 65 NA NA 968 Alive, NED
17 IV (no) 2 Ipi 225 LE (in situ)c,d Ipi 646 C C, T 680 Dead, DOD
254 H&N (0.3 mm)
18 IV (no) 1 Ipi 1435 UE (in situ)a,b NA 63 S NA 1727 Dead, DWD
19 IV (no) 1 Pembro 259 UE (0.2 mm)d,f Ipi 667 R R, I 989 Alive, WD
20 IV (no) 1 Ipi, nivo, pembro 382 H&N (in situ)a,b NA 962 R, S NA 992 Alive, NED
21 IV (yes) 1 Ipi, nivo, pembro 1149 Trunk (0.38 mm)a,d NA 849 R, S R 1332 Alive, WD
22 IV (yes) 0 Pembro 592 LE (in situ)a,b NA 732 NA NA 1318 Alive, NED
23 IV (yes) 0 Nivo, pembro 488 UE (in situ)c,d NA 239 NA NA 693 Alive, NED
663 LE (0.46 mm)
24 IV (no) 2 Ipi 991 Trunk (in situ)a,d NA 77 S, V NA 2414 Alive, NED
25 IV (no) 1 Pembro 159 H&N (in situ)c,d NA 33 NA R, S 505 Dead, DWD
26 III (no) 1 Ipi 39 LE (in situ)a,d NA 42 S, T NA 199 Dead, DOD
27 IV (no) 5 Ipi, pembro 2409 H&N (in situ)a,d NA 2277 S, C NA 3094 Alive, NED
28 IV (no) 3 Ipi, nivo 391 Trunk (0.54 mm)a,b NA 140 S NA 1680 Alive, NED
29 III (yes) 2 Ipi, nivo 531 H&N (0.15 mm)a,b NA 42 NA NA 2490 Alive, NED
30 IV (yes) 1 Ipi 1477 H&N (in situ)e,f NA 274 NA R 2894 Dead, NOS
31 IV (no) 1 Ipi 120 H&N (in situ)e,f NA 66 R, S NA 148 Dead, DOD
32 III (no) 1 Ipi 203 LE (0.4 mm)a,b Pembro 322 NA S, C 1467 Dead, DOOC
254 H&N (in situ)
33 IV (no) 2 Ipi, nivo, pembro 693 Trunk (0.5 mm)a,b Pembro 1232 NA R, S, C 1308 Dead, DOD
34 IV (no) 6 Ipi, pembro 1740 Trunk (in situ)a,b NA 1218 R, S, C, T, I S, T 2769 Alive, NED
2769 UE (in situ)
35 IV (no) 2 Ipi 2140 H&N (8.4 mm)e,f Ipi 2588 S S 2631 Alive, WD
36 III (no) 1 Ipi 844 Trunk (in situ)a,b NA 62 S, C, I, V, GM-CSF, TNF, IL DNCB NA 3518 Alive, NED
37 III (no) 1 Ipi 2160 LE (in situ)c,d NA 522 S S, C 2862 Alive, NED
38 IV (yes) 0 Ipi 78 Trunk (in situ)a,d NA 64 S S 1800 Alive, NED
39 IV (yes) 1 Pembro 118 Trunk (in situ)a,b NA 727 S R 902 Alive, NED
40 IV (no) 1 Ipi, pembro 351 Trunk (in situ)a,b NA 125 NA R 1703 Alive, WD
41 IV (yes) 0 Ipi 699 UE (0.14 mm)f,e NA 62 R, S R 1806 Alive, WD
42 IV (no) 1 Ipi, nivo, pembro 182 Trunk (in situ)a,b Nivo 336 S C, T, TVEC 542 Dead, DOD

Abbreviations: AJCC, American Joint Committee on Cancer; C, cytotoxic chemotherapy; CM, cutaneous melanoma; DOD, died of melanoma; DOOC, died of other cause; DWD, died with active disease but of unknown cause; GM-CSF, granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor; H&N, head and neck; I, other immunotherapy; ICI, immune checkpoint inhibitor; IL DNCB, intralesional dinitrochlorobenzene; ipi, ipilimumab; LE, lower extremity; NA, not applicable; NED, no evidence of disease; nivo, nivolumab; NOS, not otherwise specified; pembro, pembrolizumab; R, radiation; S, surgery; T, VEGFR/PDGFR/multikinase/RAF/BRAF/MEK/PI3K-γ/ERK/CDK targeted therapy; TNF, tumor necrosis factor; TVEC, talimogene laherparepvec; UE, upper extremity; V, vaccine; WD, with disease.

a

First identified by physician.

b

Identified during screening examination.

c

First identified by patient or family.

d

Identified during other visit type.

e

Unknown if identified during screening examination or other visit type.

f

Unknown who first identified lesion.