TABLE 1.
Study author | Numbers of |
Tumor type | ICIs | Incidence of |
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Trials | Patients | All grade | Grade 3/4 | Pneumonitis-related death | |||
Nishino et al. (6) | 20 | 4,496 | Melanoma, NSCLC, RCC, etc. | Nivolumab, pembrolizumab, and ipilimumab | 2.7% | 0.8% | 0.2–2.3% |
Abdel-Rahmen et al. (8) | 11 | 6,671 | Melanoma, NSCLC, RCC, prostate cancer | Nivolumab, pembrolizumab, and ipilimumab | 1.3–11% | 0.3–2.0% | – |
Costa et al. (9) | 9 | 5,353 | Melanoma, NSCLC, RCC, etc. | Nivolumab, pembrolizumab, and ipilimumab | 2.65% | – | – |
Nishijima et al. (10) | 7 | 3,450 | Melanoma, NSCLC | Nivolumab, pembrolizumab, and atezolizumab | 3.4% | 1.3% | – |
Delaunay et al. (11) | – | 1,826 | Melanoma, NSCLC | CTLA-4, PD-1, and PD-L1 inhibitors | 3.5% | 1.26% | 0.33% |
Naidoo et al. (12) | – | 915 | Melanoma, NSCLC, RCC, etc. | CTLA-4, PD-1, and PD-L1 inhibitors | 4.7% | 1.2% | 0.1% |
CIP, checkpoint inhibitor pneumonitis; ICIs, immune checkpoint inhibitors; NSCLC, non-small-cell lung cancer; RCC, renal cell carcinoma; CTLA-4, cytotoxic T lymphocyte-associated protein 4; PD-1, programmed cell death protein 1; and PD-L1, programmed cell death-ligand 1.