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. 2020 Sep 11;10:1785. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2020.01785

TABLE 1.

Incidence of CIP.

Study author Numbers of
Tumor type ICIs Incidence of
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.