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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Diabetes Res Clin Pract. 2020 Dec 23;172:108633. doi: 10.1016/j.diabres.2020.108633

Table 1:

Description of patients with new-onset hyperglycemia after starting immune checkpoint inhibitors

Age at ICI initiation Malignancy type and stage ICI Weeks after initial treatment HG occurred Peak glucose Mg/dL (mmol/L) Setting of HG Admission diagnosis Hyperglycemia course
70 Colorectal cancer stage IV Nivolumab 32 418 (23.2) Outpatient N/A HG improved with basal insulin and metformin treatment
62 HCC stage IV Nivolumab 108 230 (12.8) Outpatient N/A Lost to follow up after HG
81 Melanoma stage IV Ipilimumab 11 309 (17.1) Inpatient and outpatient Debility from POD Continued intermittent HG, insulin started
57 NSCLC stage IV Atezolizumab 18 204 (11.3) Outpatient N/A No further HG without intervention
50 HCC stage IV Nivolumab 12 277 (15.4) Inpatient GI bleed Received insulin dose, then no further HG without intervention, death 2 days later
36 HCC stage IV Nivolumab 5 250 (13.9) Inpatient Pneumonia and kidney injury No further HG without intervention, death 2 days later
87 Melanoma Stage IV Pembrolizumab 55 233 (12.9) Outpatient N/A No further HG without intervention
69 Metastatic adenocarcinoma of unknown primary Nivolumab 10 226 (12.5) Inpatient Dyspnea, POD Glucose not checked after HG, death 6 days later
47 HCC stage IV Nivolumab 9 210 (11.7) Inpatient Empyema Continued HG that then resolved without intervention
59 Melanoma stage IV Ipilimumab 4 500 (27.8) Emergency Department Migraine Lost to follow-up after HG

GI= gastrointestinal; HCC= hepatocellular carcinoma; HG= hyperglycemia; ICI= immune checkpoint inhibitor; N/A= not applicable; NSCLC= non-small cell lung cancer; POD= progression of disease