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. 2021 Mar 6;13(5):1131. doi: 10.3390/cancers13051131

Table 2.

Characteristics of safety reports of eye disorders reported with immune checkpoint inhibitors in the age subgroup 18–64 years.

ICI-Related Safety Reports
of Eye Disorders
Anti-CTLA-4 Monotherapy
(N = 121)
Anti-PD-1/PD-L1 Monotherapy
(N = 411)
Combination of
Anti-PD-1 and Anti-CTLA-4
(N = 65)
≥2 Suspected ICIs
but Regimen Not Definable *
(N = 37)
Median age (IQR), years 52 (46–58) 55 (48–60) 54 (47–59) 56 (52–60)
Patient sex
Male 65 (53.7) 210 (51.1) 35 (53.8) 21 (56.8)
Female 55 (45.5) 196 (47.7) 30 (46.2) 16 (43.2)
Unknown 1 (0.8) 5 (1.2) - -
Cancer type
Lung cancer - 127 (30.9) 2 (3.1) 1 (2.7)
Malignant melanoma 94 (77.7) 120 (29.2) 42 (64.6) 27 (73.0)
Renal cell carcinoma - 33 (8.0) 7 (10.8) 1 (2.7)
Urothelial carcinoma - 9 (2.2) - -
Squamous cell carcinoma of head and neck - 9 (2.2) - -
Breast cancer - 9 (2.2) - -
Cancer of the female reproductive system - 11 (2.7) 3 (4.6) 1 (2.7)
Haematological malignancy 3 (2.5) 8 (1.9) 1 (1.5) -
Gastrointestinal tract cancer - 6 (1.5) 2 (3.1) -
Cancer of the male reproductive system - 2 (0.5) - -
Brain cancer 1 (0.8) 6 (1.5) 1 (1.5) -
Colon cancer - 4 (1.0) - -
Sarcoma - 2 (0.5) - 1 (2.7)
Thyroid cancer/parathyroid gland cancer - 1 (0.2) - -
Mesothelioma - 1 (0.2) - -
Neuroendocrine carcinoma - 2 (0.5) - -
Nasopharyngeal cancer - 5 (1.2) - -
Salivary gland cancer - 2 (0.5) - -
Thymoma - 1 (0.2) - -
Not reported 23 (19.0) 53 (13.0) 7 (10.8) 6 (16.2)
Safety reports with co-reported ICI-related toxicities 98 (81.0) 293 (71.3) 52 (81.3) 28 (75.7)
Safety reports with co-suspected drugs 15 (12.4) 62 (15.1) 10 (15.4) 1 (2.7)
of which antineoplastic drugs (ATC L01) 4 (3.3) 44 (10.7) 6 (9.2) 1 (2.7)

Data are n (%). * Due to ≥2 suspected ICIs with partially recorded or missing dates of administration. Abbreviations: ICI, immune checkpoint inhibitor; IQR, interquartile range; CTLA-4, cytotoxic T-lymphocyte antigen-4; PD-1, programmed cell death-1; PD-L1, programmed cell death-ligand1; ATC, anatomical, therapeutic, chemical.