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

Table 3.

Spectrum, time-to-onset, and outcome of eye disorders reported with immune checkpoint inhibitors in the age subgroup 18–64 years.

Eye Disorders # with Anti-CTLA-4 Monotherapy
(N = 185)
with Anti-PD-1/PD-L1 Monotherapy
(N = 549)
with Combination of
Anti-PD-1 and Anti-CTLA-4
(N = 82)
with ≥2 Suspected ICIs
but Regimen Not Definable *
(N = 50)
Spectrum +
Uveitis/autoimmune uveitis 19 78 9 5
Visual impairment 16 48 8 1
Vision blurred 14 45 10 2
Dry eye 1 25 6 2
Diplopia 12 16 4 1
Iridocyclitis 6 14 2 8
Ocular hyperaemia 11 12 3 -
Blindness 5 16 2 1
Visual acuity reduced 7 16 1 -
Eyelid ptosis 2 19 2 -
Eye pain 4 9 9 -
Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease 3 15 1 2
Papilloedema 3 7 1 5
Lacrimation increased 4 10 1 -
Photophobia 5 7 1 1
Retinal detachment 2 7 - 2
Eye irritation 2 6 1 1
Eye swelling 2 6 1 1
Cataract 2 5 2 -
Time to onset 29 (15.7) 104 (18.9) 12 (14.6)
Median (IQR), weeks 7.6 (2.6–12.9) 5.8 (2.1–14.0) 5.3 (3.1–8.4) -
Outcome
Recovered/recovering 77 (41.6) 202 (36.8) 30 (36.6) 18 (36.0)
Recovered with sequelae 3 (1.6) 11 (2.0) 1 (1.2) 1 (2.0)
Not recovered 13 (7.0) 98 (17.9) 11 (13.4) 5 (10.0)
Fatal - 3 (0.5) - -
Not reported 92 (49.7) 235 (42.8) 40 (48.8) 26 (52.0)

Data are n (%). # Some safety reports reported multiple eye disorders. * Due to ≥2 suspected ICIs with partially recorded or missing dates of administration. + Eye disorders with a relative frequency out of all eye disorders ≥1%. 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.