Skip to main content
. 2020 Oct 3;29:45–54. doi: 10.1016/j.jare.2020.09.006

Table 2.

Recent published series on anti-PDL-2 inhibitors-related cardiotoxicity.

Study* Old (sex) Type of cancer Anti-PD-L1 type Symptoms/Cardiotoxicity Outcome
(Mahmood et al., 2018 [43] 75,F Metastatic endometrial cancer Durvalumab
1500 mg + tremelimumab 75 mg
Difficulty ambulating, dyspnea / Myocarditis, HF,CHB Started on IV
Methylprednisolone 1 mg/kg to 20 mg/kg on day 2, mycophenolate mofetil 1000 mg oral twice daily
Symptoms improve
(Altan et al., 2019) [60] 72/M Lung cancer Anti-PD-L1 Dyspnea, hypotension hypoxia / Pericarditis N/A Death
Altan et al., 2019) [65] 57/F Lung cancer Anti-PD-L1 Dyspnea, orthopnea, bilateral lower edema / Cardiac tamponade N/A No additional toxicity after reintroduction
(Liu et al., 2019) [66] 61/F Lung cancer Atezolizumab and nivolumab Dyspnea, fatigue / Myocarditis Deterioration
(Berner et al., 2018 [67] 69/M Renal cell carcinoma Avelumab and Axitinib Fatigue, constipation hypertension / Cardiac arrest Reduction of axitinib, amlodipine Death
(Li J et al., 2019) [68] Non-small cell lung cancer Atezolizumab Left ventricular dyfunction Death
*

Reported as case reports.