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. 2021 Mar;9(5):423. doi: 10.21037/atm-20-7361

Table 1. Incidence of adverse events in combination studies with anti-PD-1/anti-PD-L1 agents.

Ref. Trial Treatment Number of patients AEs (%) Grade 3/4 AEs (%) Treatment discontinuation due to AEs (%)
(86) Phase III nivo + ipi 945 96%. Diarrhea: 44; Fatigue: 35; Pruritus: 33 58.5% 39.6%
(88) Phase II pembro + ipi 153 58%. Diarrhea: 46; Pruritus: 39; Rash: 39 42% 20%
(91) Phase I M + T ± D 50 Cohort A (M + T + D): Pyrexia: 63%; Fatigue: 54% 4% 4%
Cohort B (M + T): Diarrhea: 30%; Rash: 25%
Cohort C (T→M): Vomiting: 67%
(92) Phase I/II pembro + D + T 15 NR 67% 33%
(93) Phase Ib A + V + cobi 11 20% (hypertransaminasaemia) 40% elevation of CPK; sepsis; diarrhea and hypertransaminasaemia 9%

anti-PD-1, anti-programmed death antigen-1; anti-PD-L1, anti-programmed death antigen-ligand-1; nivo, nivolumab; ipi, ipilimumab; pembro, pembrolizumab; M, durvalumab; T, trametinib; D, dabrafenib; pts, patients; DLT, dose-limiting toxicity; NR, not reported; A, atezolizumab; V, vemurafenib; cobi, cobimetinib; CPK, creatine-phosphokinase.