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. 2020 Nov 6;53(2):339–354. doi: 10.4143/crt.2020.790

Table 3.

Time to onset and resolution of all-grade immune-related adverse events based on cancer types

Lung cancer Melanoma
All categories
 No. of patients with irAE 800 (10.0) 4,359 (18.3)
  Time to onset (wk) 4.7 (4.7–5.7)a) 6.1 (5.7–7.6)a)
 No. of patients with irAE 502 (76.9) 3,222 (80.5)
  Time to resolution (wk) 4.0 (2.7–9.4) 4.4 (3.4–6.9)
Skin
 No. of patients with irAE 270 (19.4) 1,496 (40.8)
  Time to onset (wk) 4.7 (2.9–5.7) 4.0 (2.6–5.7)
 No. of patients with resolution 178 (76.7) 1,026 (72.6)
  Time to resolution (wk) 9.4 (4.3–10.1) 10.9 (5.1–22.1)
Gastrointestinal
 No. of patients with irAE 226 (16.2) 1,294 (35.3)
  Time to onset (wk) 4.5 (4.4–22.4) 6.3 (4.6–7.6)
 No. of patients with resolution 186 (86.5) 1,217 (94.3)
  Time to resolution (wk) 2.7 (2.3–2.9) 2.9 (2.4–3.1)
Hepatic
 No. of patients with irAE 74 (5.3) 542 (14.8)
  Time to onset (wk) 8.0 (2.0–9.0) 8.9 (6.1–9.0)
 No. of patients with resolution 56 (83.6) 491 (90.6)
  Time to resolution (wk) 3.3 (2.0–4.0)a) 5.1 (4.4–6.1)a)
Endocrine
 No. of patients with irAE 107 (7.7) 749 (20.4)
  Time to onset (wk) 11.2 (8.9–13.3) 8.9 (8.0–10.2)
 No. of patients with resolution 18 (52.9) 258 (53.6)
  Time to resolution (wk) 10.4 (10.4–10.4) 29.1 (13.9–54.3)
Pulmonary
 No. of patients with irAE 25 (4.7) 77 (3.1)
  Time to onset (wk) 27.9 (4.8–27.9)a) 10.1 (8.7–10.1)a)
 No. of patients with resolution 16 (84.2) 69 (89.6)
  Time to resolution (wk) 5.9 (5.9–5.9) 6.3 (3.0–7.0)
Renal
 No. of patients with irAE 17 (3.2) 70 (2.8)
  Time to onset (wk) 8.2 (8.2–17.8)a) 13.9 (9.7–15.7)a)
 No. of patients with resolution 6 (54.5) 54 (77.1)
  Time to resolution (wk) 10.5 (10.5–10.5)a) 2.3 (2.1–10.5)a)
Hypersensitivity/Infusion reaction
 No. of patients with irAE 16 (3.0) 66 (3.1)
  Time to onset (wk) 0.2 (0.2–1.8)a) 3.3 (2.2–6.1)a)
 No. of patients with resolution 10 (100) 59 (89.4)
  Time to resolution (wk) 0.1 (0.1–0.1) 0.1 (0.1–0.2)
Neurologic
 No. of patients with irAE 65 (7.5) 20 (1.7)
  Time to onset (wk) 4.0 (4.0–7.1)a) 13.1 (10.4–13.1)a)
 No. of patients with resolution 32 (49.2) 15 (75.0)
  Time to resolution (wk) 28.7 (28.7–28.9)a) 8.0 (0.7–11.6)a)

Values are presented as number (%) or median (95% confidence interval). irAE, immune-related adverse event.

a)

p < 0.05 between the comparison of lung cancer and melanoma.