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. 2021 Apr 6;36(2):413–423. doi: 10.3803/EnM.2020.906

Table 3.

Summary of Changes in Thyroid Antibody Status in 20 Patients Available for Autoantibody Measurements before Initiation and during the PD-1/PD-L1 Inhibitor Therapy

Thyroid IRAE Age, yr/Sex Cancer PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitor Baseline TPO antibody titer, IU/mL Baseline Tg antibody titer, IU/mL Follow-up TPO antibody titer, IU/mL Follow-up Tg antibody titer, IU/mL Change in TPO antibody positivity Change in Tg antibody positivity
OH 68/M Kidney Pembrolizumab 13.2 71.1 9.6 168.2 (−) → (+) (−) → (+)
OH 45/F Melanoma Nivolumab 219.0 86.6 191.1 385.2 (+) → (+) (−) → (+)
No-OH 67/F Biliary Pembrolizumab 66.6 14.6 24.4 0 (+) → (−) (−) → (−)
No-OH 64/F Kidney Pembrolizumab 7.8 11.9 5.7 23.7 (−) → (−) (−) → (−)
No-OH 67/M Liver Nivolumab 18.4 0 25.7 0 (−) → (−) (−) → (−)
No-OH 62/M Lung Nivolumab 6.9 0 9.7 0 (−) → (−) (−) → (−)
No-OH 59/M Lung Nivolumab 52.6 93.6 13.0 12.0 (+) → (−) (−) → (−)
No-OH 45/F Lung Nivolumab 7.3 11.0 10.3 0 (−) → (−) (−) → (−)
No-OH 69/M Lung Nivolumab 11.2 86.6 5.6 0 (−) → (−) (−) → (−)
No-OH 63/M Lung Durvalumab 0 0 13.9 0 (−) → (−) (−) → (−)
No-OH 78/M Lung Durvalumab 19.5 0 42.3 0 (−) → (+) (−) → (−)
No-OH 59/M Lung Durvalumab 20.2 0 16.1 28.1 (−) → (−) (−) → (−)
No-OH 68/M Lung Durvalumab 0 0 7.3 0 (−) → (−) (−) → (−)
No-OH 71/M Lung Durvalumab 8.3 0 12.2 0 (−) → (−) (−) → (−)
No-OH 74/M Lung Atezolizumab 32.1 0 12.5 10.4 (−) → (−) (−) → (−)
No-OH 57/M Lung Atezolizumab 14.0 0 27.7 0 (−) → (−) (−) → (−)
No-OH 55/M Lung Atezolizumab 13.5 0 12.4 0 (−) → (−) (−) → (−)
No-OH 69/F Lung Atezolizumab 9.1 178.7 7.4 457.6 (−) → (−) (+) → (+)
No-OH 37/M Lung Atezolizumab 13.5 0 15.8 0 (−) → (−) (−) → (−)
Normal thyroid function 79/F Lung Pembrolizumab 15.5 0 15.7 11.8 (−) → (−) (−) → (−)

PD-1, programmed cell death protein-1; PD-L1, programmed cell death protein-ligand 1; IRAE, immune-related adverse event; TPO, thyroid peroxidase; Tg, thyroglobulin; OH, overt hypothyroidism.