Table 3. Baseline treatment for pre-existing autoimmune disease (AD) before initiation of Immune check point inhibitor therapy.
Autoimmune Disease | Treatment [number of patients] |
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Rheumatologic AD | |
1. Rheumatoid arthritis | MTX alone [1], HCQ alone [1], MTX + HCQ [1], MTX + HCQ + prednisone [1], MTX + infliximab [1] |
2. Polymyalgia rheumatica | Prednisone [1] |
3. Psoriatic arthritis | Leflunomide + prednisone [1], MTX alone [2] |
4. Inflammatory arthritis | HCQ alone |
5. Scleroderma | Quinacrine, HCQ, sildenafil |
Dermatologic AD | |
1. Psoriasis | Topical steroids |
2. Cutaneous lupus | HCQ |
Endocrine | |
1. Hashimoto’s thyroiditis | Levothyroxine |
2. Graves’ disease | Levothyroxine |
3. Autoimmune hypophysitis | Hydrocortisone, levothyroxine |
4. Type 1 diabetes mellitus | Insulin |
Gastrointestinal | |
1. Crohn’s | Infliximab |
Neurologic | |
1. Myasthenia gravis | Mycophenolate mofetil, pyridostigmine |
2. Multiple sclerosis | Interferon beta-1a |
3. Chronic inflammatory demyelinating neuropathy | Intravenous immunoglobulin |
Others | |
1. MPGN | Bortezomib then required dialysis |
AD, autoimmune disease; HCQ, hydroxychloroquine; MTX, methotrexate; MPGN, membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis.