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. 2021 Jun;9(12):1033. doi: 10.21037/atm-20-8124

Table 3. Baseline treatment for pre-existing autoimmune disease (AD) before initiation of Immune check point inhibitor therapy.

Autoimmune Disease Treatment [number of patients]
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.