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. 2021 Aug 11;11:725549. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2021.725549

Table 1.

Characteristics of melanoma patients with CPI-associated gastritis.

Patient 1 2 3 4 5
Stage (AJCC, eighth edition) IV IV IV IV IV
Age 41 38 45 54 52
Sex Female Male Male Female Female
Other autoimmune events Hepatitis
(concurrent with gastritis)
Lichen ruber
(4 months before gastritis)
Hypophysitis
Thyroiditis
(2 months before gastritis)
Thyroiditis
(3 months before gastritis)
None
Weight loss None 9 kg in 3 w 10 kg in 3 w 8 kg in 3 w None
Clinical symptoms Nausea Nausea Heartburn Nausea
Vomiting Vomiting Appetite loss Vomiting Hemoglobin loss
  Epigastric pain Nausea  
Time between start of CPI and occurrence of symptoms (days) 29 336 118 166 50
Last therapy before onset of gastritis Ipilimumab and nivolumab Pembrolizumab and epacadostat Nivolumab Nivolumab and relatlimab Ipilimumab and nivolumab
Previous therapies None None Ipilimumab/nivolumab None BRAF/MEK inhibition

AJCC, American Joint Committee on Cancer; CPI, checkpoint inhibition; w, weeks.