Table 1.
Summary of published reports of minimal change disease associated with immune checkpoint inhibitors
| Authors, year | Age | Sex | Disease | ICPIs | Cr (baseline) (mg/dl) |
Cr (worst) (mg/dl) |
Proteinuria (pretreatment) (g/d) |
Proteinuria (posttreatment) (g/d) |
Treatment (/d) | Taper (days) | Outcome | Rechallenge | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Rechallenge | Bickel et al., 2016 | 62 | M | Mesothelioma | Pembrolizumab | GFR 90 | GFR 27 | 19 | 0 | PSL 1 mg/kg | 70 | CR | |
| Kidd and Gizaw, 2016 | 55 | M | Melanoma | Ipilimumab | 1.2 | 5.2 | 9 | NA | PSL 2 mg/kg | NA | CR | ||
| Kitchlu et al., 2017 | 43 | M | Hodgkin lymphoma | Pembrolizumab | 0.76 | 3.93 | 10.3 | 3.1 | PSL 2 mg/kg | 180 | PR | ||
| Gao et al., 2018 | 40 | M | Hodgkin lymphoma | SHR-1210 (anti−PD-1) | 0.77 | NA | 30 | 0.18 | PSL 1 mg/kg | 56 | CR | ||
| Izzedine et al., 2019 | NA | NA | Melanoma | Pembrolizumab | GFR 90 | GFR 28 | 6 | NA | PSL (NA) mg | NA | ESRD | ||
| Izzedine et al., 2019 | NA | NA | Ileal NETs | Pembrolizumab | NA | 1.65 | 3.5 | NA | No treatment | NA | SD | ||
| E. Vaughan et al., 2020 | 57 | M | Tongue squamous cell carcinoma | Nivolumab | 0.79 | 2.29 | 2.1 | NA | PSL 75 mg | NA | SD | ||
| Rechallenge | Kitchlu et al., 2017 | 45 | M | Melanoma | Ipilimumab | 0.68 | 0.8 | 9.5 | 0.39 | PSL 1 mg/kg | 120 | CR | Recurrence without PSL |
| Saito et al., 2019 | 79 | M | Lung adenocarcinoma | Pembrolizumab | NA | NA | 13.8 | 0 | PSL 40 mg →10 mg | 56 | CR | No recurrence with PSL 10 mg/d | |
| Glutsh et al., 2019 | 68 | M | Melanoma | Pembrolizumab | normal | 2.86 | 19 | 0.33 | PSL 100 mg | 42 | CR | Recurrence without PSL |
CR, complete remission; ESRD, end-stage renal disease; GFR, glomerular filtration rate; ICPIs, immune checkpoint inhibitors; M, male; NA, not available, NETs, neuroendocrine tumors; PD-1, programmed death−1; PR, partial response; PSL, prednisolone; SD, stable disease.