Table 5.
Organ | Occurrence with PD-(L)1 Inhibitors | Symptoms |
---|---|---|
Brain | Encephalitis < 1% Aseptic meningitis < 0.5% |
Headache, changes in mental status, confusion, depressed mood, sensitivity to light, seizures, motor or sensory disturbances, meningitis, neck stiffness. |
Nerves | Guillain- Barré Syndrome < 0.5% Peripheral neuropathy 16% |
Muscle weakness (including eye muscles), fatigue, difficulty swallowing, paresthesia or altered sensory perception, ascending or progressive paralysis, weakness of respiratory muscles. |
Skin | Rash 10% Pruritus 15% [93] |
Persistent and/or severe skin rash or itching |
Thyroid gland, adrenal glands, pituitary gland, islets of Langerhans of the pancreas | Hypothyroidism 8% Hyperthroidism 5% Adrenal insufficiency 1% Hypophysitis 1% Diabetes mellitus 1% |
Fatigue, headache, changes in mental status, intolerance to heat or cold, tachycardia or bradycardia, irregularity in bowel movements, weight change, polyuria or polydipsia, blurred vision. |
Lung | Pneumonitis 4% | Difficulty breathing or coughing, radiographic changes (e.g., focal morning opacity, patchy, patchy infiltrates), dyspnea, hypoxia |
Liver | Hepatitis 5% | Increase in transaminases, increase in total bilirubin, jaundice, right-sided abdominal pain, fatigue. |
Pancreas | Pancreatitis 3% | Abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, and fever |
Intestine | Diarrhea/colitis 11% | Watery, soft, or liquid stools; diarrhea; abdominal pain; mucus or blood in the stool. |