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. 2021 Oct 27;13(10):1267–1278. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v13.i10.1267

Table 1.

Patients with prior liver transplantation and subsequent immunotherapy

Ref.
Drug
No. of cycles
Sex
Age
Indication
Year from transplant
Line of therapy
Rejection
Early mortality
PD-L1 status
Immunosuppression
Best response
PFS (mo)
OS (mo)










Graft
Tumor




De Toni and Gerbes[10] Nivolumab 15 M 41 HCC NA 1 No No NA 0% Tacrolimus PD 3.5 7
Friend et al[11] Nivolumab 2 M 20 HCC 4 2 Yes Yes Pos Pos Sirolimus NA 1 1
Friend et al[11] Nivolumab 1 M 14 HCC 3 3 Yes Yes Pos Pos Tacrolimus NA 1 1
Varkaris et al[12] Pembrolizumab NA M 70 HCC 8 NA No No NA NA Tacrolimus PD NA NA
Munker and De Toni[13] Nivolumab NA M 57 HCC 2.7 3 No No NA 10% Tacrolimus PD 2.2 1.2 (surviving)
Munker and De Toni[13] Nivolumab NA M 56 HCC 7.8 4 No No 5% NA Sirolimus/MMF PD 0.7 1.1 (surviving)
Munker and De Toni[13] Nivolumab NA F 35 HCC 3.7 5 No No 0% 0% Tacrolimus PD 1.3 1.3 (surviving)
Munker and De Toni[13] Nivolumab NA M 64 HCC 1.2 2 No Yes NA 0% Tacrolimus NA 0.3 0.3
Munker and De Toni[13] Nivolumab NA M 68 HCC 1.1 2 Yes Yes 30% 0% Sirolimus NA 0.9 0.9
Al Jarroudi et al[14] Nivolumab 4 M 70 HCC 2.75 3 Yes No NA NA Tacrolimus NA 4 4
Al Jarroudi et al[14] Nivolumab 5 F 62 HCC 1 4 No No NA NA Tacrolimus PD 2.5 NA
Al Jarroudi et al[14] Nivolumab 6 M 66 HCC 5 4 No No NA NA Tacrolimus SD 3 NA
Rammohan et al[15] Pembrolizumab 14 M 57 HCC 4.3 2 No No NA NA Tacrolimus/mTOR inhibitor CR 10 (no progression) 10 (surviving)
Gassmann et al[16] Nivolumab 1 F 53 HCC 3 2 Yes Yes NA NA Everolimus NA 0.8 0.8
Nasr et al[17] Pembrolizumab 35 M 63 HCC 4.6 2 No No NA NA Tacrolimus/MMF CR 25 (no progression) 25 (surviving)
Wang et al[18] Pembrolizumab 1 M 48 HCC 1 1 Yes No NA NA Tacrolimus/Everolimus NA NA 8 (surviving)
Au (current research) Nivolumab 4 M 62 HCC 2.2 3 No No NA NA Tacrolimus/Everolimus PD 4.0 7.3
Au (current research) Nivolumab 6 M 53 HCC 6.0 2 No No NA NA Sirolimus PD 2.8 10.6
Au (current research) Pembrolizumab 16 M 77 HCC 32 1 No No NA NA Tacrolimus/Everolimus SD 12.4 19.2
Ranganath and Panella[19] Ipilimumab 4 F 59 Melanoma 8 NA No No NA NA Sirolimus PR 5 9 (surviving)
Morales et al[20] Ipilimumab 4 M 67 Melanoma 8 2 No No NA NA Sirolimus/MMF PR 4 (no progression) 14 (surviving)
Munker and De Toni[13] Pembrolizumab NA M 55 Melanoma 5.5 2 No No 0% 5% Everolimus/MMF CR 21.1 (no progression) 21.1 (surviving)
Munker and De Toni[13] Pembrolizumab NA M 64 Melanoma 3.1 2 Yes No 25% NA MMF/Prednisolone NA NA 0.7 (surviving)
Kuo et al[21] Ipilimumab/Pembrolizumab 4/25 M 62 Melanoma 6 NA No No NA NA Sirolimus PR 24 (no progression) 24 (surviving)
Dueland et al[22] Ipilimumab 1 F 67 Melanoma 1.5 1 Yes No NA NA Prednisolone PD 3 (no progression) 4
Schvartsman et al[23] Pembrolizumab 2 M 35 Melanoma 20 1 No No NA NA Tacrolimus CR 6 6 (surviving)
Tio et al[24] Pembrolizumab 1 F 63 Melanoma NA NA Yes Yes NA NA Ciclosporin NA NA NA
Biondani et al[25] Nivolumab 3 M 54 SCC lung 13 1 No No NA NA Tacrolimus/Everolimus PD 2.25 15

CR: Complete response; F: Female; HCC: Hepatocellular carcinoma; M: Male; NA: Not available; OS: Overall survival; PD: Progressive disease; PFS: Progression-free survival; PR: Partial response; SCC: Squamous-cell carcinoma; SD: Stable disease.