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

Table 3.

Descriptive characteristics of patients with immunotherapy for post-transplant hepatocellular carcinoma recurrence


All
Nivolumab
Pembrolizumab
P value
Total (%) 19 14 (74) 5 (26)
Rejection (%) 6 (32) 5 (36) 1 (20) 0.52
Early mortality (%) 5 (26) 5 (36) 0 (0) 0.12
Line of systemic therapy 2 (1-3) 3 (2-4) 2 (1-2) 0.03
Tumour PD-L1 positivity (%) 3/7 (43) 3/7 (43) 0/0 (-)
Best treatment response (%)
Complete response 2 (11) 0 (0) 2 (40) 0.03
Partial response 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0.64
Stable disease 2 (11) 1 (7) 1 (20) 0.58
Progressive disease 8 (42) 7 (50) 1 (20) 0.03
Progression-free survival 2.5 ± 1.0 1.3 ± 1.1 12.4 0.004
Overall survival 7.3 ± 2.7 4.0 ± 3.4 19.2 0.006

PD-L1: Programmed death ligand-1.