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. 2021 Dec 23;71(8):2051–2056. doi: 10.1007/s00262-021-03133-w

Table 2.

Immune-related adverse events in patients who received vaccination within 72 h of ICI treatment

Vaccination within 72 hours (n = 19)
irAE (n = 5) No irAE (n = 14) p value
Age 0.74
 Median (range) 65 (42–81) 63 (46–83)
Sex: 0.5
 Female 1 (20%) 5 (36%)
 Male 4 (80%) 9 (64%)
Anticancer therapy: 0.39
 PD-1 antibody 2 (40%) 9 (64%)
 PD-L1 antibody 0 (0%) 1 (7%)
 CTLA4 + PD-1 antibody 3 (60%) 4 (29%)
Type of vaccine received by vaccinated patients: 0.36
 BioNTech 5 (100) 11 (79%)
 Moderna 0 (0%) 0 (0%)
 AstraZeneca 0 (0%) 2 (14%)
 AstraZeneca + BioNTech 0 (0%) 1 (7%)
 Johnson & Johnson 0 (0%) 0 (0%)
Sequence of treatment 0.7
 Vaccination -ICI 2 (40%) 7 (50%)
 ICI -vaccination 3 (60%) 7 (50%)
irAEs before vaccination 0.06
 Yes 0 (0%) 5 (36%)
 No 5 (100%) 0 (0%)

ICI, Immune checkpoint inhibitors; irAE, Immune-related adverse event.