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. 2022 Feb 3;12(2):395. doi: 10.3390/diagnostics12020395

Table 1.

Studies reporting cases of celiac disease and celiac like conditions related to ICIs therapy.

Author, Year No. Cases Histological Documented Sex
Age
Drugs Duration Exposure
ICIs
HLA DQ2 or DQ8 TTGA U/mL IgA EMA Villous Atrophy IELs Diagnosis Others GI Findings Therapy
Gentile et al. [50], 2013 1 M
62
Ipilimumab 6 weeks Pos 79.1 Neg Partial/Total 60/100 ICIs-CD Colon
apoptosis
GFD
Budesonide
Facchinetti et al. [51], 2018 1 F
42
Nivolumab Several months Neg Neg Neg Total ˃25/100 CD-like Collagenous colitis Budesonide
Duval et al. [52], 2019 1 M
58
Nivolumab 1 month NR Neg NR Subtotal High number CD-like Absent Methylprednisolone
Alsaadi et al. [53], 2019 1 F
74
Ipilimumab+Nivolumab 1 week NR 12 NR Total 20–30/100 ICIs-CD Active chronic gastritis GFD
Budesonide
Kokorian et al. [54], 2019 1 M
65
Nivolumab 13 months NR Neg Neg Subtotal 40/100 CD-like Absent Prednisolone
Arnouk et al. [55], 2019 1 M
79
Pembrolizumab 1 week NR 59 NR Total ˃25/100 ICIs-CD Absent GFD
Badran et al. [33], 2020 6 M
44-73
NR 82.5 days NR 121.21 ± 80.29 NR Moderate-severe 25(±11)/
100
ICIs-CD Absent GFD
Schoenfeld et al. [56], 2020 1 F
72
Pembrolizumab Five cycles NR 37 NR NR Increased ICIs-CD Absent GFD
Sethi et al. [57], 2021 1 F
63
Pembrolizumab Few months NR 5/IgG Neg Total Increased ICIs-CD Absent GFD
Theodoraki et al. [58], 2021 1 M
51
Pembrolizumab 6 months NR Neg Neg Present Present CD-like Lymphocytic colitis GFD

ICIs-CD: celiac disease arising during therapy with immune checkpoint inhibitors; NR: not reported; TTGA: tansglutaminase antibodies; EMA: antiendomysial antibodies; IELs: intraepithelial lymphocytes/100 enterocytes; CD: celiac disease; GI: gastrointestinal; GFD: gluten-free diet. Badran et al. [33] and Schoenfel et al. [56] reported 8 and 9 cases but only 6 and 1 cases, respectively, had histological diagnostic confirmation.