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.