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. 2022 Mar 3;12:798517. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2022.798517

Table 4.

Management of ICIs based on toxicity levels according to the current guidelines (50, 51).

Toxicity grade Management
Grade 1
  • In general, ICIs can be continued with close monitoring for mild toxicities (with the exception of neurologic and some hematologic toxicities).

Grade 2
  • For moderate toxicities, ICIs should be held until symptoms and/or lab values revert to grade 1 level or lower. Corticosteroids may be offered.

Grade 3
  • For severe toxicity, patients should receive high-dose corticosteroids for at least six weeks.

  • Extreme caution when restarting immunotherapy after a grade 3 toxicity is recommended, if it is restarted at all.

Grade 4
  • In general, very severe toxicity necessitates stopping checkpoint inhibitor therapy permanently.