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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Apr 14.
Published in final edited form as: Eur J Haematol. 2022 Jan 13;108(4):271–277. doi: 10.1111/ejh.13734

TABLE 1.

Select retrospective series of thrombosis in patients receiving immunotherapy

Author Number of patients Type of malignancy Type of immunotherapy VTE incidence ATE incidence
Moik et al.26 672 Melanoma (30.4%), non-small-cell lung cancer (24.1%), renal cell carcinoma (11.0%), head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (10.4%), and urothelial cancer (4.9%) Nivolumab (42.0%), pembrolizumab (40.0%), ipilimumab (6.7%), ipilimumab and nivolumab (6.0%), atezolizumab (30, 4.5%), and avelumab (0.9%) 12.9% 1.8%
Sussman et al.21 228 Melanoma Pembrolizumab (38.7%), ipilimumab plus nivolumab (29.4%), ipilimumab (20%), and nivolumab (12.3%) 16.2% 6.1%
Roopkumar et al.25 1686 Lung (49.6%) and melanoma (13.2%) Nivolumab, pembrolizumab, atezolizumab, ipilimumab, avelumab, durvalumab, nivolumab, and ipilimumab 24% N/A
Icht et al.23 345 (but only 176 received immunotherapy) NSCLC ICIs 4.5% N/A
Ando et al.29 122 Lung cancer, kidney cancer, stomach cancer, urothelial carcinoma, or malignant melanoma Nivolumab (N = 85) or pembrolizumab (N = 37) 4.1% 4.9%
Gutierrez-Sainz et al.28 229 Lung cancer (48.0%), melanoma (23.6%), and renal cell carcinoma (11.8%) Pembrolizumab (40.2%) and nivolumab plus ipilimumab (8.4%) 7% N/A
Guven et al.27 133 Renal cell carcinoma (26.3%) and melanoma (24.1%) ICI 11.3% N/A
Deschênes-Simard et al.22 593 NSCLC Anti-PD-1 (91.9%), with nivolumab (53.5%) 9.9% 1.3%
Ibrahimi et al.30 154 Lung cancer (20.8%), melanoma (20.1%), and ovarian cancer (12.3%) Nivolumab (47.4%), pembrolizumab (22.7%), other investigational agents (22.7%), and atezolizumab (7.2%) 10% 0%