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. 2020 Oct 19;3(4):172–174. doi: 10.36401/JIPO-20-22

Table 1.

Patient characteristics receiving infliximab for grade 3 and 4 pneumonitis

Case
Age, Years
Sex
Cancer
Immunotherapy
Corticosteroid, mg/kg*
Time, Days^
Ventilatory Support, FiO2%
irAEs
Bronchoscopy, Lymphocytes, %
Outcome
1 66 M Melanoma Ipilimumab 1.2 2 Nasal cannula, 24% No Improved
2 66 M Pancreatic Ipilimumab 1.3 5 High-flow, 45% Hepatic& No Improved
3 52 F AML Ipilimumab, nivolumab 3.3 9 High-flow, 60% Yes Improved
4 69 F AML Ipilimumab, nivolumab 1.1 7 MV, 90% Dermatologic, gastrointestinal Yes Improved
5 79 M AML Nivolumab 2.4 34 High-flow, 50% Renal Yes, 13 Death+
6 72 M AML Ipilimumab, nivolumab 1.1 Chronic High-flow, 30% Hematologic Yes, 26 Death+
7 72 F MDS Ipilimumab, nivolumab 2.0 2 BiPAP, 70% Dermatologic Yes, 18 Death
8 68 F Lung Nivolumab 0.8 9 High-flow, 75% No Death
9 61 M Urothelial Nivolumab 1.2 7 High-flow, 75% Yes Death

AML: acute myeloid leukemia; MDS: myelodysplastic syndrome; MV: mechanical ventilation; BiPAP: bi-level positive airway pressure

*

Maximal dosage (all patients were initiated on intravenous methylprednisone, and those that improved were transitioned to oral prednisone)

^

Time from steroid administration to infliximab dosing

+

Initially had improvement

&

irAE occurred prior to pneumonitis

No bronchoalveolar lavage cell count and differential performed