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. 2022 Oct 24;12:984940. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2022.984940

Table 2.

Clinical characteristics of the 21 patients who developed liver injury on durvalumab.

DILI Cases (n=6) Non-DILI Cases (n=15) p-value
Age (years) 65 [47-70] 63 [49-77] 0.697
Male (%) 3 (50) 7 (46.7) 0.890
BMI (kg/m2) 32.3 [26-37] 26.1 [20.7-44.1] 0.202
Caucasian (%) 5 (83.3) 13 (86.7) 0.844
Non-Hispanic/Latino(%) 6 (100) 15 (100) NA
Durvalumab Infusions 3 [1-21] 3 [1-24] 0.932
Cumulative Durvalumab Dose (mg) 4500 [1500-31500] 3000 [1500-36000] 0.469
Duration of Follow Up (days) 508 [228-756] 272 [79-897] 0.321
ECOG (0-5) 1 [0-1] 1 [0-1] 0.330
Enrolled in Clinical Trial 6 (100) 10 (66.7) 0.105
Cancer Type
 Colon Cancer 0 (0) 2 (13.3)
  HCC 2 (33.3) 0 (0)
  NSCLC 0 (0) 6 (40)
 Pancreatic Cancer 3 (50) 3 (20)
  RCC 1 (16.7) 3 (20)
  SCLC 0 (0) 0 (0)
  Urothelial Carcinoma 0 (0) 1 (6.7)
Chemo Regimen 0.186
 Durvalumab Alone 0 (0) 1 (6.7)
 Durvalumab Consolidation 0 (0) 5 (33.3)
 Durvalumab Combination 6 (100) 9 (60)
Baseline Hepatic Metastases (%) 5 (83.3) 6 (40) 0.072
Prior Chemo or XRT to the Liver 2 (33.3) 5 (33.3) 1
 Prior chemo 1 (16.7) 5 (33.3) 0.445
 Prior XRT 1 (16.7) 2 (13.3) 0.844
Liver disease 2 (33.3) 1 (6.7) 0.115
Baseline Labs
 AST (IU/L) 64 [21-82] 25 [13-95] 0.022
 ALT (IU/L) 54 [19-82] 22 [10-96] 0.013
 ALP (IU/L) 111 [81-355] 110 [59-838] 0.766
 Tbili (mg/dL) 0.7 [0.4-1] 0.4 [0.2-1.9] 0.821
Other non-hepatic irAEs 2 (33.3) 5 (33.3) 1
Tumor Outcome Through 7/14/2020 0.163
 Progression 4 (50) 10 (66.7)
 Stable/remission 2 (16.7) 5 (33.3)
 Unknown 0 (0) 0 (0)
Death 2 (33.3) 8 (53.3) 0.407
Durvalumab Infusions Prior to Liver Injury 2 [1-20] 3 [1-24] 0.742
Days to liver injury onset 35 [7-610] 160 [37-721] 0.519
Labs at Liver Injury Criteria
 AST (IU/L) 343 [36-790] 82 [14-259] <0.001
 ALT (IU/L) 415 [30-946] 96 [21-306] 0.001
 ALP (IU/L) 214 [92-579] 288 [49-757] 0.636
 Tbili (mg/dL) 0.9 [0.6-1.7] 0.8 [0.2-4.4] 0.403
 WBC 5.1 [1.9-11.1] 8 [4.8-17.4] 0.076
 % Eos 2.85 [1-6] 1.2 [1.2-10.1] 0.403
 Abs Eos 100 [0-300] 100 [0-700] 0.809
R ratio at onset 5.3 [0.4-17.4] 0.9 [0.2-14.5] 0.027
Patients with LFT normalization during follow up 6 (100) 4 (26.7) 0.002
Time to LFT normalization (days) 52 [14-514] 17 [2-54] 0.281
Treated with steroids (%) 3 (50) 0 (0) 0.003
Durvalumab permanently discontinued 5 (83.3) 13 (86.7) 0.843

Data presented as median [range] or n (%).

BMI, body mass index; kg/m2, kilogram per square meter; mg, milligram; ECOG, Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status; NSCLC, non-small cell lung cancer; SCLC, small cell lung cancer; RCC, renal cell carcinoma; XRT, radiation therapy; AST, aspartate aminotransferase; ALT, alanine aminotransferase; ALP, alkaline phosphatase, Tbili, total bilirubin; INR, international normalized ratio; IU/L, international unit/liter; mg/dL, milligram/deciliter; irAEs, immune related adverse events; LFT, liver function tests.