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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Jan 17.
Published in final edited form as: N Engl J Med. 2022 Jan 6;386(1):24–34. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2109970

Table 2.

Summary of Adverse Events.

Adverse Event Relatlimab–Nivolumab
(N = 355)
Nivolumab
(N = 359)
Any grade Grade 3 or 4 Any grade Grade 3 or 4
number of events (percent)
Any adverse event 345 (97.2) 143 (40.3) 339 (94.4) 120 (33.4)

Treatment-related adverse event 288 (81.1) 67 (18.9) 251 (69.9) 35 (9.7)

   Led to discontinuation of treatment 52 (14.6) 30 (8.5) 24 (6.7) 11 (3.1)

Treatment-related adverse event in ≥10% of patients in the relatlimab–nivolumab group

   Pruritus 83 (23.4) 0 57 (15.9) 2 (0.6)

   Fatigue 82 (23.1) 4 (1.1) 46 (12.8) 1 (0.3)

   Rash 55 (15.5) 3 (0.8) 43 (12.0) 2 (0.6)

   Arthralgia 51 (14.4) 3 (0.8) 26 (7.2) 1 (0.3)

   Hypothyroidism 51 (14.4) 0 43 (12.0) 0

   Diarrhea 48 (13.5) 3 (0.8) 33 (9.2) 2 (0.6)

   Vitiligo 37 (10.4) 0 35 (9.7) 0

Immune-mediated adverse event*

   Hypothyroidism or thyroiditis 64 (18.0) 0 50 (13.9) 0

   Rash 33 (9.3) 2 (0.6) 24 (6.7) 5 (1.4)

   Diarrhea or colitis 24 (6.8) 4 (1.1) 11 (3.1) 5 (1.4)

   Hyperthyroidism 22 (6.2) 0 24 (6.7) 0

   Hepatitis 20 (5.6) 14 (3.9) 9 (2.5) 4 (1.1)

   Adrenal insufficiency 15 (4.2) 5 (1.4) 3 (0.8) 0

   Pneumonitis 13 (3.7) 2 (0.6) 6 (1.7) 2 (0.6)

   Hypophysitis 9 (2.5) 1 (0.3) 3 (0.8) 1 (0.3)

   Nephritis and renal dysfunction 7 (2.0) 4 (1.1) 5 (1.4) 4 (1.1)

   Hypersensitivity 4 (1.1) 0 4 (1.1) 0
*

Immune-mediated adverse events included adverse events of any grade that occurred in at least 1% of patients in the relatlimab–nivolumab group, that were considered by investigators to be potentially immune-mediated, and that met the following criteria: occurred within 100 days after the last dose (regardless of causality) and were treated with immune-modulating medication with no clear alternate cause or had an immune-mediated component.