Table 1.
Psoriasis induced by immunotherapy of Nivolumab.
| number | sex | age/years old | cancer | latent period/day (s) | subtype of psoriasis | new-onset (N) or exacerbated (E) | family history | treatment | the outcome of psoriasis lesion | continue(C) or discontinue(D) using nivolumab | reported year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | male | 80 | melanoma | 63 | plaque psoriasis | N | no | topical treatment + oral prednisolone | improved | C | 2015 [18] |
| 2 | male | 65 | melanoma | 21 | plaque psoriasis | E | NI | topical treatment + oral etretinate | improved | C | 2016 [19] |
| 3*** | male | 80 | lung cancer | 112 | plaque psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis | N | no | topical treatment + oral prednisone and MTX | improved | D | 2016 [20] |
| 4 | male | 87 | melanoma | 21 | plaque psoriasis | E | NI | topical treatment + oral prednisolone | improved | D | 2016 [21] |
| 5 |
male |
77 |
melanoma |
77 |
plaque and nail psoriasis |
NI |
NI |
topical treatment + oral retinoids |
improved |
D |
2017 [22] |
| 6 | male | 80 | melanoma | 28 | plaque psoriasis | NI | NI | topical treatment + oral prednisolone | improved | D | 2017 [22] |
| 7 | male | 64 | lung cancer | NE | guttate psoriasis and nail psoriasis | N | yes | topical treatment | improved | C | 2017 [23] |
| 8 | male | 72 | lung cancer | NE | plaque psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis | N | yes | topical treatment + oral prednisone and MTX | improved | C | 2017 [23] |
| 9 | male | 67 | lung cancer | 16 | plaque and pustular palmoplantar psoriasis | E | NI | topical treatment | improved | C | 2017 [23] |
| 10 | male | 59.2 | melanoma | 31 | plaque and palmoplantar psoriasis | E | NI | topical treatment | improved | C | 2017 [23] |
| 11 |
male |
81 |
lung cancer |
16 |
plaque and guttate psoriasis |
E |
NI |
topical treatment |
improved |
C |
2017 [23] |
| 12 | male | 58.9 | melanoma | 29 | plaque and guttate psoriasis | E | NI | topical treatment | improved | C | 2017 [23] |
| 13 | male | 67.5 | melanoma | 50 | plaque and guttate psoriasis | E | NI | topical treatment + oral acitretin | improved | C | 2017 [23] |
| 14 | male | 61.8 | lung cancer | 28 | plaque psoriasis | E | NI | topical treatment | improved | D | 2017 [23] |
| 15 | female | 59.3 | lung cancer | 36 | plaque and palmoplantar psoriasis | E | NI | topical treatment | improved | C | 2017 [23] |
| 16 | male | 81.5 | lung cancer | 98 | plaque and guttate psoriasis | E | NI | topical treatment + oral acitretin | improved | C | 2017 [23] |
| 17 | male | 65.9 | lung cancer | 19 | plaque psoriasis | E | NI | topical treatment + oral acitretin | improved | D | 2017 [23] |
| 18 |
male |
87 |
melanoma |
21 |
plaque and guttate psoriasis |
E |
NI |
oral general corticosteroid |
improved |
D |
2017 [23] |
| 19** | male | 65 | melanoma | 21 | plaque psoriasis | E | NI | topical treatment + oral acitretin | improved | C | 2017 [23] |
| 20 | male | 68 | lung cancer | 28 | palmoplantar psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis | N | no | topical treatment + oral prednisone and MTX | improved | D | 2017 [24] |
| 21 | male | 66 | lung cancer | 42 | plaque psoriasis | N | no | topical treatment + oral prednisolone | improved | C | 2017 [25] |
| 22 | male | 66 | lung cancer | NE | plaque psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis | N | NI | NI | improved | C | 2017 [25] |
| 23 | male | 47 | lung cancer | 154 | psoriatic arthritis and nail psoriasis | E | no | topical treatment + inject triamcinolone acetonide, methylprednisolone, and MTX | improved | C | 2017 [26] |
| 24*** |
male |
45 |
metastatic renal cell carcinoma |
14 |
plaque psoriasis |
N |
NI |
topical treatment |
NI |
D |
2017 [27] |
| 25** | male | 89 | melanoma | 14 | plaque psoriasis | N | NI | topical treatment | improved | C | 2017 [28] |
| 26 | male | 75 | lung cancer | 84 | plaque psoriasis | N | no | topical treatment | improved | C | 2018 [29] |
| 27 | male | 53 | lymphoma | 84 | plaque psoriasis | N | NI | topical treatment | improved | D | 2018 [30] |
| 28*** | female | 65 | melanoma | 154 | plaque psoriasis | E | NI | topical treatment | improved | D | 2018 [31] |
| 29 | male | 60 | lung cancer | 7 | plaque psoriasis | N | no | topical treatment + oral steroids | improved | NI | 2018 [32] |
| 30 | male | 58 | tongue carcinoma | 28 | inverse psoriasis | N | no | topical treatment + oral acitretin + phototherapy | improved | D | 2018 [33] |
| 31 | female | 74 | lung cancer | 180 | plaque psoriasis | E | NI | oral apremilast | improved | NI | 2019 [34] |
| 32* | male | 62 | hepatoma | NE | plaque psoriasis | NI | NI | oral etoposide | improved | D | 2019 [35] |
| 33 |
male |
64 |
lung cancer |
21 |
plaque and scalp psoriasis |
N |
no |
topical treatment |
clear |
D |
2019 [36] |
| 34 | female | 51 | lung cancer | 35 | plaque psoriasis | N | no | topical treatment | improved | C | 2020 [37] |
| 35*** | male | 54 | laryngeal carcinoma | 11 | plaque and nail psoriasis | E | NI | oral acitretin + phototherapy | improved | D | 2020 [38] |
| 36 | male | 59 | melanoma | NI | palmoplantar and nail psoriasis | N | no | topical treatment | improved | D | 2020 [39] |
| 37 | female | 71 | lung cancer | NI | plaque psoriasis | E | NI | topical treatment + oral acitretin + phototherapy | improved | D | 2020 [40] |
| 38 | male | 66 | metastatic renal cell carcinoma |
210 | palmoplantar psoriasis | N | no | oral retinoids and apremilast | improved | C | 2021 [41] |
| 39 | female | 61 | melanoma | 14 | plaque psoriasis | N | no | oral risankizumab-rzaa | clear | D | 2021 [42] |
| 40 |
male |
50 |
melanoma |
150 |
plaque psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis |
N |
no |
oral apremilast |
improved |
C |
2021 [43] |
| 41 | male | 70 | laryngeal carcinoma | 14 | plaque psoriasis | E | NI | oral apremilast | improved | C | 2021 [43] |
| 42** | male | 60 | lung cancer | 7 | plaque psoriasis | E | NI | oral apremilast | improved | C | 2021 [43] |
| 43** | male | 62 | melanoma | 90 | plaque psoriasis | E | NI | oral apremilast | improved | C | 2021 [44] |
| 44[this case] | male | 56 | gastric adenocarcinoma | 3 | plaque, scalp, palmoplantar, inverse, and nail psoriasis | E | no | topical treatment + oral compound Glycymhizin tablets | improved | C | 2021 |
NI: no information NE: not exactly.
No.32* This is an HIV(+) patient. No19,25,42,43**These four patients died of progression of cancer.
No.3,24,28,35***These four patients discontinued Nivolumab for a few weeks, then restarted it after treatment without exacerbation.