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Immune checkpoint inhibitor related hypophysitis: diagnostic criteria and recovery patterns.

ABSTRACT: Data on the diagnosis, natural course and management of immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI)-related hypophysitis (irH) are limited. We propose this study to validate the diagnostic criteria, describe characteristics and hormonal recovery and investigate factors associated with the occurrence and recovery of irH. A retrospective study including patients with suspected irH at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center from 5/2003 to 8/2017 was conducted. IrH was defined as: (1) ACTH or TSH deficiency plus MRI changes or (2) ACTH and TSH deficiencies plus headache/fatigue in the absence of MRI findings. We found that of 83 patients followed for a median of 1.75 years (range 0.6-3), the proposed criteria used at initial evaluation accurately identified 61/62 (98%) irH cases. In the irH group (n = 62), the most common presentation was headache (60%), fatigue (66%), central hypothyroidism (94%), central adrenal insufficiency (69%) and MRI changes (77%). Compared with non-ipilimumab (ipi) regimens, ipi has a stronger association with irH occurrence (P = 0.004) and a shorter time to irH development (P < 0.01). Thyroid, gonadal and adrenal axis recovery occurred in 24, 58 and 0% patients, respectively. High-dose steroids (HDS) or ICI discontinuation was not associated with hormonal recovery. In the non-irH group (n = 19), one patient had isolated central hypothyroidism and six had isolated central adrenal insufficiency. All remained on hormone therapy at the last follow-up. We propose a strict definition of irH that identifies the vast majority of patients. HDS and ICI discontinuation is not always beneficial. Long-term follow-up to assess recovery is needed.

SUBMITTER: Nguyen H

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8183642 | biostudies-literature |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Project description:BackgroundImmune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) as a cancer immunotherapy have emerged as a treatment for multiple advanced cancer types. Because of enhanced immune responses, immune-related adverse events (irAEs), including endocrinopathies such as hypophysitis, have been associated with the use of ICIs. Most underlying mechanisms of ICI-related hypophysitis remain unclear, especially for programmed cell death-1 (PD-1)/PD-1 ligand 1 (PD-L1) inhibitors. We hypothesized that ICI-related hypophysitis is associated with paraneoplastic syndrome caused by ectopic expression of pituitary-specific antigens.MethodsTwenty consecutive patients with ICI-related hypophysitis between 2017 and 2019 at Kobe University Hospital were retrospectively analyzed. Circulating anti-pituitary antibodies were detected using immunofluorescence staining and immunoblotting. Ectopic expression of pituitary autoantigens in tumor specimens was also examined.ResultsEighteen patients were treated with PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitors, and two were treated with a combination of cytotoxic T-lymphocyte antigen-4 (CTLA-4) and PD-1 inhibitors. All patients showed adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) deficiency and additionally, three showed thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) deficiency, and one showed gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) deficiency. Among these patients, three exhibited anti-pituitary antibodies, two with anti-corticotroph antibody and one with anti-somatotroph antibody. Interestingly, the anti-corticotroph antibody recognized proopiomelanocortin (POMC) and those two patients exhibited ectopic ACTH expression in the tumor, while the patients without anti-corticotroph antibody did not.ConclusionsWe demonstrated 10% of PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitors-related hypophysitis were associated with the autoimmunity against corticotrophs and maybe caused as a form of paraneoplastic syndrome, in which ectopic expression of ACTH in the tumor was observed. It is also suggested that the pathophysiology is heterogenous in ICI-related hypophysitis.

Project description:ImportanceLimited information is available on the safety of a rechallenge with an immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) after an immune-related adverse event (irAE).ObjectiveTo identify the recurrence rate of the same irAE that prompted discontinuation of ICI therapy after an ICI rechallenge in patients with cancer and to identify the clinical features associated with such recurrences.Design, setting, and participantsThis observational, cross-sectional, pharmacovigilance cohort study examined individual case safety reports from the World Health Organization database VigiBase, which contains case reports from more than 130 countries. Case reports were extracted from database inception (1967) to September 1, 2019. All consecutive ICI cases with at least 1 associated irAE were included.Main outcomes and measuresThe primary outcome was the rate of recurrence of the initial irAE after an ICI rechallenge. Secondary outcomes included the factors associated with the recurrence after a rechallenge among informative rechallenges, the recurrence rate according to the ICI regimen (anti-programmed cell death 1 or anti-programmed cell death ligand 1 monotherapy, anti-cytotoxic T-lymphocyte antigen-4 monotherapy, or combination therapy), and the rate of occurrence of a different irAE after a rechallenge.ResultsA total of 24 079 irAE cases associated with at least 1 ICI were identified. Among the irAEs, 452 of 6123 irAEs associated with ICI rechallenges (7.4%) were informative rechallenges. One hundred thirty recurrences (28.8%; 95% CI, 24.8-33.1) of the initial irAE were observed. In a rechallenge, colitis (reporting odds ratio [OR], 1.77; 95% CI, 1.14-2.75; P = .01), hepatitis (reporting OR, 3.38; 95% CI, 1.31-8.74; P = .01), and pneumonitis (reporting OR, 2.26; 95% CI, 1.18-4.32; P = .01) were associated with a higher recurrence rate, whereas adrenal events were associated with a lower recurrence rate (reporting OR, 0.33; 95% CI, 0.13-0.86; P = .03) compared with other irAEs.Conclusions and relevanceThis cohort study found a 28.8% recurrence rate of the same irAE associated with the discontinuation of ICI therapy after a rechallenge with the same ICI. Resuming ICI therapy could be considered for select patients, with appropriate monitoring and use of standard treatment algorithms to identify and treat toxic effects.

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