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Table 1 Reported cases of immunotherapy-associated T1D

From: Genetic risk analysis of a patient with fulminant autoimmune type 1 diabetes mellitus secondary to combination ipilimumab and nivolumab immunotherapy

Study

No. of patients

Patients

Age/Sex

Past medical history

Checkpoint inhibitor therapy

Positive serologies

Genetics

Comments

Gaudy et al.

1

1

44/F

None

Pembrolizumab

Unavailable

Unavailable

 

Martin Liberal et al.

1

1

54/F

Mild asthma

Ipilimumab and pembrolizumab

GAD65 70.1 U/mL

DRB1*04, DQB1*0302 (HLA A2 DRA DQ8)

 

Hughes et al.

5

1

55/F

Autoimmune thyroid disease

Nivolumab

None

A2.1, DR4

Patient had previously progressed through ipilimumab

2

83/F

Remote smoker

Nivolumab

GAD65 1.2 U/mL

A2.1, DR4

 

3

63/M

Hypertension

Nivolumab

GAD65 1.1 U/mL, ICA5 1.2 U/mL, IAA 47 U/mL

A2.1, DR4

 

4

58/M

Type 2 diabetes mellitus

Nivolumab

GAD65 13819 U/mL

A2.1

 

5

64/F

Autoimmune thyroid disease, psoriasis

Pembrolizumab

None

DR4

 

Okamoto et al.

1

1

55/F

Dyslipidemia, gastric ucler

Nivolumab

None

DRB1*04:05, DQB1*04:01 (DR4)

 

Miyoshi et al.

1

1

66/F

None

Nivolumab

None

DRB1*11:01 13:02:01, DQB1*03:01:01 06:04:01

 

Brahmer et al.

1

1

unavailable

Unavailable

BMS-936559 anti-PDL1 antibody

Unavailable

Unavailable

 

Hoffmann et al.

3

1

70/F

None

Nivolumab

None

Unavailable

Patient had previously progressed through ipilimumab

2

78/F

Type 2 diabetes mellitus

Nivolumab

GAD positive

Unavailable

 

3

58/F

None

Pembrolizumab

GAD, IAA positive

Unavailable

 
  1. Diabetic autoantibodies referenced include GAD65, ICA5, and insulin (IAA). Normal GAD65 titers < 0.5 U/ml, ICA5 < 1.0 U/ml, IAA < 5.0 U/ml