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Table 1 Clinical trials with immune checkpoint inhibitors and given adverse event profiles

From: Safety in treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma with immune checkpoint inhibitors as compared to melanoma and non-small cell lung cancer

Drug

Author

Tumor Type

Number of Patients

Taken off therapy secondary to toxicity

Death secondary to therapy

Elevation AST any grade

Elevation AST grade 3–4

Elevation ALT any grade

Elevation ALT grade 3–4

Diarrhea any grade

Diarrhea grade 3–4

Tremelimumab

Sangro et al. 2013 [14]

HCC

20

3

0

14

9

11

5

6

1

Tremelimumab + ablation

Duffy et al. 2016 [13]

HCC

32

4

0

11

7

6

3

2

0

Nivolumab

El-Khoueiry et al. 2017 [15]

HCC

262

9

0

26

14

24

8

32

3

Pembrolizumab

Garon et al. 2015 [33]

NSCLC

495

NR

NR

15

3

11

2

40

3

Pembrolizumab

Reck et al. 2016 [34]

NSCLC

154

11

1

NR

NR

NR

NR

22

6

Pembrolizumab

Herbst et al. 2016 [35]

NSCLC

682

32

6

17

2

24

3

52

6

Nivolumab

Borghaei et al. 2015 [36]

NSCLC

287

14

1

9

1

9

0

22

2

Nivolumab

Brahmer et al. 2015 [37]

NSCLC

131

4

0

2

0

2

0

10

0

Nivolumab

Rizvi et al. 2015 [38]

NSCLC

117

14

2

0

0

1

0

12

3

Ipilimumab

Wolchok et al. 2010 [39]

Melanoma

214

35

0

NR

NR

NR

NR

66

14

Ipilimumab

Hodi et al. 2010 [23]

Melanoma

131

17

4

1

0

2

0

46

13

Ipilimumab

Robert et al. 2015 [40]

Melanoma

256

24

1

6

2

9

2

79

26

Ipilimumab

Eggermont et al. 2015 [22]

Melanoma

471

245

5

78

20

102

25

270

81

Ipilimumab

Larkin et al. 2015 [41]

Melanoma

311

46

1

12

5

11

2

139

46

Tremelimumab

Camacho et al. 2009 [42]

Melanoma

89

10

0

NR

NR

NR

NR

34

13

Tremelimumab

Ribas et al. 2013 [43]

Melanoma

325

43

7

NR

NR

NR

NR

166

60

Tremelimumab

Kirkwood et al. 2010 [44]

Melanoma

246

13

2

NR

NR

NR

NR

99

28

Pembrolizumab

Robert et al. 2014 [45]

Melanoma

173

6

0

5

0

6

0

22

1

Pembrolizumab

Robert et al. 2015 [40]

Melanoma

555

30

0

20

1

16

1

102

21

Pembrolizumab

Ribas et al. 2015 [46]

Melanoma

357

17

0

NR

NR

NR

NR

34

2

Nivolumab

Topalian et al. 2014 [47]

Melanoma

107

17

0

4

0

5

0

19

2

Nivolumab

Robert et al. 2015 [48]

Melanoma

210

14

0

2

1

3

2

33

2

Nivolumab

Weber et al. 2015 [49]

Melanoma

268

7

0

11

1

7

2

30

1

Nivolumab

Larkin et al. 2015 [41]

Melanoma

313

24

1

12

3

12

4

64

9

Nivolumab

Weber et al. 2016 [50]

Melanoma

92

0

0

5

0

6

0

39

1

  1. HCC Hepatocellular Carcinoma, NSCLC Non-small cell lung cancer, AST aspartate aminotransferase, ALT alanine aminotransferase, NR not reported