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Table 1 Clinical characteristics of patients in our cohort (n = 82)

From: Clinical characteristics and outcomes of immune checkpoint inhibitor-induced pancreatic injury

Characteristic

No. of patients (%)

Mean age (standard deviation)

57 years (14)

Male sex

54 (66)

Race/ethnicity

 White

63 (77)

 Black

7 (9)

 Hispanic

9 (11)

 Other

3 (4)

Baseline risk factors

 History of smoking

35 (43)

 Alcohol consumption

35 (43)

 Type II diabetes mellitus

21 (26)

 Drug allergy

51 (62)

 Prior history of pancreatitis

7 (9)

 Pancreatic metastasis

11 (13)

Cancer type

 Melanoma

30 (37)

 Genitourinary

24 (29)

 Lung, head and neck

11 (13)

 Gastrointestinal

5 (6)

 Other solid tumors

5 (6)

 Hematologic malignancies

7 (9)

Cancer stagea

 Stage III

3 (4)

 Stage IV

72 (96)

Median number of immune checkpoint inhibitor doses (interquartile range)

4 (1-25)

Checkpoint inhibitor type

 CTLA-4 monotherapy

12 (15)

 PD-1/L1 monotherapy

53 (65)

 Combination therapyb

17 (21)

Other immune-related adverse events

 Gastrointestinal

27 (33)

 Hepatic

17 (21)

 Dermatologic

13 (16)

 Endocrine

7 (9)

 Pulmonary

5 (6)

 Other

6 (7)

  1. aCancer stage was recorded for 75 patients. For solid tumors, the TNM system of the American Joint Committee on Cancer 7th edition was used for cancer staging. No cancer stage was record for hematologic cancer
  2. bCombination of CTLA-4 and PD-1 or PD-L1 therapy