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Safety and efficacy of PD-1/PD-L1 blockade in patients with preexisting antinuclear antibodies

Authors :
Hiroaki Tsunezuka
Yusuke Chihara
Tsukasa Narukawa
Akihito Arai
Jun Asai
Michihisa Moriguchi
Tetsuya Taguchi
Yoshito Itoh
Satoshi Komori
Takeshi Ishikawa
Masayoshi Inoue
Hiroaki Yasuda
Junji Uchino
Yusuke Tabuchi
Shigeru Hirano
Tomoki Sakakida
Osamu Ukimura
Toshiyuki Kosuga
Sachi Harita
Hideyuki Konishi
Fumiya Hongo
Koichi Takayama
Source :
Clinical and Translational Oncology. 22:919-927
Publication Year :
2019
Publisher :
Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2019.

Abstract

Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) show promising clinical activity in advanced cancers. However, the safety and efficacy of PD-1/PD-L1 blockade in patients with preexisting antinuclear antibodies (ANA) are unclear. 191 patients treated with nivolumab, pembrolizumab, atezolizumab, or durvalumab for unresectable advanced cancers between September 2014 and December 2018 were identified retrospectively. Patients were divided into positive (ANA titers ≥ 1:160) and negative ANA groups (ANA titers

Details

ISSN :
16993055 and 1699048X
Volume :
22
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Clinical and Translational Oncology
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....6d4907febb537804c5cc26353f83d0e9
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12094-019-02214-8