Patients | Sex/age, years | Type of cancer | ICI | Date of first ICI exposure | Date of IrAE | Type of rheumatic IrAE | IrAE response to treatment | Autoantibody results | Tumour response |
7 | F 76 | Mesothelioma | Anti-PDL1 | June 2014 | March 2015 | PMR | Resolution with prednisone 20 mg/day then tapered | ANA, RF, CCP negative | Progression switch for pemetrexed |
8 | M 69 | Gastric adenocarcinoma | Pembrolizumab | September 2016 | October 2016 | PMR | Resolution with prednisone 20 mg/day then tapered | ANA, RF, CCP negative | Progression |
9 | M 62 | Colon adenocarcinoma | Nivolumab+ipilimumab (four cycles) then nivolumab alone | June 2015 | October 2015 | PMR | Resolution with prednisone 60 mg/day then tapered | ANA 1:320 with anti-ENA negative, RF, CCP negative | Stable disease |
10 | M 68 | Metastatic melanoma | Nivolumab | August 2016 | August 2016 | PMR | Resolution with prednisone 40 mg/day then tapered | RF, CCP negative | Stable disease |
ANA, antinuclear antibodies; anti-ENA, anti-extractable antibodies; CCP, cyclic citrullinated peptide; F, female; ICI, immune checkpoint inhibitor; IrAE, immune-related adverse event; M, male; PDL1, programmed cell death ligand protein 1; PMR, polymyalgia rheumatica; RF, rheumatoid factor.