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Enterocolitis in Patients With Cancer After Antibody Blockade of Cytotoxic T-Lymphocyte–Associated Antigen 4

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Beck, Kimberly E., Blansfield, Joseph A., Tran, Khoi Q., Feldman, Andrew L., Hughes, Marybeth S., Royal, Richard E., Kammula, Udai S., Topalian, Suzanne L. +7 more·2006·Journal of Clinical Oncology

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Purpose: Cytotoxic T-lymphocyte–associated antigen 4 (CTLA4) is an inhibitory receptor on T cells. Knocking out CTLA4 in mice causes lethal lymphoproliferation, and polymorphisms in human CTLA4 are associated with autoimmune disease. Trials of the anti-CTLA4 antibody ipilimumab (MDX-010) have resulted in durable cancer regression and immune-mediated toxicities. A report on the diagnosis, pathology, treatment, clinical outcome, and significance of the immune-mediated enterocolitis seen with ipilimumab is presented. Patients and Methods: We treated 198 patients with metastatic melanoma (MM) or renal cell carcinoma (RCC) with ipilimumab. Results: The overall objective tumor response rate was 14%. We observed several immune mediated toxicities including dermatitis, enterocolitis, hypophysitis, uveitis, hepatitis, and nephritis. Enterocolitis, defined by grade 3/4 clinical presentation and/or biopsy documentation, was the most common major toxicity (21% of patients). It presented with diarrhea, and biopsies showed both neutrophilic and lymphocytic inflammation. Most patients who developed enterocolitis responded to high-dose systemic corticosteroids. There was no evidence that steroid administration affected tumor responses. Five patients developed perforation or required colectomy. Four other patients with steroid-refractory enterocolitis appeared to respond promptly to tumor necrosis factor alpha blockade with infliximab. Objective tumor response rates in patients with enterocolitis were 36% for MM and 35% for RCC, compared with 11% and 2% in patients without enterocolitis, respectively (P = .0065 for MM and P = .0016 for RCC). Conclusion: CTLA4 seems to be a significant component of tolerance to tumor and in protection against immune mediated enterocolitis and these phenomena are significantly associated in cancer patients.

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  • Autoimmune colitis, vitiligo, and autoantibody production are now included in CTCAE grading of immune-related adverse events due to immunotherapy.

    “Autoimmune colitis, vitiligo, and autoantibody production are now included in CTCAE grading of irAEs due to immunotherapy [1, 4, 6, 20, 22, 34].”

    From Immune reconstitution and clinical recovery following anti-CD28 antibody (TGN1412)-induced cytokine storm (2021) · cites this paper as [34]

    The Abstract and Other Immune Mediated Toxicities section report grade 3/4 enterocolitis after ipilimumab treatment, supporting the colitis portion of the claim. Our copy does not establish that colitis, vitiligo, or autoantibody production are included in CTCAE grading; searches for CTCAE, vitiligo, and autoantibodies did not find that point. Page numbers were not available in the indexed passages. (LLM, conf=0.79)

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  • ICI-associated colitis is routinely managed with immunosuppressive therapy, including corticosteroids and/or anti-TNF-alpha agents, which have significant side effects.

    “ICI-associated colitis is routinely treated with immunosuppressive therapy, including corticosteroids and/or agents targeting tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha), all of which have significant side effects.”

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Beck, K. E., Blansfield, J. A., Tran, K. Q., Feldman, A. L., Hughes, M. S., Royal, R. E., Kammula, U. S., Topalian, S. L., Sherry, R. M., Kleiner, D., Quezado, M., Lowy, I., Yellin, M., Rosenberg, S. A., & Yang, J. C.
Affiliations
National Institutes of Health (US)
Venue
Journal of Clinical Oncology
Published
2006-05-20
Volume
24
Issue
15
Pages
2283-2289
ISSN
  • 0732-183X (ISSN-L)
  • 1527-7755
OpenAlex
W2107150019
Cited by
833
References
31
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FWCI
21.33
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Locations
  • Journal of Clinical Oncology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Research Explorer (The University of Manchester) (publishedVersion, other-oa)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • American Society of Clinical Oncology
  • National Institutes of Health
  • National Cancer Institute (Z01SC003811)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers
  • Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Immunology › Immunotherapy and Immune Responses
  • Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Immunology › Immunotoxicology and immune responses
Keywords
immune-related adverse events, CTLA-4 blockade, ipilimumab, metastatic melanoma, renal cell carcinoma, immune checkpoint inhibitors, corticosteroid therapy, infliximab, tumor response, colectomy, perforation
MeSH terms
Infliximab, Ipilimumab, Adrenal Cortex Hormones, Antibodies, Monoclonal, Antigens, Differentiation, Antineoplastic Agents, Carcinoma, Renal Cell, Enterocolitis, Female, Gastrointestinal Agents, Humans, Kidney Neoplasms, Male, Melanoma, Middle Aged, Neoplasms, Skin Neoplasms, Antigens, CD, Cancer Vaccines, CTLA-4 Antigen

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