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Immune-related adverse events associated with immune checkpoint inhibitors: a call to action for collecting and sharing clinical trial and real-world data

Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) have revolutionized the treatment of cancer, improving outcomes in patients with advanced malignancies. The use of ICIs in clinical practice, and the number of ICI clinical trials, are rapidly increasing. The use of ICIs in combination with other forms of cancer t...

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Autores principales: Reynolds, Kerry L, Arora, Shaily, Elayavilli, Ravikumar Komandur, Louv, William C, Schaller, Teilo H, Khandelwal, Aakanksha, Rothenberg, Mace, Khozin, Sean, Guidon, Amanda C, Dougan, Michael, Zubiri, Leyre, Petrillo, Laura, Sise, Meghan E, Villani, Alexandra-Chloe, Johnson, Douglas B, Rahma, Osama, Sharon, Elad
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8256840/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34215691
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/jitc-2021-002896
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Sumario:Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) have revolutionized the treatment of cancer, improving outcomes in patients with advanced malignancies. The use of ICIs in clinical practice, and the number of ICI clinical trials, are rapidly increasing. The use of ICIs in combination with other forms of cancer therapy, such as chemotherapy, radiotherapy, or targeted therapy, is also expanding. However, immune-related adverse events (irAEs) can be serious in up to a third of patients. Critical questions remain surrounding the characteristics and outcomes of irAEs, and how they may affect the overall risk–benefit relationship for combination therapies. This article proposes a framework for irAE classification and reporting, and identifies limitations in the capture and sharing of data on irAEs from current clinical trial and real-world data. We outline key gaps and suggestions for clinicians, clinical investigators, drug sponsors, patients, and other stakeholders to make these critical data more available to researchers for pooled analysis, to advance contemporary understanding of irAEs, and ultimately improve the efficacy of ICIs.