Houston Methodist Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Kartik Anand, Joe Ensor, Shruti Pandita, Sai Ravi Pingali, Shubham Pant, Cassian Yee, Madeleine Duvic, Tej Pandita, Carlos A. Torres-Cabala, Roberto N. Miranda, Youli Zu, Swaminathan Padmanabhan Iyer
Background: Wartewig et al. (Nature 2017) proved in a preclinical mouse model that anti-PD1 therapy could cause T-cell lymphoma. T-cell lymphoma as an adverse event of CPIs has never been reported. A 75-year-old male with h/o urothelial carcinoma presented with lung metastasis of adenocarcinoma of unknown primary that showed PDL1 staining 5% of cells. Patient was treated with carboplatin & paclitaxel. For progressive disease, the patient received Pembrolizumab. After 4 cycles of CPI he developed lymphocytosis and lymphadenopathy and diagnosed with peripheral T-cell lymphoma, not otherwise specified (PTCL, NOS), with bone marrow (BM) involvement. Patient died before receiving any treatment for lymphoma. We hypothesized that CPI caused clonal expansion of T cells. Methods: We performed T-cell receptor (TCR) sequencing by Immunoseq assay in biopsy specimens. We queried FDA Adverse Events Reporting System (FAERS) and VigiBase databases for T-cell lymphoma/leukemia, PTCL, NOS, Mycosis Fungoides, Anaplastic Large & Cutaneous T-cell Lymphoma as an adverse event (AE) secondary to nivolumab, pembrolizumab or ipilimumab. Results: Through TCR sequencing we identified single clonal expansion before PD1 therapy in lung (0.008%) to 11% in bone marrow and 40% in lymph node (post treatment samples). Additional targeted exome sequencing of the lymphoma revealed a TET2 mutation. We conclude that anti-PD1 caused clonal expansion of the T cells harboring TET2 mutation leading to T-cell lymphoma. Findings of FARES and VigiBase review are shown in the Table. Conclusions: T-cell lymphoma is a rare complication of CPIs, with high mortality (20%). Long term follow up of patients receiving CPIs is needed.
Database | FARES | VigiBase |
---|---|---|
Total Adverse Event (AE) (Nivolumab, Pembrolizumab,Ipilimumab) | 42888 | 50102 |
Total T-cell related neoplastic AE cases | 9 | 5 |
Sex | ||
Male | 6 | 2 |
Female | 3 | 3 |
Median Age | 63 years (51-87 years; n=7) | Not available |
CPI used | ||
Nivolumab | 5 | 1 |
Pembrolizumab | 2 | 2 |
Nivolumab plus Ipilimumab | 1 | 1 |
Ipilimumab | 1 | 1 |
Indication for CPI use | ||
Lung Cancer | 4 | 3 |
Malignant Melanoma | 3 | 2 |
Renal Cancer | 1 | |
Hodgkin lymphoma | 1 | |
Median time to T-cell lymphoma related neoplasm | 11.25 months (6.5-121.5 months; n=6) | Not reported |
Reaction outcome | ||
Death | 2 | 1 |
Life threatening | 1 | 1 |
Other | 6 | 3 |
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