Immune-mediated colitis after resumption of immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy.

Authors

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Hamzah Abu-Sbeih

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX

Hamzah Abu-Sbeih , Faisal Ali , Abdul Rafeh Naqash , Dwight Hall Owen , Sandip H. Patel , Gregory Alan Otterson , Kari Lynn Kendra , Biagio Ricciuti , Rita Chiari , Andrea De Giglio , Joseph Sleiman , Pauline Funchain , Wills Beatriz , Jiajia Zhang , Jarushka Naidoo , Jessica Philpott , Jianjun Gao , Sumit Kumar Subudhi , Yinghong Wang

Organizations

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, AMITA Health St. Joseph Hospital, Chicago, IL, East Carolina University/Vidant Cancer Center, Greenville, NC, Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, Department of Internal Medicine, Columbus, OH, Lowe Center for Thoracic Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, Boston, MA, Univerity of Perugia, Perugia, Italy, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, Johns Hopkins Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center and Bloomberg-Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy, Baltimore, MD

Research Funding

Other

Background: Immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) therapy is often suspended because of immune-mediated diarrhea and colitis (IMDC). We examined the recurrence rate and risk factors for IMDC after ICI resumption. Methods: This retrospective multicenter study examined patients who resumed ICI therapy after improvement of IMDC between 1/2010 and 11/2018. Univariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses assessed the association of clinical covariates and IMDC recurrence. Results: Of the 167 patients in our analysis, 32 resumed an anti-CTLA-4 agent and 135 an anti-PD-1/L1 agent. The median duration from IMDC to restart of ICI treatment was 49 days (IQR, 23-136). IMDC recurred in 57 (34%) patients overall (44% of those resuming an anti–CTLA-4 and 32% resuming an anti–PD-1/L1 agent); 47 of these patients (82%) required immunosuppressive therapy for recurrent IMDC (Table). The median duration from ICI resumption to IMDC recurrence was 53 days (IQR 22-138). On multivariate logistic regression, patients who received anti-PD-1/L1 therapy at initial IMDC had a higher risk of IMDC recurrence (odds ratio [OR], 3.45, 95%CI, 1.59-7.69; P<0.01). Risk of IMDC recurrence was higher for patients who required immunosuppression for initial IMDC (OR, 3.22; 95%CI, 1.08-9.62; P=0.02) or had longer duration of IMDC symptoms in the initial episode (OR, 1.01; 95%CI, 1.00-1.03; P=0.03). Risk of IMDC recurrence was lower for those who resumed anti–PD-1/L1 therapy than for those who resumed anti–CTLA-4 therapy (OR, 0.30; 95%CI, 0.11-0.81; P=0.02). Conclusions: One-third of patients who resumed ICI treatment after IMDC experienced recurrent IMDC. IMDC recurrence was less frequent after resumption of anti–PD-1/L1 than after anti–CTLA-4. Characteristics of recurrent IMDC based on resumed ICI therapy.

CharacteristicAnti–CTLA-4
N = 32 (%)
Anti–PD-1/L1
N = 135 (%)
P
Recurrence of symptoms14 (44)43 (32)0.30
Time from ICI resumption to IMDC recurrence, days (IQR)26 (2-43)79 (27-141)0.02
Treatment of recurrence0.31
Symptomatic only3 (9)8 (6)
Steroid8 (25)31 (23)
Infliximab/vedolizumab add-on3 (9)4 (3)
Grade of recurrent diarrheaa0.50
12 (6)9 (7)
211 (34)29 (22)
3-41 (3)5 (4)
Grade of recurrent colitisa0.39
17 (22)23 (17)
2-36 (19)20 (15)

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Abstract Details

Meeting

2019 ASCO Annual Meeting

Session Type

Poster Session

Session Title

Developmental Immunotherapy and Tumor Immunobiology

Track

Developmental Therapeutics—Immunotherapy

Sub Track

Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors

Citation

J Clin Oncol 37, 2019 (suppl; abstr 2577)

DOI

10.1200/JCO.2019.37.15_suppl.2577

Abstract #

2577

Poster Bd #

221

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