Department of Clinical Oncology, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
Stephen Lam Chan , Terry Cheuk-Fung Yip , Vincent Wai-Sun Wong , Anthony W.H. Chan , Cathy Ka Kiu Tong , Yee Kit Tse , Becky Wing-Yan Yuen , Hester Wing-Sum Luk , Grace Chung-Yan Lui , Henry L.Y. Chan , Tony S. K. Mok , Grace Lai-Hung Wong
Background: Hepatic adverse events (AEs) are commonly encountered during ICI treatment in cancer. We evaluated the incidence and impact of hepatic AEs in a territory-wide cohort of 1509 patients who received ICI for cancer treatment. Methods: This is a territory-wide retrospective observational cohort study in Hong Kong. We identified patients through the regional hospital database (CDARS), based on the drug record of ICIs from 1 Jan 2014 to 31 Oct 2018. Serial liver functions before, during and at 3-month after ICI, were retrieved. Hepatic AEs were graded according to CTCAE 4.0. Results: The mean age was 60 years and 65.4% were male with the commonest malignancies being lung cancer (37.0%), liver cancer (17.0%) and gastrointestinal (GI) cancer (8.4%). Grade 1-2 and grade 3-4 hepatic AE occurred 39.8% and 23.3% of patients, respectively, during or within 3 months after ICI. During ICI, 39.5% developed grade 1-2 and 13.0% had grade 3-4 hepatic AE. The most common manifestations of hepatic AE occurred as elevation of ALT/AST (grade 1-2: 38.7%; grade 3-4: 10.3%). The median time of duration from ICI 1st dose to hepatic ≥ Grade 3 AE was 54 days (IQR: 22-124). Patients with liver cancer were more likely to develop hepatic AE (grade 1-2: 37.4%; grade 3-4: 55.5%). In all patients and cancer subgroup, patients with grade 3-4 hepatic AE had worse OS than grade 1-2 hepatic AE (Table). Conclusions: Hepatic AE occurs in more than half of the patients receiving ICI, with over 20% being grade 3-4 AE. Regardless of tumor types, development of hepatic AE during ICI is associated with poor prognosis.
Patients | Without hepatic AE |
With hepatic AE |
P value* | Grade 1-2 hepatic AE |
Grade 3-4 hepatic AE |
P value# |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All | 48.9% (42.3%–55.1%) |
32.7% (29.5%–36.0%) |
<0.001 | 38.9% (34.8%–42.9%) |
18.5% (14.1%–23.5%) |
<0.001 |
Lung cancer | 45.3% (35.7%–54.4%) |
32.4% (26.9%–38.0%) |
0.003 | 36.4% (30.2%–42.6%) |
9.9% (3.2%–21.0%) |
<0.001 |
Liver cancer | 79.3% (47.8%–92.9%) |
36.5% (29.2%–43.8%) |
0.005 | 55.6% (44.3%–65.6%) |
18.3% (10.9%–27.2%) |
<0.001 |
GI cancer | 24.2% (6.8%–47.3%) |
22.7% (14.9%–31.4%) |
0.927 | 28.8% (18.3%–40.2%) |
11.3% (3.6%–24.0%) |
0.009 |
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