Hepatic adverse events during treatment with immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI) in cancer patients: A territory-wide patient cohort study.

Authors

Stephen Chan

Stephen Lam Chan

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

Organizations

Department of Clinical Oncology, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, China, Department of Anatomical and Cellular Pathology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, China, Department of Statistics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, China, Department of Clinical Oncology The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Research Funding

No funding received
None

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.

12-month overall survival rate.

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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Abstract Details

Meeting

2020 Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium

Session Type

Poster Session

Session Title

Poster Session B: Hepatobiliary Cancer, Neuroendocrine/Carcinoid, Pancreatic Cancer, and Small Bowel Cancer

Track

Hepatobiliary Cancer,Neuroendocrine/Carcinoid,Pancreatic Cancer,Small Bowel Cancer,Other GI Cancer

Sub Track

Symptoms, Toxicities, and Whole-Person Care

Citation

J Clin Oncol 38, 2020 (suppl 4; abstr 508)

Abstract #

508

Poster Bd #

B11

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