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ArticleCase reports in oncology

The Case of a Zebra That Was Misdiagnosed as a Horse: Pulmonary Tumor Thrombotic Microangiopathy, a New Paraneoplastic Syndrome, Mimicking PD-1-Induced Pneumonitis.

Corey A Carter, Robert Browning, Bryan T Oronsky, Jan J Scicinski, Christina Brzezniak

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Article in Case reports in oncology. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02518958 (A Phase I, Open-Label, Multiple Ascending Dose Study to Assess the Safety and Tolerability of RRx-001 and Nivolumab in Subjects With Advanced Solid Tumors or Lymphomas For Which There Are No Currently Accepted Life-Prolonging Therapies), which is not on this map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 20% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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NCT02518958 phase1completednot on this map

A Phase I, Open-Label, Multiple Ascending Dose Study to Assess the Safety and Tolerability of RRx-001 and Nivolumab in Subjects With Advanced Solid Tumors or Lymphomas For Which There Are No Currently Accepted Life-Prolonging Therapies (PRIMETIME)

TypeinterventionalSponsorEpicentRx, Inc.Ran2015 to 2016Enrolled12ConditionsMalignant Solid Tumor, LymphomaArmsRRx-001, Nivolumab
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Corey A CarterWalter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, Md., USA.
Robert BrowningWalter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, Md., USA.
Bryan T OronskyEpicentRx, Mountain View, Calif., USA.
Jan J ScicinskiEpicentRx, Mountain View, Calif., USA.
Christina BrzezniakWalter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, Md., USA.
Walter Reed National Military Medical Center · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A case report of a 47-year-old woman with triple-negative breast cancer on a clinical trial called PRIMETIME (NCT02518958) who received the anti-PD-1 inhibitor nivolumab and the experimental anticancer agent RRx-001 is presented. Although initially diagnosed and treated for anti-PD-1-induced pneumonitis, clinical and radiological abnormalities triggered further investigation, leading to the diagnosis of pulmonary tumor thrombotic microangiopathy (PTTM). This example highlights the importance of exercising due diligence in determining immune-related adverse events and suggests that PD-1-induced pneumonitis should be a diagnosis of exclusion rather than a diagnosis by default. A case history and review of the literature are presented for PTTM, which we propose to define as a paraneoplastic syndrome.

Indexed as

Paraneoplastic syndromePD-1-induced pneumonitisPulmonary tumor thrombotic microangiopathy

Identifiers

PMID26933422
PMCPMC4772616
OpenAlexW2270388261

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