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Observational studyJournal for immunotherapy of cancer2021

Activated osteoarthritis following immune checkpoint inhibitor treatment: an observational study.

Pankti Reid, David Fl Liew, Rajshi Akruwala, Anne R Bass, Karmela K Chan

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In one paragraph

Observational study in Journal for immunotherapy of cancer, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
18citing papers in PubMed
1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 16% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

18 citing papers in PubMed, 25 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. The management of rheumatic immune related adverse events.Best practice & research. Clinical rheumatology · 2026
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  8. Assessing the effects of immune checkpoint inhibitors on bone utilizing machine learning-assisted opportunistic quantitative computed tomography.Journal of bone and mineral research : the official journal of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research · 2025
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  14. Advances of autoimmune rheumatic diseases related to malignant tumors.Inflammation research : official journal of the European Histamine Research Society ... [et al.] · 2023
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  17. Treatment of rheumatic adverse events of cancer immunotherapy.Best practice & research. Clinical rheumatology · 2022
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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 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Pankti ReidMedicine, University of Chicago Biological Sciences Division, Chicago, Illinois, USA pankti.reid@uchospitals.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-7645-0919
David Fl LiewDepartment of Medicine, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-8451-8883
Rajshi AkruwalaDepartment of Medicine, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, New York City, New York, USA.
Anne R BassDivision of Rheumatology, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, New York, USA.
Karmela K ChanDivision of Rheumatology, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, New York, USA.
Hospital for Special Surgery · USSUNY Downstate Health Sciences University · USThe University of Melbourne · AUUniversity of Chicago · US

Funding

Institutional Career Development Core (Chapter 1)KL2TR002387 · NCATS · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · PI ERIC C BEYER, Lisa L Barnes · 2017 to 2026
$7.6M
NCATS NIH HHS KL2 TR002387
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) have revolutionized cancer therapy but can result in toxicities, known as immune-related adverse events (irAEs), due to a hyperactivated immune system. ICI-related inflammatory arthritis has been described in literature, but herewith we introduce and characterize post-ICI-activated osteoarthritis (ICI-aOA). We conducted a multicenter, retrospective, observational study of patients with cancer treated with ICIs and diagnosed with ICI-aOA by a rheumatologist. ICI-aOA was defined by (1) an increase in non-inflammatory joint pain after ICI initiation, (2) in joints characteristically affected by osteoarthritis, and (3) lack of inflammation on exam. Cases were graded using the Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) V.6.0 rubric for arthralgia. Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors V.1.1 (v.4.03) guidelines determined tumor response. Results were analyzed using χ

Indexed as

AgedAged, 80 and overFemaleHumansImmune Checkpoint InhibitorsMaleMiddle AgedOsteoarthritisImmune Checkpoint Inhibitorsactiveautoimmunityimmunotherapyinflammationmelanoma

Identifiers

PMID34526389
PMCPMC8444247
OpenAlexW3201526140

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