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ArticleImmunotherapy2022

Successful use of secukinumab in two melanoma patients with immune checkpoint inhibitor-induced inflammatory arthropathy.

Vincent T Ma, Christopher D Lao, Leslie A Fecher, Elena Schiopu

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Article in Immunotherapy, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers.

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22citing papers in PubMed
2.8field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

22 citing papers in PubMed, 32 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

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Vincent T MaDepartment of Internal Medicine, University of Wisconsin, Division of Hematology, Medical Oncology and Palliative Care, Madison, WI, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8417-2787
Christopher D LaoDepartment of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Division of Hematology and Oncology, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
Leslie A FecherDepartment of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Division of Hematology and Oncology, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
Elena SchiopuDepartment of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Division of Rheumatology, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
University of Michigan · USUniversity of Wisconsin–Madison · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Immune-related adverse events (irAEs) are a major concern when treating cancer patients with immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) therapy. Selecting the most appropriate management of irAEs remains an ongoing challenge because prolonged use of glucocorticoids come with their own side effects and may counteract the antineoplastic effects from immunotherapy. In this case report, we present two patients with metastatic melanoma who developed symptoms of inflammatory arthritis attributed to ICI therapy. We found that treatment with secukinumab, an anti-IL-17A inhibitor, effectively managed their symptoms and did not lead to tumor progression. Our study suggests that secukinumab can be a safe and effective treatment option for ICI-induced inflammatory arthropathy.

Indexed as

ArthritisMelanomaAntibodies, Monoclonal, HumanizedHumansImmune Checkpoint InhibitorsRetrospective StudiesAntibodies, Monoclonal, HumanizedImmune Checkpoint InhibitorssecukinumabIL-17IL-17A inhibitorimmune-related adverse eventsinflammatory arthritismelanomapsoriasispsoriatic arthritissecukinumab

Identifiers

PMID35416067
PMCPMC9096604
OpenAlexW4223469169

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