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ArticleFrontiers in oncology2022

Case report: Pembrolizumab plus Axitinib related hypothyroid myopathy in two kidney cancer patients.

Andrea Boutros, Lara Vera, Federico Gatto, Giuseppe Fornarini, Elisa Zanardi

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Article in Frontiers in oncology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Andrea BoutrosUO Oncologia Medica 2, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genoa, Italy.
Lara VeraEndocrinology Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, IRCCS Policlinico San Martino, Genova, Italy.
Federico GattoEndocrinology Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, IRCCS Policlinico San Martino, Genova, Italy.
Giuseppe FornariniUO Oncologia Medica 1, IRCCS Policlinico San Martino, Genova, Italy.
Elisa ZanardiDepartment of Medical Oncology, UO Clinica di Oncologia Medica, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genoa, Italy.
Ospedale Policlinico San Martino · IT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The first-line therapy in advanced kidney cancer has changed in recent years due to the introduction of combinations of tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) of vascular endothelial growth factor receptors (VEGFR) and immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs). Although immune-related adverse events are well-known, in the case of combination treatments, the determination of which drug is related to an adverse event may be challenging. We reported two cases of patients who developed muscle enzyme elevation in association with hypothyroidism during therapy with pembrolizumab plus axitinib for metastatic kidney cancer. The myopathy rapidly resolved after hormone replacement therapy with levothyroxine. Hypothyroid myopathy is a scarcely known and underreported adverse event. This adverse event may be relevant in the differential diagnosis with immune-related myositis, which has an autoimmune pathogenesis and a potentially fatal course.

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axitinibhypothyroidismhypothyroid myopathyimmune-relate adverse eventimmunotherapykidney cancermyopathypembrolizumab

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PMID36530979
PMCPMC9755843
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