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ArticleFrontiers in oncology2023

Case report: Successful use of mepolizumab for immune checkpoint inhibitors-induced hypereosinophilic syndrome in two patients with solid malignancies.

Chiara Lazzari, Mona Rita Yacoub, Corrado Campochiaro, Alessandra Bulotta, Diego Palumbo, Francesca Rita Ogliari, Lorenzo Dagna, Silvia Marchesi, Maurilio Ponzoni, Vanesa Gregorc

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Article in Frontiers in oncology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Eosinophilia and the Heart: Evolving Concepts.Current cardiology reports · 2026
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10 authors.

Chiara LazzariDepartment of Oncology, Candiolo Cancer Institute Fondazione Piemontese per l'Oncologia-Istituto di Ricerca a Carattere Scientifico (FPO-IRCCS) Candiolo, Torino, Italy.
Mona Rita YacoubDepartment of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Istituto di Ricerca a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS) San Raffaele Hospital, Milano, Italy.
Corrado CampochiaroDepartment of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Istituto di Ricerca a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS) San Raffaele Hospital, Milano, Italy.
Alessandra BulottaDepartment of Oncology, Istituto di Ricerca a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS) San Raffaele Hospital, Milano, Italy.
Diego PalumboDepartment of Radiology, Istituto di Ricerca a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS) San Raffaele Hospital, Milano, Italy.
Francesca Rita OgliariDepartment of Oncology, Istituto di Ricerca a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS) San Raffaele Hospital, Milano, Italy.
Lorenzo DagnaDepartment of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Istituto di Ricerca a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS) San Raffaele Hospital, Milano, Italy.
Silvia MarchesiDepartment of Oncology, Candiolo Cancer Institute Fondazione Piemontese per l'Oncologia-Istituto di Ricerca a Carattere Scientifico (FPO-IRCCS) Candiolo, Torino, Italy.
Maurilio PonzoniVita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milano, Italy.
Vanesa GregorcDepartment of Oncology, Candiolo Cancer Institute Fondazione Piemontese per l'Oncologia-Istituto di Ricerca a Carattere Scientifico (FPO-IRCCS) Candiolo, Torino, Italy.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hypereosinophilic syndrome (HES) represents a group of blood disorders characterized by an absolute eosinophil count (AEC) > 1.5 × 103/μl in the peripheral blood, which eventually extravasate and cause organ damage. It can be primary or secondary to infections or tumors. The infiltration of eosinophils in tissue and organs is associated with different disorders and, in some cases, with life-threatening manifestations. Albeit the pathogenesis of HES in patients with solid tumo\rs is not yet clarified; recently, HES has also been described as an immune-related adverse event in patients with solid tumors receiving immune checkpoint inhibitors. Treatment of HES is still debated, especially in patients with concomitant solid tumors, and different drugs including imatinib, hydroxyurea, interferon-ɑ, glucocorticoids, and the monoclonal antibody targeting circulating IL-5 mepolizumab have been proposed according to the underlying cause and the severity of HES. Herein, we describe, for the first time, the successful use of mepolizumab for the treatment of immune checkpoint-induced HES in two patients with metastatic solid tumor.

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HESimmune checkpoint inhibitormepolizumabmesotheliomaNSCLC

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PMID36776300
PMCPMC9911301

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