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ReviewCancers2023

The Uncharted Landscape of Rare Endocrine Immune-Related Adverse Events.

Chrysoula Mytareli, Dimitrios C Ziogas, Athina Karampela, Petros Papalexis, Vasiliki Siampanopoulou, Alexandros Lafioniatis, Olga Benopoulou, Helen Gogas, Anna Angelousi

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Review in Cancers, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

12 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Chrysoula MytareliFirst Department of Internal Medicine, Unit of Endocrinology, Laikon General Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 11527 Athens, Greece.
Dimitrios C ZiogasFirst Department of Internal Medicine, Unit of Medical Oncology, Laikon General Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 11527 Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0003-2620-4004
Athina KarampelaFirst Department of Internal Medicine, Unit of Endocrinology, Laikon General Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 11527 Athens, Greece.
Petros PapalexisFirst Department of Internal Medicine, Unit of Endocrinology, Laikon General Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 11527 Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0003-3565-4066
Vasiliki SiampanopoulouFirst Department of Internal Medicine, Unit of Endocrinology, Laikon General Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 11527 Athens, Greece.
Alexandros LafioniatisFirst Department of Internal Medicine, Unit of Endocrinology, Laikon General Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 11527 Athens, Greece.
Olga BenopoulouFirst Department of Internal Medicine, Laikon General Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 11527 Athens, Greece.
Helen GogasFirst Department of Internal Medicine, Unit of Medical Oncology, Laikon General Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 11527 Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-0451-2885
Anna AngelousiFirst Department of Internal Medicine, Unit of Endocrinology, Laikon General Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 11527 Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0003-0906-3617

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) have been approved for the treatment of many cancers, either in adjuvant or metastatic settings. Regarding safety, endocrine adverse events (AEs) are some of the most common AEs in ICI-treated patients, with thyroid dysfunction and hypophysitis being the most frequent disorders. However, there are also some rare and very rare immune-related (ir) endocrine complications (incidence between ≥1/10,000 to <1/1000 and <1/10,000, respectively, according to the established classification) that have been reported in isolated case reports, with limited data about their management. In this systematic review, we summarize all published cases with primary adrenal insufficiency, central diabetes insipidus, primary hypoparathyroidism, lipodystrophy, osteoporosis, hypergonadotrophic hypogonadism, or Cushing disease and discuss their diagnostic and therapeutic approaches as well as the current knowledge on their pathophysiology. In these ICI-treated cancer patients, the presentation of symptoms unrelated to their underlying malignancy has led to further diagnostic tests, including hormonal profile and functional assays which subsequently confirmed endocrinopathy, while the assessment of autoantibodies was rarely available. In most of these cases, the exact pathogenesis remained unknown, and the endocrine dysfunction was permanent, requiring lifelong supplementation. Although endrocine irAEs are rare, physicians must be aware of these irAEs to recognize them on time and treat them appropriately.

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anti-CTLA-4anti-PD-1anti-PD-L1autoimmunityendocrinopathiesimmune checkpoint inhibitorsrare adverse events

Identifiers

PMID37046677
PMCPMC10093286

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