Observational studyRMD open2023
Immune checkpoint inhibitor rechallenge in patients who previously experienced immune-related inflammatory arthritis: a multicentre observational study.
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8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 7 citations in OpenAlex.
- Occurrence and clinical course of immune checkpoint inhibitor-associated inflammatory arthritis and polymyalgia rheumatica-like syndromes: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Pooled it
- The Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors Journey: From Early Promise to Lasting Impact.Journal of immunotherapy and precision oncology · 2026Review
- Immune Hallmarks of Recurrent Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor-Mediated Inflammatory Arthritis.Cancer immunology research · 2026Article
- Optimizing management of immune checkpoint inhibitor-induced inflammatory arthritis: A case series and literature review.Experimental and therapeutic medicine · 2026Article
- The association of osteoarthritis with the risk of de novo inflammatory arthritis in patients receiving immune checkpoint inhibitors: a retrospective study.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2026Article
- Immunotherapy rechallenge in gastric cancer: resistance mechanisms, molecular stratification, and precision decision-making.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Review
- Blocking the IL‑6 pathway to treat immune checkpoint inhibitor‑induced inflammatory arthritis (Review).Molecular medicine reports · 2025Review
- Osteoarthritis increases the risk of inflammatory arthritis due to immune checkpoint inhibitors associated with tissue-resident memory T cells.Journal for immunotherapy of cancer · 2025Article
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22 authors at 5 institutions in 3 countries.
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Abstract
objectiveAnother course of immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) is often considered in patients with cancer progression and previous immune-related adverse events, including inflammatory arthritis (ICI-IA), but there are limited data regarding safety of ICI rechallenge in this setting. We aimed to assess the rate and clinical features associated with ICI-IA flare/recurrence on ICI rechallenge.
methodsWe conducted a multicentre observational study including cancer patients with ICI-IA who started a second course of ICI more than 3 months after ICI discontinuation in four French university hospitals. Primary outcome was the frequency of ICI flare/recurrence after ICI rechallenge.
resultsTwenty-three patients were included. At the time of ICI rechallenge, 18 patients reported no symptoms of ICI-IA (78%) and 5 had grade 1 (22%), 11 patients (48%) were not receiving any ICI-IA treatment, 11 (48%) were still on prednisone, 2 (9%) were on conventional synthetic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs and 1 (4%) on anti-IL-6. ICI-IA flare/recurrence occurred in 12 patients (52%) with a median time of 1 month after ICI rechallenge. ICI-IA phenotype, disease activity and ICI-IA treatment at the time of ICI rechallenge did not differ according to ICI-IA flare/recurrence status.
conclusionIn this first observational study of ICI-IA patients rechallenged with ICI, about half of the patients experienced ICI-IA flare/recurrence with a similar phenotype but occurring earlier than the initial ICI-IA, warranting close monitoring during the first month of retreatment. Risk of flare did not differ according to baseline immunosuppressive treatment at the time of rechallenge.
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