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ArticleNeurology(R) neuroimmunology & neuroinflammation2025

Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors Trigger and Exacerbate Anti-CV2/CRMP5 Paraneoplastic Neurologic Syndromes.

Giulia Sofia Cereda, Macarena Villagrán-García, Antonio Farina, Marie Benaiteau, Cristina Birzu, Arnaud Sautereau, Melih Bayrak, Géraldine Picard, Dimitri Psimaras, Véronique Rogemond and 2 more

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Giulia Sofia CeredaFrench Reference Centre on Paraneoplastic Neurological Syndromes and Autoimmune Encephalitis, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Hôpital Neurologique, Bron, France.ORCID 0000-0002-2110-092X
Macarena Villagrán-GarcíaFrench Reference Centre on Paraneoplastic Neurological Syndromes and Autoimmune Encephalitis, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Hôpital Neurologique, Bron, France.ORCID 0000-0001-9236-2428
Antonio FarinaFrench Reference Centre on Paraneoplastic Neurological Syndromes and Autoimmune Encephalitis, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Hôpital Neurologique, Bron, France.ORCID 0000-0002-5551-0185
Marie BenaiteauFrench Reference Centre on Paraneoplastic Neurological Syndromes and Autoimmune Encephalitis, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Hôpital Neurologique, Bron, France.ORCID 0009-0005-2347-6006
Cristina BirzuFrench Reference Centre on Paraneoplastic Neurological Syndromes and Autoimmune Encephalitis, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Hôpital Neurologique, Bron, France.ORCID 0000-0002-6781-7301
Arnaud SautereauCHSSM, Fontainebleau Hospital, Oncology Hematology Medicine Department, Fontainebleau, France.
Melih BayrakFrench Reference Centre on Paraneoplastic Neurological Syndromes and Autoimmune Encephalitis, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Hôpital Neurologique, Bron, France.
Géraldine PicardFrench Reference Centre on Paraneoplastic Neurological Syndromes and Autoimmune Encephalitis, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Hôpital Neurologique, Bron, France.ORCID 0000-0003-1282-267X
Dimitri PsimarasAP-HP, Hospital Group Pitié-Salpêtrière, Neuro-oncology Department Paris, France; and.ORCID 0000-0002-6641-288X
Véronique RogemondFrench Reference Centre on Paraneoplastic Neurological Syndromes and Autoimmune Encephalitis, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Hôpital Neurologique, Bron, France.ORCID 0000-0003-2098-920X
Bastien JoubertFrench Reference Centre on Paraneoplastic Neurological Syndromes and Autoimmune Encephalitis, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Hôpital Neurologique, Bron, France.ORCID 0000-0003-4631-3056
Jérôme HonnoratFrench Reference Centre on Paraneoplastic Neurological Syndromes and Autoimmune Encephalitis, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Hôpital Neurologique, Bron, France.ORCID 0000-0002-4721-5952

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Abstract

BACKGROUND AND

objectivesImmune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) are oncologic treatments that may trigger or worsen paraneoplastic neurologic syndromes (PNSs). This study describes patients with CV2/CRMP5-PNS treated by ICI, compares the post-ICI group with ICI-naïve patients with CV2/CRMP5-PNS, and estimates the overall survival of ICI-treated patients with CV2/CRMP5-PNS, Hu-PNS, and Ma2-PNS.

methodsThe medical records of patients positive for anti-CV2/CRMP5 antibodies were retrospectively reviewed at the French Reference Centre to identify those treated with ICI (2016-2024). Patients with a preexisting PNS were described separately from those with post-ICI PNS; the latter were then compared with ICI-naïve patients with CV2/CRMP5-PNS diagnosed in the same study period. An overall survival analysis between ICI-treated patients with CV2/CRMP5-PNS, Hu-PNS, and Ma2-PNS was performed.

resultsFourteen patients with CV2/CRMP5-PNS treated with ICIs were included. Eight patients [median age, 73 years (range: 60-87); 87.5% men] developed post-ICI PNS after a median of 3.5 ICI cycles (range: 1-7). The frequency and distribution of clinical phenotypes (isolated neuropathy [n = 3] or a multifocal neurologic involvement [encephalopathy, limbic syndrome, brainstem syndrome, cerebellar syndrome, ocular syndrome, neuropathy, and/or dysautonomia; n = 5]) were similar to those of ICI-naïve CV2/CRMP5-PNS (n = 48). The frequency of severe presentations (modified Rankin Scale [mRS] score > 3) at diagnosis was similar between post-ICI patients and ICI-naïve patients with CV2/CRMP5-PNS (63% vs 48%, DISCUSSION: ICIs may trigger the onset and exacerbate the progression of CV2/CRMP5-PNS. Post-ICI forms are clinically undistinguishable but possibly more severe than their ICI-naïve counterparts. Increased surveillance is needed in identifying preexisting PNSs, with extreme caution when considering ICI treatment. Post-ICI-induced PNSs have variable prognosis according to the associated onconeural autoantibodies.

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AutoantibodiesImmune Checkpoint InhibitorsNerve Tissue ProteinsParaneoplastic Syndromes, Nervous SystemAgedAged, 80 and overFemaleHumansHydrolasesMaleMicrotubule-Associated ProteinsMiddle AgedRetrospective StudiesAutoantibodiesDPYSL5 protein, humanHydrolasesImmune Checkpoint InhibitorsMicrotubule-Associated ProteinsNerve Tissue Proteins

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PMCPMC12275902

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