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Long-Term Toxicities of Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors.

Preethy E Abraham, Douglas B Johnson

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Review in Drugs, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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13citing papers in PubMed, 2 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

13 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines 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

2 authors.

Preethy E AbrahamVanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, USA.
Douglas B JohnsonVanderbilt University Medical Center, 777 PRB, 2220 Pierce Ave, Nashville, TN, 37232, USA. Douglas.b.johnson@vumc.org.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6390-773X

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) produce often durable responses in many cancer types but are associated with autoimmune-like toxicities. These immune-related adverse events (irAEs) occur in multiple organ systems and often improve with steroids or therapy cessation. However, many irAEs have either partial or no improvement, leading to residual sequelae even after ICI discontinuation. Chronic irAEs, often defined as irAEs lasting > 3 months, may occur in up to 40-50% of patients treated with ICI therapy and have a wide range of manifestations, severity, and duration. These chronic events likely stem from either ongoing inflammation or sequalae of prior inflammatory-mediated damage. IrAEs impacting the endocrine glands and joints have particularly high rates of chronicity, while chronic events impacting the gastrointestinal (GI) tract, liver, and lungs are less common. In this review, we discuss updated studies surrounding chronic irAEs, providing an overview, followed by organ-specific considerations and consideration of future directions. Key challenges for the field include characterizing the chronic impact of irAEs, developing better treatment or prevention strategies (one possible solution being anti-cytokine therapy), and identifying which patients have active inflammation.

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Immune Checkpoint InhibitorsNeoplasmsHumansInflammationImmune Checkpoint Inhibitors

Identifiers

PMID41028650
PMCPMC12615533

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