PMID- 31727344 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20200117 LR - 20200117 IS - 1532-8708 (Electronic) IS - 0093-7754 (Linking) VI - 46 IP - 4-5 DP - 2019 Aug-Oct TI - A systematic review on the emerging association between the occurrence of immune-related adverse events and clinical outcomes with checkpoint inhibitors in advanced cancer patients. PG - 362-371 LID - S0093-7754(19)30128-9 [pii] LID - 10.1053/j.seminoncol.2019.10.003 [doi] AB - The correlation between clinical outcomes and treatment-related adverse events (AEs) has always been a debated topic in clinical oncology. Despite toxicities pharmacodynamics effects, the misunderstanding has always been around the corner: AEs themselves could lead to morbidity and mortality; on the other hand, the choice of the clinical outcomes to measure is not univocal. After the advent of immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs), such as anti-cytotoxic T-lymphocyte-associated protein 4 and anti-programmed death-1/programmed death ligand-1, new class-specific AEs have emerged, called immune-related AEs (irAEs). With irAEs, the correlation between toxicity and clinical outcomes has suddenly been suggested, but it is still to be proven. We conducted a systematic literature review regarding this emerging association, pointing out all the available data and speculating on the possible underlying mechanisms. Thirty-six studies were included in the analysis, involving different malignancies (mostly melanoma and lung cancer), with different measured clinical outcomes. The most of them were retrospective. Despite the high heterogeneity, and the enormous biases of the revised studies, we can assume that irAEs occurrence is linked to the therapeutic activity of immune checkpoint inhibitors, with a (certain) direct proportionality, maybe subtending the likelihood of an immunogenic phenotype. This phenomenon seems to occur with both anti-cytotoxic T-lymphocyte-associated protein 4 and anti-programmed death-1/programmed death ligand-1, and across different solid malignancies. CI - Copyright (c) 2019 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. FAU - Cortellini, Alessio AU - Cortellini A AD - Medical Oncology, St. Salvatore Hospital, L'Aquila, Italy; Department of Biotechnological and Applied Clinical Sciences, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy. Electronic address: alessiocortellini@gmail.com. FAU - Buti, Sebastiano AU - Buti S AD - Medical Oncology, University Hospital of Parma, Parma, Italy. FAU - Agostinelli, Veronica AU - Agostinelli V AD - Medical Oncology, St. Salvatore Hospital, L'Aquila, Italy; Department of Biotechnological and Applied Clinical Sciences, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy. FAU - Bersanelli, Melissa AU - Bersanelli M AD - Medical Oncology, University Hospital of Parma, Parma, Italy; Medicine and Surgery Department, University of Parma, Italy. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Meta-Analysis PT - Systematic Review DEP - 20191107 PL - United States TA - Semin Oncol JT - Seminars in oncology JID - 0420432 RN - 0 (Antineoplastic Agents, Immunological) RN - 0 (Biomarkers, Tumor) SB - IM MH - Antineoplastic Agents, Immunological/*adverse effects/therapeutic use MH - Biomarkers, Tumor/antagonists & inhibitors MH - Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions/diagnosis/*epidemiology/*etiology MH - Humans MH - Molecular Targeted Therapy/adverse effects MH - Neoplasm Metastasis MH - Neoplasm Staging MH - Neoplasms/*complications/diagnosis/drug therapy/*epidemiology MH - Patient Outcome Assessment MH - Public Health Surveillance OTO - NOTNLM OT - Anti-CTLA-4 OT - Anti-PD-1 OT - Anti-PD-L1 OT - Cancer OT - Clinical outcomes OT - Immune-related adverse events OT - Immunotherapy EDAT- 2019/11/16 06:00 MHDA- 2020/01/18 06:00 CRDT- 2019/11/16 06:00 PHST- 2019/06/20 00:00 [received] PHST- 2019/10/16 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2019/10/30 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2019/11/16 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2020/01/18 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2019/11/16 06:00 [entrez] AID - S0093-7754(19)30128-9 [pii] AID - 10.1053/j.seminoncol.2019.10.003 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Semin Oncol. 2019 Aug-Oct;46(4-5):362-371. doi: 10.1053/j.seminoncol.2019.10.003. Epub 2019 Nov 7.