PMID- 36151879 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20230130 LR - 20230415 IS - 1531-8249 (Electronic) IS - 0364-5134 (Print) IS - 0364-5134 (Linking) VI - 93 IP - 2 DP - 2023 Feb TI - Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy Treated by Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors. PG - 257-270 LID - 10.1002/ana.26512 [doi] AB - OBJECTIVE: Our aim was to assess the real-world effectiveness of immune checkpoint inhibitors for treatment of patients with progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML). METHODS: We conducted a multicenter survey compiling retrospective data from 79 PML patients, including 38 published cases and 41 unpublished cases, who received immune checkpoint inhibitors as add-on to standard of care. One-year follow-up data were analyzed to determine clinical outcomes and safety profile. Logistic regression was used to identify variables associated with 1-year survival. RESULTS: Predisposing conditions included hematological malignancy (n = 38, 48.1%), primary immunodeficiency (n = 14, 17.7%), human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (n = 12, 15.2%), inflammatory disease (n = 8, 10.1%), neoplasm (n = 5, 6.3%), and transplantation (n = 2, 2.5%). Pembrolizumab was most commonly used (n = 53, 67.1%). One-year survival was 51.9% (41/79). PML-immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (IRIS) was reported in 15 of 79 patients (19%). Pretreatment expression of programmed cell death-1 on circulating T cells did not differ between survivors and nonsurvivors. Development of contrast enhancement on follow-up magnetic resonance imaging at least once during follow-up (OR = 3.16, 95% confidence interval = 1.20-8.72, p = 0.02) was associated with 1-year survival. Cerebrospinal fluid JC polyomavirus DNA load decreased significantly by 1-month follow-up in survivors compared to nonsurvivors (p < 0.0001). Thirty-two adverse events occurred among 24 of 79 patients (30.4%), and led to treatment discontinuation in 7 of 24 patients (29.1%). INTERPRETATION: In this noncontrolled retrospective study of patients with PML who were treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors, mortality remains high. Development of inflammatory features or overt PML-IRIS was commonly observed. This study highlights that use of immune checkpoint inhibitors should be strictly personalized toward characteristics of the individual PML patient. ANN NEUROL 2023;93:257-270. CI - (c) 2022 The Authors. Annals of Neurology published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of American Neurological Association. FAU - Boumaza, Xavier AU - Boumaza X AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-7618-3585 AD - Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Toulouse University Hospital, Toulouse, France. FAU - Bonneau, Baptiste AU - Bonneau B AD - Department of Medical Pharmacology, CIC 1436, Toulouse University Hospital, Toulouse, France. FAU - Roos-Weil, Damien AU - Roos-Weil D AD - Department of Hematology, Pitie-Salpetriere Hospital, Sorbonne University, Paris, France. FAU - Pinnetti, Carmela AU - Pinnetti C AD - HIV/AIDS Clinical Unit, National Institute for Infectious Disease "L. Spallanzani", Rome, Italy. FAU - Rauer, Sebastian AU - Rauer S AD - Department of Neurology, Medical Center, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany. FAU - Nitsch, Louisa AU - Nitsch L AD - Department of Neurology, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany. FAU - Del Bello, Arnaud AU - Del Bello A AD - Department of Nephrology and Organ Transplantation, CHU Rangueil, Toulouse, France. AD - Toulouse Institute for Infectious and Inflammatory Diseases (Infinity), INSERM UMR1291, CNRS UMR5051, Toulouse III University, Toulouse, France. FAU - Jelcic, Ilijas AU - Jelcic I AD - Neuroimmunology and Multiple Sclerosis Research Section, Department of Neurology, University Hospital Zurich and University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland. FAU - Suhs, Kurt-Wolfram AU - Suhs KW AD - Clinical Neuroimmunology and Neurochemistry, Department of Neurology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany. FAU - Gasnault, Jacques AU - Gasnault J AD - Unit of Rehabilitation of Neuroviral Diseases, Bicetre Hospital, APHP, Le Kremlin-Bicetre, France. AD - INSERM U1186, Paul Brousse Hospital, Paris Saclay University, Villejuif, France. FAU - Goreci, Yasemin AU - Goreci Y AD - Department of Neurology, University Hospital of Cologne, Cologne, Germany. FAU - Grauer, Oliver AU - Grauer O AD - Department of Neurology, Institute of Translational Neurology, University Hospital Munster, Munster, Germany. FAU - Gnanapavan, Sharmilee AU - Gnanapavan S AD - Department of Neurology, Barts Health NHS Trust and Queen Mary University of London, London, UK. FAU - Wicklein, Rebecca AU - Wicklein R AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-6661-6081 AD - Department of Neurology, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany. FAU - Lambert, Nicolas AU - Lambert N AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-6660-0100 AD - Department of Neurology, University Hospital of Liege, Liege, Belgium. FAU - Perpoint, Thomas AU - Perpoint T AD - Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Lyon University Hospital, Lyon, France. FAU - Beudel, Martijn AU - Beudel M AD - Amsterdam University Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. AD - Department of Neuroscience, Amsterdam University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. FAU - Clifford, David AU - Clifford D AD - Department of Neurology, Washington University in St Louis, St Louis, MO, USA. FAU - Sommet, Agnes AU - Sommet A AD - Department of Medical Pharmacology, CIC 1436, Toulouse University Hospital, Toulouse, France. FAU - Cortese, Irene AU - Cortese I AD - Experimental Immunotherapeutics Unit, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, Bethesda, MD. FAU - Martin-Blondel, Guillaume AU - Martin-Blondel G AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-8363-7028 AD - Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Toulouse University Hospital, Toulouse, France. AD - Toulouse Institute for Infectious and Inflammatory Diseases (Infinity), INSERM UMR1291, CNRS UMR5051, Toulouse III University, Toulouse, France. AD - European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID) Study Group on Infections of the Brain (ESGIB), Basel, Switzerland. CN - Immunotherapy for PML Study Group LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Multicenter Study DEP - 20221017 PL - United States TA - Ann Neurol JT - Annals of neurology JID - 7707449 RN - 0 (Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors) SB - IM MH - Humans MH - *Leukoencephalopathy, Progressive Multifocal/drug therapy MH - Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors/adverse effects MH - Retrospective Studies MH - *JC Virus MH - *Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome/drug therapy PMC - PMC10092874 COIS- Nothing to report. FIR - Grimbacher, Bodo IR - Grimbacher B FIR - Warnke, Clemens IR - Warnke C FIR - Wicklein, Rebecca IR - Wicklein R FIR - Wijburg, Martijn IR - Wijburg M FIR - Brouwer, Matthijs IR - Brouwer M FIR - Lambert, Nicolas IR - Lambert N FIR - Engalenc, Xavier IR - Engalenc X FIR - Gaudin, Marion IR - Gaudin M FIR - Kupper, Clemens IR - Kupper C FIR - Aouba, Achille IR - Aouba A FIR - Manda, Victoria IR - Manda V FIR - Brousse, Xavier IR - Brousse X FIR - Ducours, Mailys IR - Ducours M FIR - Duffau, Pierre IR - Duffau P FIR - Ouallet, Jean-Christophe IR - Ouallet J FIR - Mrabet, Hela IR - Mrabet H FIR - Gourdon, Florence IR - Gourdon F FIR - Le Marechal, Marion IR - Le Marechal M FIR - Bernard-Valnet, Raphael IR - Bernard-Valnet R FIR - Delobel, Pierre IR - Delobel P FIR - Lajaunie, Rebecca IR - Lajaunie R FIR - Treiner, Emmanuel IR - Treiner E FIR - Lhomme, Sebastien IR - Lhomme S FIR - Bonneville, Fabrice IR - Bonneville F FIR - Ribaute, Carole IR - Ribaute C FIR - Ciron, Jonathan IR - Ciron J FIR - Biotti, Damien IR - Biotti D FIR - Kamar, Nassim IR - Kamar N FIR - Weiss, Nicolas IR - Weiss N FIR - Pourcher, Valerie IR - Pourcher V FIR - Rakotoarison, Juliette IR - Rakotoarison J FIR - Leveneur, Yann IR - Leveneur Y FIR - De Menibus, Laurence IR - De Menibus L FIR - Grassl, Niklas IR - Grassl N FIR - Lifermann, Francois IR - Lifermann F FIR - Cohen-Aubart, Fleur IR - Cohen-Aubart F FIR - Ney, Douglas IR - Ney D FIR - Kapadia, Ronak IR - Kapadia R FIR - Dinur-Schejter, Yael IR - Dinur-Schejter Y FIR - Shifman, Tzlil IR - Shifman T FIR - Shamriz, Oded IR - Shamriz O FIR - Berger, Joseph IR - Berger J FIR - Lambotte, Olivier IR - Lambotte O FIR - Perpoint, Thomas IR - Perpoint T FIR - Harel, Asaff IR - Harel A FIR - Wyplosz, Benjamin IR - Wyplosz B EDAT- 2022/09/25 06:00 MHDA- 2023/01/31 06:00 PMCR- 2023/04/12 CRDT- 2022/09/24 04:33 PHST- 2022/09/01 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2022/04/23 00:00 [received] PHST- 2022/09/16 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2022/09/25 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/01/31 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2022/09/24 04:33 [entrez] PHST- 2023/04/12 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - ANA26512 [pii] AID - 10.1002/ana.26512 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Ann Neurol. 2023 Feb;93(2):257-270. doi: 10.1002/ana.26512. Epub 2022 Oct 17.