PMID- 38370161 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20240220 IS - 2297-055X (Print) IS - 2297-055X (Electronic) IS - 2297-055X (Linking) VI - 11 DP - 2024 TI - Risk of cardiovascular toxicity with combination of immune-checkpoint inhibitors and angiogenesis inhibitors: a meta-analysis. PG - 1309100 LID - 10.3389/fcvm.2024.1309100 [doi] LID - 1309100 AB - INTRODUCTION: Combinations of immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) and angiogenesis inhibitors (AIs) have been investigated for the treatment of several tumor types. Both ICIs and AIs may lead to cardiovascular adverse events, and their combination may potentially increase the risk for cardiovascular toxicity. In the present meta-analysis, we aim to assess the cardiovascular toxicity of ICIs plus AIs vs. AIs alone. Secondary objectives are non-cardiovascular adverse events and efficacy. METHODS: Systematic review was performed according to PRISMA statement. Phase II and III randomized clinical trials were identified by searching the MEDLINE/PubMed, Cochrane Library and ASCO Meeting abstracts, from inception to June 2022. The pooled risks for overall response rate (ORR), 1-year progression-free survival (PFS), adverse events (AEs), immune-related AEs, (irAEs), hypertension, and vascular events defined as stroke, myocardial infarction and pulmonary embolisms, were calculated. RESULTS: In terms of cardiovascular toxicity, we found higher risk for severe hypertension among patients treated with ICIs plus AIs as compared with those receiving AIs (OR 1.24, 95% CI: 1.01-1.53), but no significant difference was found for any-grade hypertension, and for vascular events. There was also no difference in terms of overall AEs, whereas the incidence of irAEs was increased in the ICIs plus AIs arm, as expected. In terms of efficacy, ICIs plus AIs achieved better ORR (OR 2.25, 95% CI: 1.70-2.97) and PFS (HR 0.49, 95% CI: 0.39-0.63) as compared to AIs alone. CONCLUSION: The addition of ICIs to AIs significantly increased the risk of high-grade hypertension, but not that of acute vascular events. CI - (c) 2024 Inno, Veccia, Madonia, Berti, Bortolotti, Incorvaia, Russo, Caffo and Gori. FAU - Inno, Alessandro AU - Inno A AD - Medical Oncology, IRCCS Ospedale Sacro Cuore Don Calabria, Negrar di Valpolicella, Italy. FAU - Veccia, Antonello AU - Veccia A AD - Medical Oncology, Santa Chiara Hospital, Trento, Italy. FAU - Madonia, Giorgio AU - Madonia G AD - Medical Oncology, IRCCS Ospedale Sacro Cuore Don Calabria, Negrar di Valpolicella, Italy. AD - Deparment of Surgical, Oncological and Oral Sciences, Section of Medical Oncology, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy. FAU - Berti, Alvise AU - Berti A AD - Center for Medical Sciences (CISMed), Department of Cellular, Computational and Integrative Biology (CIBIO), University of Trento, Trento, Italy. AD - Rheumatology Unit, Santa Chiara Hospital, APSS, Trento, Italy. FAU - Bortolotti, Roberto AU - Bortolotti R AD - Rheumatology Unit, Santa Chiara Hospital, APSS, Trento, Italy. FAU - Incorvaia, Lorena AU - Incorvaia L AD - Deparment of Surgical, Oncological and Oral Sciences, Section of Medical Oncology, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy. FAU - Russo, Antonio AU - Russo A AD - Deparment of Surgical, Oncological and Oral Sciences, Section of Medical Oncology, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy. FAU - Caffo, Orazio AU - Caffo O AD - Medical Oncology, Santa Chiara Hospital, Trento, Italy. FAU - Gori, Stefania AU - Gori S AD - Medical Oncology, IRCCS Ospedale Sacro Cuore Don Calabria, Negrar di Valpolicella, Italy. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Review DEP - 20240202 PL - Switzerland TA - Front Cardiovasc Med JT - Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine JID - 101653388 PMC - PMC10869562 OTO - NOTNLM OT - angiogenesis inhibitors OT - cardiovascular toxicity OT - hypertension OT - immune checkpoint inhibitors OT - multikinase inhibitors OT - myocardial infarction OT - pulmonary embolism OT - stroke COIS- The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest. The author(s) declared that they were an editorial board member of Frontiers, at the time of submission. This had no impact on the peer review process and the final decision. EDAT- 2024/02/19 06:43 MHDA- 2024/02/19 06:44 PMCR- 2024/01/01 CRDT- 2024/02/19 04:07 PHST- 2023/10/07 00:00 [received] PHST- 2024/01/22 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2024/02/19 06:44 [medline] PHST- 2024/02/19 06:43 [pubmed] PHST- 2024/02/19 04:07 [entrez] PHST- 2024/01/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.3389/fcvm.2024.1309100 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Front Cardiovasc Med. 2024 Feb 2;11:1309100. doi: 10.3389/fcvm.2024.1309100. eCollection 2024.