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Should all patients with a remote history of immunotherapy, chemotherapy and/or radiation therapy have a baseline TTE regardless of ASCVD risk?

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For patients on immune checkpoint inhibitors presenting with chest pain, dyspnea, fatigue, and troponin elevation, would you recommend early initiation of high dose steroids for empiric treatment of ICI myocarditis while pursuing workup with coronary angiogram, echocardiogram, and/or cardiac MRI, or wait until alternative etiologies have been ruled out?

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How do you approach diagnosis and treatment of HLH/MAS following CAR T-cell therapy?

How is this entity distinct from other secondary HLH entities?

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What is your surveillance approach for outpatient monitoring of ICI myocarditis?

(i.e. frequency of serial BNP, troponin, cMRI)

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Given recent studies investigating ICI myocarditis biomarkers such as Temra CD8+ cells, is there now a growing selection of clinical biomarkers, besides BNP and troponin, being measured routinely in ICI myocarditis cases?

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When would you consider tapering glucocorticoids in a patient with ICI-associated myocarditis?

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Would you give checkpoint inhibitor therapy to a cancer patient with known dermatomyositis given the association of checkpoint inhibitor associated myocarditis, myasthenia gravis, and myositis?

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Do you initiate management of new onset diabetes in a patient on immunotherapy or refer immediately to endocrinology given the risk of rapid worsening?

1 Answer available

Are there known biomarkers predictive of IRAEs?

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How do you discern whether elevated liver enzymes are from immunotherapy versus chemotherapy when a patient is on combination chemo/immunotherapy?

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Is IL-6 inhibition an option in patients who are going to be rechallenged with checkpoint inhibitors after previously developing ICI-mediated temporal arteritis?

Would the checkpoint inhibitor still work if blocking only that portion of the inflammatory cascade as opposed to more global blockade with steroids?

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How do you manage steroid-refractory immune checkpoint inhibitor induced pneumonitis?

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Can you continue checkpoint inhibitor therapy in the setting of severe cutaneous irAE while concurrently treating the cutaneous reaction?

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What is your preferred steroid sparing therapy in a patient experiencing a severe checkpoint inhibitor toxicity and not responding to high dose IV steroids?

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Papers discussed in this category

Journal for immunotherapy of cancer, 2017-11-21

Managing toxicities associated with immune checkpoint inhibitors: consensus recommendations from the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC) Toxicity Management Working Group.

J Immunother Cancer, 2021 Feb

Success and failure of additional immune modulators in steroid-refractory/resistant pneumonitis related to immune checkpoint blockade.

J Natl Compr Canc Netw,

NCCN Guidelines Insights: Management of Immunotherapy-Related Toxicities, Version 1.2020.

Ann Oncol,

Management of toxicities from immunotherapy: ESMO Clinical Practice Guidelines for diagnosis, treatment and follow-up.

J Immunother Cancer,

Steroid-refractory PD-(L)1 pneumonitis: incidence, clinical features, treatment, and outcomes.

J Immunother Cancer,

Real-world insights on preferred treatments for steroid-refractory immune checkpoint inhibitor-induced pneumonitis.

J Clin Oncol, 2021 Dec 20

Management of Immune-Related Adverse Events in Patients Treated With Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Therapy: ASCO Guideline Update.

J Natl Compr Canc Netw,

Management of Immunotherapy-Related Toxicities, Version 1.2022, NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology.

Eur J Cancer, 2021 Sep 15

Interleukin-6 blockade for prophylaxis and management of immune-related adverse events in cancer immunotherapy.

Thorac Cancer, 2020 Feb 11

The role of IL-6 in immunotherapy of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with immune-related adverse events (irAEs).

J Immunother Cancer,

Rechallenge patients with immune checkpoint inhibitors following severe immune-related adverse events: review of the literature and suggested prophylactic strategy.

Future Sci OA, 2020 Aug 03

A retrospective analysis of eosinophilia as a predictive marker of response and toxicity to cancer immunotherapy.

Cancer Treat Res Commun, 2022 Jul 01

Absolute eosinophil count predicts clinical outcomes and toxicity in non-small cell lung cancer patients treated with immunotherapy.

Trends Immunol, 2021 Mar 10

Predicting and Preventing Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Toxicity: Targeting Cytokines.

Gastroenterology, 1993-06

Hepatoprotective properties of ursodeoxycholic acid.

Gastroenterology, 1991 Jul

Evidence for a direct hepatoprotective action of ursodeoxycholic acid in primary human hepatocytes.

Z Naturforsch C J Biosci, 2002 Mar-Apr

Prophylactic effect of aqueous propolis extract against acute experimental hepatotoxicity in vivo.

Immunopharmacol Immunotoxicol, 2003 Nov

Hepatoprotective effect of baicalin, a major flavone from Scutellaria radix, on acetaminophen-induced liver injury in mice.

Exp Toxicol Pathol, 2002 Feb

Acetaminophen hepatotoxicity and mechanisms of its protection by N-acetylcysteine: a study of Hep3B cells.

Biochem Biophys Res Commun, 1999 Sep 24

Ursodeoxycholic acid protects hepatocytes against oxidative injury via induction of antioxidants.

Ital J Gastroenterol Hepatol, 1998 Dec

Amantadine hydrochloride decreases serum ALT activity without effects on serum HCV-RNA in chronic hepatitis C patients.

Chem Biol Interact, 2001 Dec 21

Vitamin E succinate protects hepatocytes against the toxic effect of reactive oxygen species generated at mitochondrial complexes I and III by alkylating agents.

Eur Heart J, 2022 Nov 01

2022 ESC Guidelines on cardio-oncology developed in collaboration with the European Hematology Association (EHA), the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ESTRO) and the International Cardio-Oncology Society (IC-OS).

JACC CardioOncol, 2022 Dec 20

Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Myocarditis Treatment Strategies and Future Directions.

Eur Heart J, 2022 Jan 31

Defining cardiovascular toxicities of cancer therapies: an International Cardio-Oncology Society (IC-OS) consensus statement.

J Am Heart Assoc, 2020 Jan 21

Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Myocarditis: Pathophysiological Characteristics, Diagnosis, and Treatment.

Circulation, 2020 Jun 15

Major Adverse Cardiovascular Events and the Timing and Dose of Corticosteroids in Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor-Associated Myocarditis.

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