Enterocolitis in patients with cancer after antibody blockade of cytotoxic T-lymphocyte-associated antigen 4

Frédéric Illouz, Daniel Y Wang, Fei Ye, Shilin Zhao, Douglas B Johnson, A. Gupta, K. M. De Felice, E. V. Loftus, S. Khanna, Kimberly E. Beck, Joseph A. Blansfield, Khoi Q. Tran, Andrew L. Feldman, Marybeth S. Hughes, Richard E. Royal, Udai S. Kammula, Suzanne L. Topalian, Richard M. Sherry, David Kleiner, Martha QuezadoIsrael Lowy, Michael Yellin, Steven A. Rosenberg, James C. Yang, J. M. Michot, C. Bigenwald, S. Champiat, M. Collins, Franck Carbonnel, S. Postel-Vinay, A. Berdelou, A. Varga, R. Bahleda, A. Hollebecque, C. Massard, A. Fuerea, V. Ribrag, A. Gazzah, J. P. Armand, N. Amellal, E. Angevin, N. Noel, C. Boutros, C. Mateus, C. Robert, J. C. Soria, A. Marabelle, O. Lambotte, Raul S. Gonzalez, Safia N. Salaria, Caitlin D. Bohannon, Aaron R. Huber, Michael M. Feely, Chanjuan Shi, L. Marthey, C. Mateus, C. Mussini, M. Nachury, S. Nancey, F. Grange, C. Zallot, L. Peyrin-Biroulet, J. F. Rahier, M. Bourdier de Beauregard, L. Mortier, C. Coutzac, E. Soularue, E. Lanoy, N. Kapel, D. Planchard, N. Chaput, C. Robert, Franck Carbonnel, Al B. Benson, Jaffer A. Ajani, Robert B. Catalano, Constance Engelking, Steven M. Kornblau, James A. Martenson, Richard McCallum, Edith P. Mitchell, Thomas M. O'Dorisio, Everett E. Vokes, Scott Wadler, J B A G Haanen, Franck Carbonnel, C. Robert, K M Kerr, S Peters, J Larkin, K Jordan, Viktoria Bergqvist, Erik Hertervig, Peter Gedeon, Marija Kopljar, Håkan Griph, Sara Kinhult, Ana Carneiro, Jan Marsal, Amy Hsin Chieh Hsieh, Mutaz Ferman, Michael P. Brown, Jane M. Andrews, Harris Trainer, Paul Hulse, Claire E Higham, Peter Trainer, Paul Lorigan, Jing Hughes, Nalini Vudattu, Mario Sznol, Scott Gettinger, Harriet Kluger, Beatrice Lupsa, Kevan C Herold

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Abstract

PURPOSE: Cytotoxic T-lymphocyte-associated antigen 4 (CTLA4) is an inhibitory receptor on T cells. Knocking out CTLA4 in mice causes lethal lymphoproliferation, and polymorphisms in human CTLA4 are associated with autoimmune disease. Trials of the anti-CTLA4 antibody ipilimumab (MDX-010) have resulted in durable cancer regression and immune-mediated toxicities. A report on the diagnosis, pathology, treatment, clinical outcome, and significance of the immune-mediated enterocolitis seen with ipilimumab is presented. PATIENTS AND METHODS: We treated 198 patients with metastatic melanoma (MM) or renal cell carcinoma (RCC) with ipilimumab. RESULTS: The overall objective tumor response rate was 14%. We observed several immune mediated toxicities including dermatitis, enterocolitis, hypophysitis, uveitis, hepatitis, and nephritis. Enterocolitis, defined by grade 3/4 clinical presentation and/or biopsy documentation, was the most common major toxicity (21% of patients). It presented with diarrhea, and biopsies showed both neutrophilic and lymphocytic inflammation. Most patients who developed enterocolitis responded to high-dose systemic corticosteroids. There was no evidence that steroid administration affected tumor responses. Five patients developed perforation or required colectomy. Four other patients with steroid-refractory enterocolitis appeared to respond promptly to tumor necrosis factor alpha blockade with infliximab. Objective tumor response rates in patients with enterocolitis were 36% for MM and 35% for RCC, compared with 11% and 2% in patients without enterocolitis, respectively (P = .0065 for MM and P = .0016 for RCC). CONCLUSION: CTLA4 seems to be a significant component of tolerance to tumor and in protection against immune mediated enterocolitis and these phenomena are significantly associated in cancer patients.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2283-2289
Number of pages7
JournalJournal of Clinical Oncology
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 20 May 2006

Keywords

  • 80 and over
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Anti-CTLA-4
  • Anti-PD-1 antibody
  • Antibodies
  • Antigens
  • Autoimmune
  • Autoimmune Diseases
  • Autoimmunity
  • CD
  • CTLA-4 Antigen
  • Colitis
  • Cytotoxic
  • Cytotoxic T-lymphocyte-associated antigen 4
  • Dermatitis
  • Diabetes Mellitus
  • Differentiation
  • Disease Progression
  • Enterocolitis
  • Female
  • HLA-A2 Antigen
  • Hepatitis
  • Humans
  • Immune Tolerance
  • Immune checkpoint blockade
  • Immune-checkpoint inhibitor induced enterocolitis
  • Immune-related adverse events
  • Immunotherapy
  • Injections
  • Intravenous
  • Ipilimumab
  • Lung cancer
  • Lymphocyte Activation
  • Male
  • Melanoma
  • Membrane Glycoproteins
  • Middle Aged
  • Monoclonal
  • Neoplasm
  • Neoplasm Metastasis
  • Neoplasm Proteins
  • Neoplasms
  • Nivolumab
  • Peptide Fragments
  • Peptides
  • Programmed Cell Death 1 Receptor
  • Salvage Therapy
  • Subcutaneous
  • T-Lymphocyte Subsets
  • T-Lymphocytes
  • Tumour neoantigen
  • Type 1
  • Vaccination
  • Vedolizumab treatment against irAEs
  • Vitiligo
  • administration & dosage
  • adverse effects
  • blood
  • chemically induced
  • chemistry
  • colitis
  • etiology
  • gastroenteritis
  • gastrointestinal tract
  • gp100 Melanoma Antigen
  • immunology
  • immunotherapy
  • pathology
  • physiology
  • programmed cell death protein 1
  • therapeutic use
  • therapy

Research Beacons, Institutes and Platforms

  • Manchester Cancer Research Centre

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