Introduction
Materials and methods
Patients
Diagnosis of ICI-related hypophysitis and hormone assays
Animals
Immunofluorescence staining and immunohistochemistry
Results
Clinical characteristics of patients with ICI-related hypophysitis
Age | Cease No | Sex | ICI | Primary disease | Duration of ICI administration before onset (weeks) | Pituitary Hormone deficiency | Anti-pituitary antibody | Previous endocrine irAE | ACTH (pg/mL) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
76 | 1 | M | PD-1 + CTLA4 | Non-small cell lung cancer | 8 | ACTH | − | 2.3 | |
76 | 2 | M | PD-1 | Malignant melanoma | 20 | ACTH + TSH | Corticotroph | 3.6 | |
65 | 3 | M | PD-L1 | Non-small cell lung cancer | 56 | ACTH | − | 4.1 | |
71 | 4 | M | PD-L1 | Non-small cell lung cancer | 52 | ACTH | − | 4.8 | |
87 | 5 | M | PD-1 | Renal cell carcinoma | 7 | ACTH | − | Primary hypothyroidism | 4.3 |
68 | 6 | M | PD-1 | Renal cell carcinoma | 12 | ACTH | − | Primary hypothyroidism | 2.7 |
64 | 7 | F | PD-1 | Non-small cell lung cancer | 23 | ACTH | − | 12.2 | |
73 | 8 | M | PD-1 | Malignant melanoma | 12 | ACTH | − | 7.5 | |
65 | 9 | F | PD-1 | Stomach cancer | 21 | ACTH | − | Thyrotoxicosis | < 0.2 |
70 | 10 | F | PD-1 | Renal cell carcinoma | 25 | ACTH | − | 4.5 | |
53 | 11 | M | PD-1 | Stomach cancer | 17 | ACTH + TSH | Somatotroph | 10.7 | |
60 | 12 | M | PD-1 | Stomach cancer | 48 | ACTH + TSH | − | < 0.2 | |
71 | 13 | M | PD-1 | Renal cell carcinoma | 4 | ACTH | − | Primary hypothyroidism | 7.3 |
64 | 14 | M | PD-1 | Renal cell carcinoma | 28 | ACTH | Corticotroph | 9.3 | |
70 | 15 | M | PD-1 | Urinary tract cancer | 12 | ACTH | − | 3.8 | |
75 | 16 | M | PD-1 + CTLA4 | Esophageal cancer | 10 | ACTH | − | 4.9 | |
68 | 17 | M | PD-1 | Submandibular gland cancer | 47 | ACTH | − | 10.6 | |
35 | 18 | F | PD-1 | Large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma | 29 | ACTH + LH + FSH | − | Primary hypothyroidism | < 2 |
55 | 19 | M | PD-1 | Renal cell carcinoma | 9 | ACTH | − | Primary hypothyroidism | 3.2 |
72 | 20 | M | PD-1 | Non-small cell lung cancer | 28 | ACTH | − | Primary hypothyroidism | 3.6 |
Cortisol (µg/dL) | GH (ng/mL) | IGF-I (ng/mL) | TSH (µIU/mL) | FT4 (ng/dL) | PRL (ng/mL) | LH (µIU/mL) | FSH (µIU/mL) | T (pg/mL) | E2 (pg/mL) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
0.3 | 0.4 | 95 | 2.2 | 1.2 | 16.1 | 6.5 | 12.8 | N/A | N/A |
0.8 | 0.2 | 78 | 4.1 | 0.7 | 13.6 | 4.7 | 6.9 | 2.7 | N/A |
< 0.2 | 0.4 | 47 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 17.8 | 4.4 | 9.4 | 6.4 | N/A |
3.1 | 0.1 | 61 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 11.1 | 24.3 | 50.4 | 5 | N/A |
1.9 | 4.1 | 79 | 2.0 | 1.08* | 12.2 | 22.3 | 35.3 | 6.6 | N/A |
0.7 | N/A | 157 | 1.3 | 1.0* | 25.6 | 25.6 | 49.6 | 3.4 | N/A |
0.8 | 0.2 | 40 | 4.3 | 0.9 | 17.1 | 10.6 | 24.1 | N/A | < 10 |
0.7 | 0.5 | 91 | 4.9 | 1.0 | 13.2 | 2.8 | 7 | 6.7 | N/A |
2.4 | 2.4 | 49 | 0.05 | 2.5 | 21.1 | 36.6 | 95.7 | N/A | < 10 |
7.2 | 0.4 | 69 | 4.5 | 1.0 | 132 | 34.9 | 49.5 | N/A | < 10 |
2.5 | 1.3 | 92 | 0.4 | 0.8* | 4.1 | 2.5 | 23.3 | 2.8 | N/A |
0.9 | N/A | 56 | 2.3 | 1.1 | 21.1 | 6.6 | 11.8 | 5.2 | N/A |
7.8 | 0.1 | 110 | 1.8 | 1.0* | 10.1 | 7.9 | 20 | 7.8 | N/A |
2.9 | 0.6 | 46 | 3.2 | 1.1 | 14.5 | 9 | 21.2 | 7.7 | N/A |
0.9 | 0.1 | 164 | 2.4 | 0.8 | 17.5 | 8.3 | 16.1 | 7.4 | N/A |
0.6 | 0.3 | 104 | 9.9 | 0.7 | 14.4 | 10.5 | 22.2 | 5.5 | N/A |
1.8 | 0.2 | 109 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 10.4 | 2.6 | 3.9 | 8.2 | N/A |
3.1 | 0.6 | 113 | 1.9 | 1.1* | 13.4 | 0.1 | 1.4 | N/A | < 10 |
1.8 | N/A | 100 | 3.9 | 1.0* | 11.1 | 4.6 | 15.5 | 5.6 | N/A |
7.7 | N/A | 63 | 18.8 | 1.0 | 13.2 | 6 | 12.9 | 0.1 | N/A |