2023
Safety and Activity of Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors in People Living With HIV and Cancer: A Real-World Report From the Cancer Therapy Using Checkpoint Inhibitors in People Living With HIV-International (CATCH-IT) Consortium
El Zarif T, Nassar A, Adib E, Fitzgerald B, Huang J, Mouhieddine T, Rubinstein P, Nonato T, McKay R, Li M, Mittra A, Owen D, Baiocchi R, Lorentsen M, Dittus C, Dizman N, Falohun A, Abdel-Wahab N, Diab A, Bankapur A, Reed A, Kim C, Arora A, Shah N, El-Am E, Kozaily E, Abdallah W, Al-Hader A, Abu Ghazal B, Saeed A, Drolen C, Lechner M, Drakaki A, Baena J, Nebhan C, Haykal T, Morse M, Cortellini A, Pinato D, Dalla Pria A, Hall E, Bakalov V, Bahary N, Rajkumar A, Mangla A, Shah V, Singh P, Aboubakar Nana F, Lopetegui-Lia N, Dima D, Dobbs R, Funchain P, Saleem R, Woodford R, Long G, Menzies A, Genova C, Barletta G, Puri S, Florou V, Idossa D, Saponara M, Queirolo P, Lamberti G, Addeo A, Bersanelli M, Freeman D, Xie W, Reid E, Chiao E, Sharon E, Johnson D, Ramaswami R, Bower M, Emu B, Marron T, Choueiri T, Baden L, Lurain K, Sonpavde G, Naqash A. Safety and Activity of Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors in People Living With HIV and Cancer: A Real-World Report From the Cancer Therapy Using Checkpoint Inhibitors in People Living With HIV-International (CATCH-IT) Consortium. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2023, 41: 3712-3723. PMID: 37192435, PMCID: PMC10351941, DOI: 10.1200/jco.22.02459.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsImmune-related adverse eventsProgression-free survivalObjective response rateOverall survivalMetastatic NSCLCCheckpoint inhibitorsGrade immune-related adverse eventsImmune checkpoint inhibitor trialsNeck squamous cell carcinomaActivity of ICICheckpoint inhibitor trialsCohort of PWHImmune checkpoint inhibitorsHIV viral loadKaplan-Meier methodSquamous cell carcinomaUse of ICIMean survival timeMost common cancersL1 monotherapyRECIST 1.1Adverse eventsInhibitor trialsMedian ageAdvanced cancer
2022
Germline variants associated with toxicity to immune checkpoint blockade
Groha S, Alaiwi S, Xu W, Naranbhai V, Nassar A, Bakouny Z, El Zarif T, Saliby R, Wan G, Rajeh A, Adib E, Nuzzo P, Schmidt A, Labaki C, Ricciuti B, Alessi J, Braun D, Shukla S, Keenan T, Van Allen E, Awad M, Manos M, Rahma O, Zubiri L, Villani A, Fairfax B, Hammer C, Khan Z, Reynolds K, Semenov Y, Schrag D, Kehl K, Freedman M, Choueiri T, Gusev A. Germline variants associated with toxicity to immune checkpoint blockade. Nature Medicine 2022, 28: 2584-2591. PMID: 36526723, PMCID: PMC10958775, DOI: 10.1038/s41591-022-02094-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsImmune-related adverse eventsImmune checkpoint inhibitorsGrade immune-related adverse eventsGermline variantsICI initiationCheckpoint inhibitorsAdverse eventsCheckpoint blockadeImproved survivalDiscovery cohortLymphocyte homeostasisSignificant associationCancer typesIL7Remarkable responsePatientsCritical regulatorGenome-wide significant associationAssociationWide association studyIndependent studiesAssociation studiesBlockadeCohortVariants