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Falade AS, Reynolds KL, Zubiri L, Deshpande V, Fintelmann FJ, Dougan M, Mooradian MJ. Case Report: Fulminant Celiac Disease With Combination Immune Checkpoint Therapy. Front Immunol 2022; 13:871452. [PMID: 35493494 PMCID: PMC9049212 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.871452] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2022] [Accepted: 03/07/2022] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
Abstract
Since the first approval of immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) in 2011, these agents have rapidly become an integral treatment option across tumor types. However, with the increased adoption of ICIs, the incidence of immune-related adverse events (irAEs) continues to rise, and rare toxicity continues to be reported. Here, we present a case of a 70-year-old male patient with widespread metastatic melanoma who developed rapid onset anasarca and transaminitis after initiation of dual anti-PD-1/CTLA-4 inhibition with nivolumab and ipilimumab. An extensive workup was performed with serologies returning positive for anti-tissue transglutaminase immunoglobulin (tTG-IgA) and endoscopy revealing duodenal mucosal atrophy with duodenal biopsies confirming celiac disease. All symptoms resolved after initiation of a gluten-free diet without the addition of immunosuppression. This case highlights the importance of considering celiac disease in patients with suspected protein-losing enteropathy on ICI, the fulminant nature this uncommon irAE can present with, and underscores the broad differential clinicians must maintain when managing presumed irAEs.
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Affiliation(s)
- Ayo S. Falade
- Department of Medicine, Salem Hospital, Salem, MA, United States
- *Correspondence: Ayo S. Falade, ; Meghan J. Mooradian,
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- Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, United States
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- Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, United States
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- Department of Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, United States
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- Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, United States
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- Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, United States
- *Correspondence: Ayo S. Falade, ; Meghan J. Mooradian,
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Lerner A, Benzvi C. Checkpoint Inhibitors and Induction of Celiac Disease-like Condition. Biomedicines 2022; 10:609. [PMID: 35327411 PMCID: PMC8945786 DOI: 10.3390/biomedicines10030609] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2022] [Revised: 03/02/2022] [Accepted: 03/03/2022] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Immune checkpoint inhibitors herald a new era in oncological therapy-resistant cancer, thus bringing hope for better outcomes and quality of life for patients. However, as with other medications, they are not without serious side effects over time. Despite this, their advantages outweigh their disadvantages. Understanding the adverse effects will help therapists locate, apprehend, treat, and perhaps diminish them. The major ones are termed immune-related adverse events (irAEs), representing their auto-immunogenic capacity. This narrative review concentrates on the immune checkpoint inhibitors induced celiac disease (CD), highlighting the importance of the costimulatory inhibitors in CD evolvement and suggesting several mechanisms for CD induction. Unraveling those cross-talks and pathways might reveal some new therapeutic strategies.
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- Aaron Lerner
- Chaim Sheba Medical Center, The Zabludowicz Research Center for Autoimmune Diseases, Research Department, Ramat Gan 52621, Israel;
- Research Department, Ariel University, Ariel 40700, Israel
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- Chaim Sheba Medical Center, The Zabludowicz Research Center for Autoimmune Diseases, Research Department, Ramat Gan 52621, Israel;
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Leblanc J, Hoibian S, Boucraut A, Ratone JP, Stoffaes L, Dano D, Louvel-Perrot D, Chanez B, Chretien AS, Madroszyk A, Rochigneux P. Celiac Disease After Administration of Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors: A Case Report. Front Immunol 2022; 12:799666. [PMID: 34975913 PMCID: PMC8718638 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2021.799666] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2021] [Accepted: 11/30/2021] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
Abstract
Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI) reinvigorate the immune system to recognize and destroy tumor cells. Because of this biological mechanism, patients might develop autoimmune toxicities, notably in the digestive tract (most frequently, hepatitis or colitis). A 70-year-old man with relapsed mesothelioma was treated with nivolumab in 3rd line. He was hospitalized for watery and foul-smelling diarrhea. He underwent gastrointestinal endoscopy, showing duodenitis and villous atrophy and measurement of serum IgA antibodies to tissue transglutaminase (tTG-IgA+), leading to the diagnosis of ICI-induced celiac disease. He was treated with steroids, proton pump inhibitors, and a gluten-free diet. If ICI-induced celiac disease is rare in the literature, increasing reports suggest that celiac disease might represent an underestimated ICI toxicity. This case highlights the necessity of complementary investigation (including tTG-IgA and endoscopic biopsies) in patients with atypical digestive symptoms during immunotherapy.
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- Julie Leblanc
- Medical Oncology Department, Paoli-Calmettes Institute, Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, France
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- Gastroenterology Department, Paoli-Calmettes Institute, Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, France
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- Pathology Department, Paoli-Calmettes Institute, Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, France
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- Gastroenterology Department, Paoli-Calmettes Institute, Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, France
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- Medical Oncology Department, Paoli-Calmettes Institute, Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, France
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- Medical Oncology Department, Paoli-Calmettes Institute, Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, France
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- Medical Oncology Department, Paoli-Calmettes Institute, Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, France
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- Medical Oncology Department, Paoli-Calmettes Institute, Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, France
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- Team Immunity and Cancer, Centre de Recherche en Cancérologie de Marseille (CRCM), Inserm, U1068, CNRS, UMR7258, Paoli-Calmettes Institute, Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, France
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- Medical Oncology Department, Paoli-Calmettes Institute, Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, France
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- Medical Oncology Department, Paoli-Calmettes Institute, Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, France.,Team Immunity and Cancer, Centre de Recherche en Cancérologie de Marseille (CRCM), Inserm, U1068, CNRS, UMR7258, Paoli-Calmettes Institute, Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, France
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Histological Features of Celiac-Disease-like Conditions Related to Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors Therapy: A Signal to Keep in Mind for Pathologists. Diagnostics (Basel) 2022; 12:diagnostics12020395. [PMID: 35204486 PMCID: PMC8871268 DOI: 10.3390/diagnostics12020395] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2021] [Revised: 01/19/2022] [Accepted: 02/02/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
Abstract
Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) targeting cytotoxic T-lymphocyte-associated antigen 4 (CTLA-4), programmed cell death protein (PD-1), and its ligand PDL-1, are finding increasing application in the treatment of malignant neoplasms. The widespread clinical use of these drugs, however, resulted in the discovery of side effects. The occurrence of celiac disease (CD) after ICIs therapy has been reported in the literature, but its incidence remains unknown and the role of ICIs in its onset is not yet clear. In this review, we examine the published data on this topic in order to better understand and define this entity from a histological point of view. We performed an electronic literature search to identify original reports in which CD or pathological CD-like conditions were documented histologically in patients treated with ICIs. We identified ten papers. A total of twenty-five patients were included in these publications, eleven of them receiving a serologic and histological diagnosis of CD, and four a histological diagnosis of CD-like conditions, in which pathogenesis appears to be multifactorial. ICIs can cause a CD-like enteropathy and biopsies with clinical integration are crucial to diagnose this condition. CD rarely has been observed during treatment with ICIs and its morphological aspects are similar to ICIs-CD enteropathy. Moreover, the onset of ICIs-CD may have a distinct immune mechanism compared to classical CD. Thus, the pathologists must make a histological diagnosis of CD with caution and only in adequate clinical and serological context.
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