Abstract:
OBJECTIVE To evaluate and compare the association between different immune checkpoint inhibitors(ICIs) and hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis(HLH) based on the US FDA adverse event reporting system(FAERS), so as to provide a warning reference for the safe and reasonable use of such drugs.
METHODS Case reports were collected from Q1 2004 to Q3 2024 with ICIs as the primary suspected drug and HLH as the preferred term. Reporting odds ratio(ROR), proportional reporting ratio(PRR), Bayesian confidence propagation neural network(BCPNN) and multi-item gamma Poisson were used shrinker(MGPS) algorithm were used to study the relationship between ICIs and HLH, and further investigated the onset time and adverse event outcome of HLH.
RESULTS A total of 393 adverse events of ICIs-induced HLH were included. There were significantly more male patients(227 cases, 57.76%) than female patients(145 cases, 36.90%), and elderly patients(≥65 years old) accounted for 46.31%. Attilizumab, ipilimumab, ciiprilizumab, pabolizumab, nebuliumab and duvaliumab all showed HLH signal, and attilizumab had the strongest signal. The median onset time of HLH caused by ICIs was 25.00 d, with attilizumab having the shortest median onset time(10.50 d) and cimiplizumab the longest(80.00 d).
CONCLUSION The risk and clinical features of HLH caused by ICIs have been further improved, and physicians should be especially vigilant against the occurrence of ICIs-related HLH to ensure the safety of patients.