Cardiotoxicity of immune checkpoint inhibitors: A frequency network meta-analysis

Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) in combination withother anti-cancer treatments have been approved for a variety of cancers. While the difference in the incidence of cardiovascular adverse events has not been fully investigated. We aimed to assess the the differences in cardiotoxicity among canc...

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Main Authors: Maobai Liu, Xitong Cheng, Ruping Ni, Bin Zheng, Shunmin Huang, Jing Yang
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Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Immunology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fimmu.2022.1006860/full
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description Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) in combination withother anti-cancer treatments have been approved for a variety of cancers. While the difference in the incidence of cardiovascular adverse events has not been fully investigated. We aimed to assess the the differences in cardiotoxicity among cancer patients receiving different ICI therapies. PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, Cochrane Library, and ClinicalTrials.gov. websites were searched for all randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of ICI. The primary outcomes were any grade cardiotoxicity and Grade 3-5 cardiotoxicity, the secondary outcomes were any grade myocarditis and Grade 3-5 myocarditis, with sub-analyses based on cancer type and does of ICI. A systematic review and frequency network meta-analysis were then performed for cardiotoxicity events. 91 RCTs (n=52247) involving 12 treatment arms were finally included. We observed that PD-L1 + CTLA-4 had the highest risk among all therapies inducing any grade cardiotoxicity, and the differences were significant except PD-1 + CTLA-4, PD-1 + TTD and PD-L1 + TTD. In addition, CTLA-4 had a higher risk of Grade 3-5 cardiotoxicity than PD-1 and anit-PD-L1. For Grade 1-5 myocarditis and Grade 3-5 myocarditis, no significant difference was found among differences therapies. No differences were observed in subgroup analyses according to does and cancer type. There were differences in the incidence of cardiotoxicity among different ICI therapies. For ICI monotherapy, CTLA-4 may be linked to Grade 3-5 cardiotoxicity than PD-1 or PD-L1. For dual therapy, the cardiotoxicity of dual ICI therapy seems to be higher than that of chemotherapy or targeted therapy.
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spelling doaj.art-4c66b9edae8c4cf288c7c33e0cad04252022-12-22T04:04:38ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Immunology1664-32242022-09-011310.3389/fimmu.2022.10068601006860Cardiotoxicity of immune checkpoint inhibitors: A frequency network meta-analysisMaobai Liu0Maobai Liu1Xitong Cheng2Xitong Cheng3Ruping Ni4Ruping Ni5Bin Zheng6Bin Zheng7Shunmin Huang8Shunmin Huang9Jing Yang10Jing Yang11Department of Pharmacy, Fujian Medical University Union Hospital, Fuzhou, ChinaCollege of Pharmacy, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, ChinaDepartment of Pharmacy, Fujian Medical University Union Hospital, Fuzhou, ChinaCollege of Pharmacy, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, ChinaDepartment of Pharmacy, Fujian Medical University Union Hospital, Fuzhou, ChinaCollege of Pharmacy, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, ChinaDepartment of Pharmacy, Fujian Medical University Union Hospital, Fuzhou, ChinaCollege of Pharmacy, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, ChinaDepartment of Pharmacy, Fujian Medical University Union Hospital, Fuzhou, ChinaCollege of Pharmacy, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, ChinaDepartment of Pharmacy, Fujian Medical University Union Hospital, Fuzhou, ChinaCollege of Pharmacy, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, ChinaImmune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) in combination withother anti-cancer treatments have been approved for a variety of cancers. While the difference in the incidence of cardiovascular adverse events has not been fully investigated. We aimed to assess the the differences in cardiotoxicity among cancer patients receiving different ICI therapies. PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, Cochrane Library, and ClinicalTrials.gov. websites were searched for all randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of ICI. The primary outcomes were any grade cardiotoxicity and Grade 3-5 cardiotoxicity, the secondary outcomes were any grade myocarditis and Grade 3-5 myocarditis, with sub-analyses based on cancer type and does of ICI. A systematic review and frequency network meta-analysis were then performed for cardiotoxicity events. 91 RCTs (n=52247) involving 12 treatment arms were finally included. We observed that PD-L1 + CTLA-4 had the highest risk among all therapies inducing any grade cardiotoxicity, and the differences were significant except PD-1 + CTLA-4, PD-1 + TTD and PD-L1 + TTD. In addition, CTLA-4 had a higher risk of Grade 3-5 cardiotoxicity than PD-1 and anit-PD-L1. For Grade 1-5 myocarditis and Grade 3-5 myocarditis, no significant difference was found among differences therapies. No differences were observed in subgroup analyses according to does and cancer type. There were differences in the incidence of cardiotoxicity among different ICI therapies. For ICI monotherapy, CTLA-4 may be linked to Grade 3-5 cardiotoxicity than PD-1 or PD-L1. For dual therapy, the cardiotoxicity of dual ICI therapy seems to be higher than that of chemotherapy or targeted therapy.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fimmu.2022.1006860/fullcancercardiovascular adverse eventsmyocarditisimmune checkpoint inhibitorsnetwork meta-analysis
spellingShingle Maobai Liu
Maobai Liu
Xitong Cheng
Xitong Cheng
Ruping Ni
Ruping Ni
Bin Zheng
Bin Zheng
Shunmin Huang
Shunmin Huang
Jing Yang
Jing Yang
Cardiotoxicity of immune checkpoint inhibitors: A frequency network meta-analysis
Frontiers in Immunology
cancer
cardiovascular adverse events
myocarditis
immune checkpoint inhibitors
network meta-analysis
title Cardiotoxicity of immune checkpoint inhibitors: A frequency network meta-analysis
title_full Cardiotoxicity of immune checkpoint inhibitors: A frequency network meta-analysis
title_fullStr Cardiotoxicity of immune checkpoint inhibitors: A frequency network meta-analysis
title_full_unstemmed Cardiotoxicity of immune checkpoint inhibitors: A frequency network meta-analysis
title_short Cardiotoxicity of immune checkpoint inhibitors: A frequency network meta-analysis
title_sort cardiotoxicity of immune checkpoint inhibitors a frequency network meta analysis
topic cancer
cardiovascular adverse events
myocarditis
immune checkpoint inhibitors
network meta-analysis
url https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fimmu.2022.1006860/full
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