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Table 2 Incidence of adverse cardiac events with immunotherapy

From: Cardiotoxicity risk factors with immune checkpoint inhibitors

 

Atrial Fibrillation with RVR

HFpEF

HFrEF

Myocarditis

Pericarditis

VF/VT

Total Cardiac Events (N = 34)

N (% rate per agent)

Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Agent

 Durvalumab (n = 36)

N (%)1

1 (2.8%)1

0

1 (2.8%)1

0

0

0

2 (5.6%)

 Ipilimumab (n = 39)

N (%)1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

 Nivolumab (n = 220)

N (%)1

4 (1.8%)1

0

1 (0.5%)1

0

5 (2.3%)1

1 (0.5%)1

11 (5%)

 Pembrolizumab (n = 243) N (%)1

6 (2.5%)1

2 (0.8%)1

4 (1.6%)1

0

7 (2.9%)1

2 (0.8%)1

21 (8.6%)

Type of Malignancya

      

 N (% rate per malignancy subtype)

 Endometrial (n = 2)

N (%)1

0

0

1 (50%)1

0

0

0

1 (50%)

 Esophageal (n = 4)

N (%)1

1 (25%)1

0

0

0

0

0

1 (25%)

 Non-Small Cell Lung (n = 254)

N (%)1

10 (3.9%)1

2 (0.8%)1

3 (1.2%)1

0

12 (4.7%)1

2 (0.8%)1

29 (11.4%)

 Small Cell Lung (n = 30)

N (%)1

0

0

1 (3.3%)1

0

0

0

1 (3.3%)

 Squamous Cell Carcinoma (n = 2)

N (%)1

0

0

1 (50%)1

0

0

1 (50%)1

2 (100%)

 Total (n = 538)

N (%)2

11 (2.0%)2

2 (0.4%)2

6 (1.1%)2

0 (0%)2

12 (2.2%)2

3 (0.6%)2

 
  1. RVR rapid ventricular response, HFpEF/HFrEF heart failure with preserved ejection fraction/ reduced ejection fraction, VF/VT ventricular fibrillation/ tachycardia
  2. aOther malignancies found in analysis without incidence of events included: leukemia, lymphoma, melanoma, mesothelioma, multiple myeloma, neuroendocrine, ovarian, and parotid
  3. 1% rate per subgroup population
  4. 2% rate per study population