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  • Myositis/Myasthenia after P...
    Botta, Cirino; Agostino, Rita Maria; Dattola, Vincenzo; Cianci, Vittoria; Calandruccio, Natale Daniele; Bianco, Giovanna; Mafodda, Antonino; Maisano, Roberto; Iuliano, Eleonora; Orizzonte, Giovanna; Mazzacuva, Domenico; Falzea, Antonia Consuelo; Saladino, Rita Emilena; Giannicola, Rocco; Restifo, Giorgio; Aguglia, Umberto; Caraglia, Michele; Correale, Pierpaolo

    International journal of molecular sciences, 06/2021, Letnik: 22, Številka: 12
    Journal Article

    Pembrolizumab (mAb to PD-1) has been recently approved for the therapy of pretreated urothelial cancer. Despite the efficacy, it is often accompanied by unpredictable and sometime severe immune-related (ir) adverse events (AEs). Here, we report the clinical and immune–biological characterization of a patient with a metastatic bladder cancer who developed myositis signs (M) and a myasthenia-like syndrome (MLS) during treatment with pembrolizumab. The patient presented an autoimmunity-associated HLA haplotype (HLA-A*02/HLA-B*08/HLA-C*07/HLA-DRB1*03) and experienced an increase in activated CD8 T-cells along the treatment. The symptomatology regressed after pembrolizumab discontinuation and a pyridostigmine and steroids-based therapy. This is the first report of concurrent M and MLS appearance in cancer patients receiving pembrolizumab. More efforts are needed to define early the risk and the clinical meaning of irAEs in this setting.