Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors (ICIs) have dramatically revolutionized the therapeutic approaches by which we treat a series of cancers accompanied by immune-related adverse events (irAEs). Herein, we reported an intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma male patient with a history of ankylosing spondylitis developing pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) under ICI combined therapy with pembrolizumab and lenvatinib. The indirect measurement of cardiac ultrasound showed a pulmonary artery pressure (PAP) of 72mmHg after 21 three-week cycles of ICI combined therapy. The patient partially responded to the treatment of glucocorticoid and mycophenolate mofetil. The PAP decreased to 55mmHg 3 months after the ICI combined therapy was discontinued, but increased to 90mmHg after the ICI combined therapy was rechallenged. We treated him with adalimumab-an antitumor necrosis factor -alpha (ani-TNF-alpha) antibody-combined with glucocorticoid and immunosuppressants under lenvatinib monotherapy. The patient responded again with PAP decreasing to 67mmHg after 2 two-week cycles of adalimumab. Accordingly, we diagnosed him to have irAE-related PAH. Our findings supported the use of glucocorticoid disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) as a treatment option in refractory PAH.
基金:
Key Research Projects of Medical Science in Hebei Province [20221221]
第一作者机构:[1]Fourth Hosp Hebei Med Univ, Dept Immunol & Rheumatol, Shijiazhuang, Peoples R China
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通讯机构:[2]Fourth Hosp Hebei Med Univ, Dept Thorac Surg, Shijiazhuang, Peoples R China[*1]Fourth Hosp Hebei Med Univ, Dept Thorac Surg, 12 Jiankang Rd, Shijiazhuang 050011, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式(GB/T 7714):
Zhang Jingjing,Zhang Shasha,Xu Shuo,et al.Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Induced by Immune Checkpoint Combined Therapy in an Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma Patient: A Case Report[J].IRANIAN JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY.2023,20(2):240-246.doi:10.22034/iji.2023.96898.2464.
APA:
Zhang, Jingjing,Zhang, Shasha,Xu, Shuo,Zhang, Xiaoyun,Li, Jiasong...&Guo, Zhanjun.(2023).Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Induced by Immune Checkpoint Combined Therapy in an Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma Patient: A Case Report.IRANIAN JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY,20,(2)
MLA:
Zhang, Jingjing,et al."Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Induced by Immune Checkpoint Combined Therapy in an Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma Patient: A Case Report".IRANIAN JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 20..2(2023):240-246