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Table 1 Summary of reported cases of ICI-related nephrotic syndrome

From: Nephrotic syndrome with acute kidney injury due to combination therapy of immune checkpoint inhibitors: a case report and review of the literature

Authors

Age, sex

Underlying malignancies

Anti-PD-1

Number of doses at onset

Renal pathological diagnosis

Creatinine (mg/dl)

Alb (g/dl)

Proteinuria (g/day)

Proteinuria (g/gCr)

Initial steroid dose

Dialysis

Fadel, et al. 2009

60, M

Malignant melanoma

Ipilimumab

2

Lupus nephritis

1.01

2.45

7.5

NA

1 mg/kg/day

None

Bickel et al. 2016

62, M

Malignant pleural mesothelioma

Pembrolizumab

1(10 days from initial treatment)

MCD

NA

1.5

19

NA

1 mg/kg/day

None

Daanen et al. 2017

62, M

RCC

Nivolumab

4(7–8 weeks from initial treatment)

FSGS

2.95

1.9

17

NA

pulse 3days -> 60 mg/day

None

Kitchlu, et al. 2017 -1

43, M

Hodgkin lymphoma

Pembrolizumab

2(4 weeks from initial treatment)

MCD with acute tubular injury

3.93

1.8

10.3

NA

2 mg/kg/day

None

Kitchlu, et al. 2017 -2

45, M

Malignant melanoma

Ipilimumab

4(18 months into the treatment course)

MCD

0.8

2.6

9.5

NA

1 mg/kg/day

None

Gao, et al. 2018

40, M

Hodgkin lymphoma

Camrelizumab

3(65 days from initial treatment)

MCD

0.9

2.1

30

NA

1 mg/kg/day

None

Mamlouk, et al. 2019-1

69, M

Malignant melanoma

Ipilimumab + Nivolumab

2(6 weeks from initial treatment)

IgA nephropathy

2.4

NA

NA

7.7

0.5 mg/kg/day

None

Mamlouk, et al. 2019-2

60, F

RCC

Nivolumab

6(16 weeks from initial treatment)

MN without PLA2R

NA

NA

NA

9.7

1 mg/kg/day

None

Mamlouk, et al. 2019-3

63, M

Chondroma

Pembrolizumab

6(18 weeks from initial treatment)

AA amyloidosis

2.25

NA

NA

31

1 mg/kg/day

None

Glutsch, et al. 2019

68, M

Malignant melanoma

Pembrolizumab

1(18 days from initial treatment)

MCD with acute tubular injury

2.86

1.6

NA

NA

100 mg/day

None

Gallan, et al. 2019

71, F

Lung adenocarcinoma

Pembrolizumab

10 months from initial treatment

Pauci-immune glomerulonephritis with crescents

0.8

NA

5.5

NA

NA

None

Saito, et al. 2020

79, M

Lung adenocarcinoma

Pembrolizumab

7(19-21weeks from initial treatment)

MCD

NA

1.1

NA

13.82

40 mg/day

None

Ishibuchi, et al. 2020

70, M

Lung adenocarcinoma

Pembrolizumab

5 months from initial treatment

NA

1.63

1

NA

15.1

1.6 mg/kg/day

Needed

Chen, et al. 2021

74, M

Lung adenocarcinoma

Tislelizumab

15(11 months from initial treatment)

MN(THSD7A positive)

0.93

1.9

20.16

NA

60 mg/day

None

Kim, et al. 2021

46, F

Malignant melanoma

Pembrolizumab

16 months from initial treatment

FSGS

0.66

2.84

NA

3.277

None

None

Wakabayashi, et al. 2021

69, M

Lung adenocarcinoma

Nivolumab

5 months from initial treatment

MN

1.02

2.2

NA

13.3

0.8 mg/kg/day

None

The present case

75, M

Malignant pleural mesothelioma

Ipilimumab + Nivolumab

1(14 days from initial treatment)

MCD with AIN

1.87

2

19.85

NA

1 mg/kg/day

Needed

  1. AIN, acute interstitial nephritis; Alb, albumin; Cre, creatinine; F, female; FSGS, focal segmental glomerulosclerosis; ICI, immune checkpoint inhibitor; IgA, immunoglobulin A; M, male; MCD, minimal change disease; MN, membranous nephropathy; NA, not available; PLA2R, phospholipase A2 receptor; RRC, renal cell carcinoma; THSD7A, thrombospondin type-1 domain-containing