Five-year review of corticosteroid duration and complications in the management of immune checkpoint inhibitor-related diarrhoea and colitis in advanced melanoma.
David M FavaraLavinia SpainLewis AuJames ClarkElla DanielsStefan DiemDharmisha ChauhanSamra TurajlicNick PowellJames M LarkinNadia YousafPublished in: ESMO open (2021)
Rates of grade 3 ir-D/C were higher than reported in clinical trials. The 58-day median duration of CS therapy for grade 3 ir-D/C places a significant number of patients at risk of complications. We demonstrate that microscopic colitis is an important subgroup, advocating biopsies in ir-D/C even with macroscopically normal bowel.