Complete response to ipilimumab and nivolumab therapy in a patient with extensive extrapulmonary high-grade small cell carcinoma of the pancreas and HIV infection.
Muhammad HusnainWungki ParkJuan Carlos RamosThomas E JohnsonJoseph ChanArvind DasariRaja MudadPeter J HoseinPublished in: Journal for immunotherapy of cancer (2018)
HIV infection is not an absolute contraindication to CPI therapy. Our case and others provide justification for ongoing trials of CPI therapy in patients with HIV infection, a group that has traditionally been excluded from clinical trials.