Moderate Colitis Not Requiring Intravenous Steroids Is Associated with Improved Survival in Stage IV Melanoma after Anti-CTLA4 Monotherapy, But Not Combination Therapy.
Emily J AnstadtBrian ChuNikhil Yegya-RamanXiaoyan HanAbigail DoucetteKendra PoirierJahan J MohiuddinAmit MaityAndrea FacciabeneRavi K AmaravadiGiorgos C KarakousisJustine V CohenTara C MitchellLynn M SchuchterJohn N LukensPublished in: The oncologist (2022)
This single-institution retrospective series suggests moderate colitis correlates with improved OS for patients with stage IV melanoma treated with single-agent anti-CTLA4, but not dual agent, and that this is true regardless of whether the immune-checkpoint blockade is permanently discontinued.