Would you consider antiphospholipid syndrome to be a contraindication for checkpoint inhibitor immunotherapy?
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Hematology · University of Maryland
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Checkpoint inhibitor therapy is usually an important treatment for patients with advanced malignancy, and has greatly improved the prognosis of otherwise untreatable cancers, so I would not automatically proscribe these drugs because of a history of APS. I would ensure patients with APS are on full ...
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Rheumatology · UT Southwestern Medical Center
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While there have been several cases of antiphospholipid antibody syndrome (APS) induced by immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy (Gupta et al., PMID 28099367, Tota et al., PMID 34411840, Mintjens-Jager et al., PMID 33224503), I am unaware of any evidence that pre-existing APS contributes to additional...
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