The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) has reviewed complications associated with immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy.
Patient selection: severe cutaneous adverse reaction (Stevens Johnson, DRESS) following therapy with an immune checkpoint inhibitor
Parameters:
(1) percent of body surface area showing sloughing
(2) mucosal involvement (erythema, purpura, epidermal detachment, mucous membrane detachment)
(3) systemic findings (including abnormal laboratory tests of hepatitis, etc)
BSA Skin Sloughing
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Mucosal Involvement
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Systemic Findings
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Grade
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< 10%
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present
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absent
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G3
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>= 10%
|
present
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NA
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G4
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NA
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NA
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present
|
G4
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The diagnosis requires exclusion of other conditions that can explain the findings better.