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Extracorporeal photopheresis for pembrolizumab-induced dermatitis: a case report
Zenderowski, Veronika, Hutchinson, James A.
, Brosig, Andreas
, Haferkamp, Sebastian
and Kronenberg, Katharina
(2025)
Extracorporeal photopheresis for pembrolizumab-induced dermatitis: a case report.
Skin Health and Disease.
Date of publication of this fulltext: 02 Jul 2025 10:32
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DOI to cite this document: 10.5283/epub.77025
Abstract
Immune-related adverse events (irAE) are common in checkpoint blockade–treated patients and limit its clinical application. Corticosteroids are the first-line therapy for treatment of irAE, but animal models clearly demonstrate that steroids diminish anti-programmed cell death protein 1 (PD-1)-induced tumour immunity. Better strategies to manage irAE while preserving anti-tumour immunity are ...
Immune-related adverse events (irAE) are common in checkpoint blockade–treated patients and limit its clinical application. Corticosteroids are the first-line therapy for treatment of irAE, but animal models clearly demonstrate that steroids diminish anti-programmed cell death protein 1 (PD-1)-induced tumour immunity. Better strategies to manage irAE while preserving anti-tumour immunity are needed. Extracorporeal photopheresis (ECP) was recently introduced as second-line treatment for steroid-refractory immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI)-related colitis and hepatitis. Here, we extend the application of ECP to immune-related maculopapular rash after adjuvant anti-PD-1 therapy in a single melanoma patient. The patient’s dermatitis markedly improved after off-label ECP, with a substantial reduction in skin lesions and pruritus scores, and stabilization of immune markers. The patient remained well after ECP with no recurrent or metastatic disease at 14 months after starting ECP treatment. Hence, in this case, ECP led to successful resolution of pembrolizumab-induced dermatitis and a favourable oncological outcome.
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| Item type | Article | ||||
| Journal or Publication Title | Skin Health and Disease | ||||
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press (OUP) | ||||
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| Date | 25 June 2025 | ||||
| Institutions | Medicine > Lehrstuhl für Dermatologie und Venerologie | ||||
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Funded by:
Europäische Kommission (EU)
(101119855)
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| Dewey Decimal Classification | 600 Technology > 610 Medical sciences Medicine | ||||
| Status | Published | ||||
| Refereed | Yes, this version has been refereed | ||||
| Created at the University of Regensburg | Yes | ||||
| URN of the UB Regensburg | urn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-770250 | ||||
| Item ID | 77025 |
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