Risk of renal adverse events (RE-AE) and electrolyte changes with immunotherapy (IT) in a real-world cohort.

11149 Background: IT is used across multiple tumor types but is linked to immune-related AE (irAE), including RE-AEs. Acute kidney injury (AKI) is the most common renal irAE (1–2%); however, real-world comparative data on RE-AE & electrolyte trends across tumor types remain limited. We evaluated RE-AE incidence & longitudinal electrolyte & urine trends following IT. Methods: We conducted a retrospective cohort study of 5,556 adult cancer patients treated at Cleveland Clinic Ohio between 2010–2022. Included cancers were advanced-stage (III–IV) bladder, endometrial, esophageal, gastric, head & neck, renal, & lung cancers (NSCLC/SCLC), & metastatic melanoma. We compared IT (± chemo/radiation) vs non-IT regimens. Follow-up began at systemic therapy initiation & continued until RE-AE, death, or last encounter. Outcomes included AKI, AKI progressing to chronic kidney disease (CKD), & clinically significant proteinuria. Poisson regression estimated incidence rates, Kaplan–Meier methods cumulative incidence (CIR), & time-dependent Cox models assessed risk with IT as a time-varying exposure. Longitudinal serum electrolytes & urine parameters were extracted electronically & analyzed via mixed-effects & generalized linear models over a one-year post-initiation period. Results: Among the cohort, 1,291 (23%) received first-line IT & 4,265 (77%) later-line IT. Median age was 66 years; 38% were female. During median follow-up of 14 months (CI 6-34), 195 RE-AEs occurred (IT: 46; non-IT: 149). The incidence rates per 100 person years were 0.18 (0.13, 0.24) in IT group & 0.13 (0.11, 0.15) in non-IT group. 2-year CIR was 4.6% with IT & 3.9% without IT (P = 0.6). Adjusted time-dependent Cox models demonstrated no significantly increased risk for AKI, CKD, or composite RE-AEs associated with IT exposure: [AKI HR 0.99 (0.7–1.5); CKD HR 1.5 (0.97–2.4); RE-AE HR 1.3 (0.9–1.7)]. Most RE-AEs were CTCAE grade II–III. Immunomodulatory therapy was used in 15%, primarily steroids, with a 50% response rate. Longitudinal analyses showed IT was associated with higher mean CO₂ & calcium compared with non-IT (P < 0.05), but not other labs (Table 1). While on therapy, IT was associated with lower urine pH (β = -0.37, CI -0.69 -0.04) but no other UA parameter changes were noted. Conclusions: In this large real-world cohort, IT was not associated with an increased incidence of RE-AE compared with non-IT therapy, suggesting that stringent trial exclusion criteria for baseline renal impairment may be unnecessarily restrictive. IT was associated with statistically significant changes in calcium, CO₂, & urine pH, the clinical significance of which remains uncertain. Laboratory parameter Estimate 95% CI Sodium 0.14 -0.04 – 0.32 Potassium 0.02 -0.001 – 0.04 BUN -0.03 -0.59 – 0.54 Creatinine 0.02 -0.003 – 0.05 CO2/ Bicarbonate 0.16 0.001 – 0.32 Calcium 0.10 0.067 – 0.14 Chloride 0.18 -0.038 – 0.4 GFR -1.59 -4.73 – 1.55 Phosphorus -0.11 -0.25 – 0.04

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Journal of Clinical Oncology
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2026-05-27
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Risk of renal adverse events (RE-AE) and electrolyte changes with immunotherapy (IT) in a real-world cohort.

Sara F. Haddad, Emily Craig Zabor, Ameed Bawwab, Margarita Fedorova et al.
Journal of Clinical Oncology
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Risk of renal adverse events (RE-AE) and electrolyte changes with immunotherapy (IT) in a real-world cohort.

Sara F. Haddad, Emily Craig Zabor, Ameed Bawwab, Margarita Fedorova, Moath Albliwi, Bryan Berube, Moaath Khader Mustafa Ali, Ahmed Nabil Mohamed, Muaz Alsabbagh Alchirazi, Soumya Kondaveety, Tyler J. Alban, Bridget Kuhn, Yang Wang, Mozafar Elshikh, Timothy An-thy Chan, Faysal Massad, Xiaoying Chen, Maëlys Yepes, Anmol Goyal
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11149 Background: IT is used across multiple tumor types but is linked to immune-related AE (irAE), including RE-AEs. Acute kidney injury (AKI) is the most common renal irAE (1–2%); however, real-world comparative data on RE-AE & electrolyte trends across tumor types remain limited. We evaluated RE-AE incidence & longitudinal electrolyte & urine trends following IT. Methods: We conducted a retrospective cohort study of 5,556 adult cancer patients treated at Cleveland Clinic Ohio between 2010–2022. Included cancers were advanced-stage (III–IV) bladder, endometrial, esophageal, gastric, head & neck, renal, & lung cancers (NSCLC/SCLC), & metastatic melanoma. We compared IT (± chemo/radiation) vs non-IT regimens. Follow-up began at systemic therapy initiation & continued until RE-AE, death, or last encounter. Outcomes included AKI, AKI progressing to chronic kidney disease (CKD), & clinically significant proteinuria. Poisson regression estimated incidence rates, Kaplan–Meier methods cumulative incidence (CIR), & time-dependent Cox models assessed risk with IT as a time-varying exposure. Longitudinal serum electrolytes & urine parameters were extracted electronically & analyzed via mixed-effects & generalized linear models over a one-year post-initiation period. Results: Among the cohort, 1,291 (23%) received first-line IT & 4,265 (77%) later-line IT. Median age was 66 years; 38% were female. During median follow-up of 14 months (CI 6-34), 195 RE-AEs occurred (IT: 46; non-IT: 149). The incidence rates per 100 person years were 0.18 (0.13, 0.24) in IT group & 0.13 (0.11, 0.15) in non-IT group. 2-year CIR was 4.6% with IT & 3.9% without IT (P = 0.6). Adjusted time-dependent Cox models demonstrated no significantly increased risk for AKI, CKD, or composite RE-AEs associated with IT exposure: [AKI HR 0.99 (0.7–1.5); CKD HR 1.5 (0.97–2.4); RE-AE HR 1.3 (0.9–1.7)]. Most RE-AEs were CTCAE grade II–III. Immunomodulatory therapy was used in 15%, primarily steroids, with a 50% response rate. Longitudinal analyses showed IT was associated with higher mean CO₂ & calcium compared with non-IT (P < 0.05), but not other labs (Table 1). While on therapy, IT was associated with lower urine pH (β = -0.37, CI -0.69 -0.04) but no other UA parameter changes were noted. Conclusions: In this large real-world cohort, IT was not associated with an increased incidence of RE-AE compared with non-IT therapy, suggesting that stringent trial exclusion criteria for baseline renal impairment may be unnecessarily restrictive. IT was associated with statistically significant changes in calcium, CO₂, & urine pH, the clinical significance of which remains uncertain. Laboratory parameter Estimate 95% CI Sodium 0.14 -0.04 – 0.32 Potassium 0.02 -0.001 – 0.04 BUN -0.03 -0.59 – 0.54 Creatinine 0.02 -0.003 – 0.05 CO2/ Bicarbonate 0.16 0.001 – 0.32 Calcium 0.10 0.067 – 0.14 Chloride 0.18 -0.038 – 0.4 GFR -1.59 -4.73 – 1.55 Phosphorus -0.11 -0.25 – 0.04

Journal of Clinical OncologyVol. 44(16_suppl)
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