Description

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

Mucosal Involvement

Systemic Findings

Grade

< 10%

present

absent

G3

>= 10%

present

NA

G4

NA

NA

present

G4

 

The diagnosis requires exclusion of other conditions that can explain the findings better.


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