Table 1 Some studies of checkpoint inhibitors before and after allo-HSCT.

From: Immune checkpoint inhibitors and allogeneic transplant in lymphoid malignancies: a deceptive friend story

Timing in relation to allo-HSCT

Drugs in use

Total number of cases

Disease

a-GVHD

c-GVHD

NRM

PFS/OS

Reference

Pre-

Nivolumab

39

HL

33%

35%

13% (1 year)

69.4%/71.9%(1 year)

Martinez et al. [16]

Pre-

Nivolumab

9

HL

8/9

3/9

2/9

−/−

Cheikh et al. [6]

Pre-

Nivolumab

15

HL

3/15

3/15

1/15

−/−

Bekoz et al. [17]

Pre-

Nivolumab

209

HL

15% (180 days) Grade 3–4

34%

14% (2 years)

69%/82% (2 years)

Merryman et al. [14]

Pre-

Nivolumab pembrolizumab

24

HL

72%

34.2%

8.4% (10 months)

63.7%/81.3% (1 year)

Ito et al. [18]

Post-

Nivolumab

20

HL

5/20

2/20

−/−

Herbaux et al. [13]

Post-

Nivolumab pembrolizumab

31

HL/NHL

32%

7%

5/17

−/−

Harvekos et al. [7]

  1. HL Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, NHL Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma, a GVHD acute graft-versus-host disease, c GVHD chronic graft-versus host disease, NRM non-relapse mortality, PFS progression free survival, OS overall survival.