Table 3 Breakdown and description of the toxicities of IT nivolumab by IT nivolumab dose level as well as for the individual patient. After the first cycle (IT nivolumab alone), assignment of toxicity to either IT, IV or IT/IV nivolumab was inherently more difficult, as IV and IT nivolumab were administered within 24 h of each other

From: Concurrent intrathecal and intravenous nivolumab in leptomeningeal disease: phase 1 trial interim results

IT nivolumab dose

Patient Accession Number

Adverse event

Cycle number

Grade 1

Grade 2

5 mg

1

Paresthesia

11

1

 

Aphasia

19

 

1

20 mg

8

Neck pain

1

 

1

10

Nausea

1

1

 

19

Nausea

1

1

 

20a

Dizziness

1

1

 

Nausea

1

1

 

50 mg

24

Pruritus

1

1

 

Nausea

1

1

 

25a

Dizziness

1

1

 

Paresthesia

1

1

 

Vomiting

1

1

 

Nausea

16

1

 

26

Anorexia

1

1

 

Dizziness

1

1

 

Nausea

1

1

 

Vomiting

1

1

 

27a

Nausea

1

1

 

Dizziness

1

1

 

Vomiting

1

1

 

30aa

Visual changes

1

1

 
  1. aOn concurrent treatment with BRAF/MEK inhibitor.