Rapid disease progression in patient with mismatch-repair deficiency pituitary ACTH-secreting adenoma treated with checkpoint inhibitor pembrolizumab

M Caccese, M Barbot, F Ceccato, M Padovan… - Anti-Cancer …, 2020 - journals.lww.com
Secreting pituitary adenomas are tumors for which few treatment options are available,
including surgical treatment and management of hormonal imbalance due to altered …

Complete response of a patient with a mismatch repair deficient aggressive pituitary adenoma to immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy: a case report

S Shah, S Manzoor, Y Rothman, M Hagen, L Pater… - …, 2022 - journals.lww.com
CONCLUSION: APA is a tumor with frequent recurrence and a short median expected length
of survival. Here, we demonstrate the utility of immunotherapy in a single case report of APA …

Immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy for ACTH-secreting pituitary carcinoma: a new emerging treatment?

B Sol, JMK de Filette, G Awada… - European Journal of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Background Pituitary carcinomas are rare but aggressive and require maximally coordinated
multimodal therapies. For refractory tumors, unresponsive to temozolomide (TMZ) …

Synergism of checkpoint inhibitors and peptide receptor radionuclide therapy in the treatment of pituitary carcinoma

AL Lin, V Tabar, RJ Young, M Cohen… - Journal of the …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Context Aggressive pituitary tumors that have progressed following temozolomide have
limited treatment options. Peptide receptor radionuclide therapy and immunotherapy may …

[HTML][HTML] Efficacy of pembrolizumab in patients with pituitary carcinoma: report of four cases from a phase II study

N Majd, SG Waguespack, F Janku, S Fu… - … for immunotherapy of …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Pituitary carcinoma is an aggressive tumor characterized by metastatic spread beyond the
sellar region. Symptoms can be debilitating due to hormonal excess and survival is poor …

Marked response of a hypermutated ACTH-secreting pituitary carcinoma to ipilimumab and nivolumab

AL Lin, P Jonsson, V Tabar, TJ Yang… - The Journal of …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Context Pituitary carcinoma is a rare and aggressive malignancy with a poor prognosis and
few effective treatment options. Case A 35-year-old woman presented with an aggressive …

Transient pituitary ACTH-dependent Cushing syndrome caused by an immune checkpoint inhibitor combination

J Lupu, C Pages, P Laly, J Delyon, M Laloi… - Melanoma …, 2017 - journals.lww.com
Immune checkpoint inhibitors have improved survival in numerous advanced malignancies,
but are associated with a number of immune-related adverse events, including …

Immunotherapy in pituitary carcinomas and aggressive pituitary tumors

G Raverot, MD Ilie - Best Practice & Research Clinical Endocrinology & …, 2022 - Elsevier
After temozolomide failure, no evidence-based treatment option is currently available for
aggressive pituitary tumors (APTs) and pituitary carcinomas (PCs). Moreover, once …

[HTML][HTML] Case report: a case of pituitary carcinoma treated with sequential dual immunotherapy and vascular endothelial growth factor inhibition therapy

LS Lamb, HW Sim, AI McCormack - Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Aggressive pituitary tumors (APTs) are associated with significant morbidity and mortality,
and effective treatment options are limited. Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) have …

Immunotherapy in corticotroph and lactotroph aggressive tumors and carcinomas: two case reports and a review of the literature

C Duhamel, MD Ilie, H Salle, AS Nassouri… - Journal of Personalized …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Once temozolomide has failed, no other treatment is recommended for pituitary carcinomas
and aggressive pituitary tumors. Recently, the use of immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) has …