The Drug-Induced Respiratory Disease Website and App
Frequency - Incidence
Incidence of respiratory adverse event(s) due to the specific drug as assessed by number of reported/published cases in the literature. Red digits in stars indicate: 0 = Very rare, questionable signal · 1 = < 10 cases · 2 = 10-50 cases · 3 = 50–100 cases · 4 = 100-200 cases · 5 = >200 cases
Evidence level/grade
Evidence level for respiratory adverse event(s) due to the specific drug as estimated using Hill’s (1965), Naranjo’s (1981), and Bégaud’s (1985) criteria applied to published cases. Blue digits in stars indicate: 0 = Questionable · 1 = Low · 2 = Moderate · 3 = Robust · 4 = Definite · 5 = Unquestionable, pathognomonic
Path: NSIP-cellular pattern (see also Ia, Ib)
Publications
Immune checkpoint inhibitor pneumonitis presenting with multifocal nodular opacities.
Thorax 2026 Jun 16;; — 2026 Jun 16
Oya K, Nakamura Y, Fujisawa Y, Endo R, Tanaka R, Ishitsuka Y, Maruyama H, Watanabe R, Okiyama N, Fujimoto M
Third-line pembrolizumab-induced immune-related interstitial pneumonitis after ipilimumab and nivolumab failure.
European journal of dermatology : EJD 2018 02 01;28;129-130 — 2018 02 01 — 129-130
Naidoo J, Wang X, Woo KM, Iyriboz T, Halpenny D, Cunningham J, Chaft JE, Segal NH, Callahan MK, Lesokhin AM, Rosenberg J, Voss MH, Rudin CM, Rizvi H, Hou X, Rodriguez K, Albano M, Gordon RA, Leduc C, Rekhtman N, Harris B, Menzies AM, Guminski AD, Carlino
Pneumonitis in Patients Treated With Anti-Programmed Death-1/Programmed Death Ligand 1 Therapy.
Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology 2017 Mar;35;709-717 — 2017 Mar — 709-717