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Table 4 The pooled AEs

From: Efficacy and safety of immune checkpoint inhibitors in Proficient Mismatch Repair (pMMR)/ Non-Microsatellite Instability-High (non-MSI-H) metastatic colorectal cancer: a study based on 39 cohorts incorporating 1723 patients

AEs

Pooled rate (95% CI), %

No. of study

I2 (95% CI), %

P for I2

Model

Egger's Test

ICIs-based therapy

31.8 (20.1–44.8)

21

89.5 (85.4- 92.5)

 < 0.01

Random effect

z = -0.1, p-value = 0.95

anti-CTLA-4 + anti-PD-(L)1 + radiotherapy

29.3 (0.0–99.2)

2

95.2 (85.8- 98.4)

 < 0.01

Random effect

/

anti-PD-(L)1 + TKIs

21.7 (9.4–37.0)

11

88.1 (80.7- 92.7)

 < 0.01

Random effect

z = 0.0, p-value = 1.0

anti-PD-(L)1 + anti-VEGF + chemotherapy

60.1 (7.6–100.0)

2

93.0 (76.8- 97.9)

 < 0.01

Random effect

/

anti-PD-(L)1 + chemotherapy

58.0 (17.8–93.1)

3

91.3 (77.5- 96.6)

 < 0.01

Random effect

z = 1.6, p-value = 0.12

  1. Abbreviations: CI confidence interval, PD-(L)1 Programmed cell death-(Ligand) 1, AE Adverse events, CTLA-4 cytotoxic T lymphocyte-associated antigen-4, VEGF vascular endothelial growth factor, EGFR epidermal growth factor receptor, TKIs tyrosine kinase inhibitors