Case Report

Chronic Myeloid Leukemia in a Patient Receiving Tofacitinib: A Case Report and Literature Review

Table 1

Reported cases of malignancies with the use of tofacitinib.

Reported malignancies (excluding NMSC)Malignancy crude IRMalignancy IR/100 py

Rheumatoid arthritis
Curtis et al. [3]Lung, breast, and gastric lymphoma and T-cell CLL1.880.85
Cohen et al. [4]Lung disorders, breast disorders, and lymphoma/lymphoproliferative disorders2.790.89
Yamanaka et al. [5]Gastric, breast, ovarian, colon, lung, fallopian tube, thyroid, esophageal, and lymphoproliferative disorders, acute myeloid leukemia, liposarcoma, and transitional cell carcinoma3.91.2
Psoriatic arthritis
OPAL trials [68]Breast carcinoma, transitional cell carcinoma, and vulvar squamous cell carcinoma2.8 (OPAL Broaden)2.8 (OPAL Broaden)
0.3 (OPAL Balance)— (OPAL Balance)
Ulcerative colitis
OCTAVE trials + LTE [9, 10]0.48
Xie and Ma [11]Acute myeloid leukemia

The cancer types mentioned were only reported in OPAL Broaden. In the ongoing OPAL Balance, there was no specification of the cancer types. In the ongoing LTE study (NCT014770612), there was no specification of the cancer types.