PURPOSE. To investigate the plasma concentration of nicotinamide in primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG). METHODS. Plasma of 34 POAG individuals was compared to that of 30 age-and sex-matched controls using a semiquantitative method based on liquid chromatography coupled to highresolution mass spectrometry. Subsequently, an independent quantitative method, based on liquid chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry, was used to assess nicotinamide concentration in the plasma from the same initial cohort and from a replicative cohort of 20 POAG individuals and 15 controls. RESULTS. Using the semiquantitative method, the plasma nicotinamide concentration was significantly lower in the initial cohort of POAG individuals compared to controls and further confirmed in the same cohort, using the targeted quantitative method, with mean concentrations of 0.14 lM (median: 0.12 lM; range, 0.06-0.28 lM) in the POAG group (À30%; P ¼ 0.022) and 0.19 lM (median: 0.18 lM; range, 0.08-0.47 lM) in the control group. The quantitative dosage also disclosed a significantly lower plasma nicotinamide concentration (À33%; P ¼ 0.011) in the replicative cohort with mean concentrations of 0.14 lM (median: 0.14 lM; range, 0.09-0.25 lM) in the POAG group, and 0.19 lM (median: 0.21 lM; range, 0.09-0.26 lM) in the control group. CONCLUSIONS. Glaucoma is associated with lower plasmatic nicotinamide levels, compared to controls, suggesting that nicotinamide supplementation might become a future therapeutic strategy. Further studies are needed, in larger cohorts, to confirm these preliminary findings.

BackgroundImmune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI)-associated early cardiac adverse events (CAEs), mostly acute and fulminant myocarditis, have been well characterized and mainly occur during the first 90 days after ICI therapy initiation. ICI-associated late CAEs (occurring after the first 90 days of treatment) have not yet been described.MethodsFirst, we compared characteristics of a cohort involving early (defined as a CAE time to onset (TTO) of <90 days after ICI therapy initiation) and late (defined as a CAE TTO of ≥90 days after ICI therapy initiation) ICI-associated CAE consecutive cases who were referred to three French cardio-oncology units. Second, ICI-associated CAE cases were searched in VigiBase, the WHO global individual case safety report database, and early and late ICI-associated CAEs were compared.ResultsIn the cohort study, compared with early CAE cases (n=19, median TTO of 14 days), late ICI-associated CAE cases (n=19, median TTO of 304 days) exhibited significantly more left ventricular systolic dysfunction (LVSD) and heart failure (HF) and less frequent supraventricular arrhythmias. In VigiBase, compared with early cases (n=437, 73.3%, median TTO 21 days), the late ICI-associated CAE reports (n=159, 26.7%, median TTO 178 days) had significantly more frequent HF (21.1% vs 31.4%, respectively, p=0.01). Early and late ICI-associated CAE cases had similarly high mortality rates (40.0% vs 44.4% in the cohort and 30.0% vs 27.0% in VigiBase, respectively).ConclusionsLate CAEs could occur with ICI therapy and were mainly revealed to be HF with LVSD.Trial registration numbersNCT03678337,NCT03882580, andNCT03492528.

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