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. 2023 Jun 13;14:1137983. doi: 10.3389/fphar.2023.1137983

TABLE 2.

Types of cardiotoxicity and their corresponding number of frequencies reported per publication.

References (publication year) Drug combination Dose escalation study Arrhythmia Cardiac arrest Cardiac failure Cardiotoxicity (Grade 1–4) Hypertension Hypotension Ischaemia Myocardial infarction Palpitations Pericardial effusion Thromboembolic event (both arterial/venous) Other cardiovascular event
Arrhythmia (general) Atrial/Supra-ventricular arrhythmia Ventricular arrhythmia
Atrial fibrillation Atrial flutter Bradycardia Tachycardia QT prolongation
Mizugaki et al. (2015) Carboplatin, Paclitaxel, Veliparib V-40 mg 0
V-80 mg 2
V-120 mg 0
Huang et al. (2020) Apatinib, Carboplatin, Pemetrexed A-750 mg 2
A-500 mg 2
A-500 mg 2/1 (500 mg/day 2 weeks on 1 week off) 1
Sebastian et al. (2019) CV9201 CI - 400 μg 0
CII - 800 μg 0
CIII - 1600 μg 0
Phase IIA - 1600 μg 1
Novello et al. (2014a) Cisplatin, Iniparib, Gemcitabine GC 9
GCI 12
Cappuzzo et al. (2006) Chemotherapy, Gemcitabine Standard 50 mg/min 16
Low 10 mg/min 11
Srinivasa et al. (2020) Carboplatin, Cisplatin, Etoposide, Paclitaxel Cis-Etop 0
Car-Pac 0
Yoshioka et al. (2017) Amrubicin, Docetaxel Amrubicin 1 1 2 1 Ventricular extrasystole: 2
Cardiac tamponade: 1
Docetaxel 0 0 0 0
Johnson et al. (2013) Bevacizumab, Erlotinib (CT prior to trial) Bev-Plac 31 85
Bev-Erlo 29 88
Gridelli et al. (2001) Gemcitabine, Vinorelbine Gem 0
Gem-Vin 6
Martoni et al. (1991) Epirubicin 120Epi LVEF value decrease
135Epi
150Epi
165Epi 1
Sequist et al. (2013), Boehringer Ingelheim (2018a), Wu et al. (2018) Afatinib, Cisplatin, Pemetrexed Afatinib 0 14 1 0 1 1 Mitral valve incompetence: 1
Pemetrexed/Cisplatin Chemotherapy 1 14 0 1 0 2
Boehringer Ingelheim (2018b) Afatinib, Cisplatin, Gemcitabine Afatinib 0 0
Cisplatin, Gemcitabine Chemotherapy 1 1
Boehringer Ingelheim (2020) Afatinib, Gefitinib Afatinib 0 0 2 1 Acute coronary syndrome: 1
Angina pectoris: 1
Coronary heart disease: 1
Gefitinib 1 1 0 3 Coronary heart disease: 1
Coronary artery occlusion: 1
Hida et al. (2017) Alectinib, Crizotinib Alectinib 1
Crizotinib 6
Berghmans et al. (2013) Cisplatin, Docetaxel, Gemcitabine, Ifosfamide IG 10
GIP 8
DP 20
EU Clinical Trials Register, (2011); GlaxoSmithKline, (2014) Docetaxel, GSK1120212 (Trametinib) Doc 1
Tra 13
Martoni et al. (1999) Epirubicin, Cisplatinum, Vinorelbine HDEpi-Cis 3 >15% LVEF decrease: 9
Vin-Cis 0 >15% LVEF decrease: 3
Reck et al. (2015) Docetaxel, Nintedanib Doc-Nin 23 22
Doc-Plac 6 19
Saito et al. (2003) Carboplatin, Docetaxel, Paclitaxel Car-Doc 4
Car-Pac 2
Barlesi et al. (2018) Avelumab, Docetaxel Avelumab 1 Person with acute cardiac failure also suffered from autoimmune myocarditis
Docetaxel 0 Cardiovascular insufficiency: 1
Camidge et al. (2018) Brigatinib, Crizotinib Brigatinib, 7 31 0
Crizotinib 17 10 8
Wachters et al. (2003) Cisplatin, Epirubicin, Gemcitabine Gem-Cis 7 0
Gem-Epi 21 1
Shaw et al. (2013) Crizotinib, Docetaxel, Pemetrexed Criz 1 9 0 1 1 1 Cardiac tamponade: 1
Coronary artery disease: 1
Syncope: 1
Doc-Pem 0 0 1 0 0 2 Cardiac tamponade: 1
Solomon et al. (2014) Crizotinib, Carboplatin, Cisplatin, Pemetrexed Criz 1 33 0 0 0 Atrioventricular block: 1
Cardiac tamponade: 2
Pem-Car/Cis 1 1 1 1 1 Pericarditis: 1
Syncope: 2
Bonomi et al. (2000) Cisplain, Etoposide, Paclitaxel Cis-Etop Fatal cardiac events: 1
Cis-250Pac Fatal cardiac events: 1
Cis-135Pac Fatal cardiac events: 4
*The six fatal Grade 5 cardiac events listed above were summarised overall instead of by treatment group - sudden death in 3 patients, myocardial infarction in 2 patients, and hypotension with acute pericarditis in 1 patient
Zatloukal et al. (2004) Cisplatin, Vinorelbine Con 1
Seq 0
Zarogoulidis et al. (2013) Bevacizumab, Carboplatin, Docetaxel, Erlotinib Car-Doc 2
Car-Doc-Erlo
Bev-Car-Doc 3
Bev-Car-Doc-Erlo 2
Koch et al. (2011) Celecoxib, Chemotherapy (carboplatin/cisplatin/gemcitabine/vinorelbine) Celecoxib 2 17 Cerebrovascular ischaemia: 4
Placebo 1 12 Cerebrovascular ischaemia: 1
Bi et al. (2019) Celecoxib, Cisplatin, Etoposide CE 5
CE-Cele 0
Herbst et al. (2011) Bevacizumab, Erlotinib Erlo 4 1
Erlo-Bev 15 12
Seto et al. (2014), Kato et al. (2018) Bevacizumab, Erlotinib Erlo 2 11 3
Erlo-Bev 1 58 3
National Cancer Institute, (2019) Carboplatin, Erlotinib, Paclitaxel Erlo 1 1 0 1 1 8 0 0 3 0 3
Erlo-Car-Pac 1 0 1 4 0 9 6 1 2 1 12
Stathopoulos et al. (2004) Carboplatin, Paclitaxel, Vinorelbine Pac-Car 3
Pac-Vin 6
Valdivieso et al. (1984) Cisplatin, Cyclo-phosphamide, Doxorubicin, Ftorafur Weekly-Dox
Standard-Dox
* By an objective grading system of myocardial damage by endomyocardial biopsy, it was suggested that the weekly administration of doxorubicin was associated with lower cardiac toxicity than that of the standard/tri-weekly administration of doxorubicin
Baggstrom et al. (2017a) Chemotherapy, Sunitinib CT-Placebo 9 1
CT- Sunitinib 27 0
Paz-Ares et al. (2015) Best supportive care, Sorafenib BSC-Placebo 16
BSC-Sorafenib 68
Novello et al. (2014b) Carboplatin, Paclitaxel, Motesanib Car-Pac-Placebo 15 2
Car-Pac-Mote 47 3
Akamatsu et al. (2018) Carboplatin, Cisplatin, Pemetrexed, Osimertinib Osim 7 9
Plat (car/cis)-Pem 1 0
Kosmidis et al. (2008) Carboplatin, Paclitaxel, Gemcitabine Gem-Pac 2
Gem-Car 1
Reinmuth et al. (2019) Bevacizumab, Carboplatin, Paclitaxel, PF-06439535 Car-Pac-Bev 3 32 10 Cardiac disorders: 12
Car-Pac-PF06439535 1 34 14 Cardiac disorders: 10
Blumenschein et al. (2010) Carboplatin, Paclitaxel, Panitumumab, Motesanib Mote(E)-CP 1 0 10 Conduction disorder: 1
Mote(E)-Pani 1 1 6
Mote(125)-CP-Pani 0 0 1
Choy et al. (2013) Carboplatin, Cisplatin, Pemetrexed Pem-Car 2
Pem-Cis 4
William et al. (2007) Cisplatin, Docetaxel, Motexafin gadolinium MGd-2.5 0 0
MGd-5 1 1
MGd-10 1 1
MGd-15 2 0
Chang et al. (1993) Merbarone, Piroxantrone, Taxol Merba 3
Piro 1
Taxol 4
Kubota et al. (2017) Carboplatin, Motesanib, Paclitaxel Car-Pac-Placebo 29
Car-Pac-Mote 86
Zinner et al. (2015) Bevacizumab, Carboplatin, Paclitaxel, Pemetrexed Car-Pem 0 0
Car-Bev-Pac 4 1 4
Heigener et al. (2013) Chemotherapy, Sagopilone S-16,3 h 0
S-22, 0.5 h 1
S-22,3 h 0
Jie Wang et al. (2018) Cisplatin, Endostar, Pemetrexed Cis-Pem 40
Cis-Pem-Endostar 54
Eli Lilly and Company (2019a) Gefitinib, Pemetrexed Gef 0 1 4 0 1 0 Angine pectoris: 0
Gef-Pem 1 0 8 1 1 1 Angina pectoris: 1
Douillard (2004) BMS-275291, Carboplatin, Paclitaxel Car-Pac-Placebo 0 0 1 2
Car-Pac-BMS275291 1 1 0 1
Butts et al. (2007) Carboplatin, Cisplatin, Cetuximab, Gemcitabine Car-Cis-Gem 2
Car-Cis-Gem-Cet 2
Fukuda et al. (2019) Bevacizumab, Pemetrexed CT-Pem 0 0
CT-Pem-Bev 0 0
Passardi et al. (2008) Docetaxel, Gemcitabine Gem3,8-Doc1 0
Gem1,8-Doc8 1
Gatzemeier et al. (2004) Cisplatin, Gemcitabine, Trastuzumab Cis-Gem LVEF decrease >15%: 0
LVEF <30%: 0
Cis-Gem-Tras LVEF decrease >15%: 8
LVEF <30%: 0
Park et al. (2017) Cisplatin, Docetaxel, Pemetrexed Cis-Doc 1
Cis-Pem 2
Movsas et al. (2005) Amifostine, Carboplatin, Paclitaxel Car-Pac 11
Car-Pac-Ami 30
Jänne et al. (2014) Cisplatin, Gemcitabine, LY293111 Cis-Gem-Placebo
Cis-Gem-200LY Cardiorespiratory arrest: 1
Cis-Gem-600LY
Groen et al. (2011) Carboplatin, Celecoxib, Docetaxel Car-Doc 0 0 1 0 Pulmonary embolism: 2
Car-Doc-Celeco 1 1 0 1 Pulmonary embolism: 3
Currow et al. (2017) Anamorelin, Placebo Anamorelin 13 Electrocardiogram:4
Ischemic Heart Disease: 4
Placebo 4 Electrocardiogram:7
Ischemic Heart Disease: 0
Langer et al. (2017) Cisplatin, Pemetrexed, Placebo Induction: Cis-Pem 1 1 3 3 1 2 3 3 1 2 2 Acute coronary syndrome: 1
Cardiac tamponade: 1
Cardio-respiratory arrest: 3
Diastolic dysfunction: 1
Pericarditis: 1
Maintenance: Pem 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Pericarditis: 2
Ventricular fibrillation: 1
Maintenance: Place 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Kotsakis et al. (2015) Bevacizumab, Cisplatin, Docetaxel, Gemcitabine, Vinorelbine VCB - > DGB 0
DCB 1
Eli Lilly and Company (2015) Carboplatin, Cetuximab, Taxane (Paclitaxel/Docetaxel) Tax-Car 1 1 1 7 3 20 0 2 1 5
Tax-Car-Cel 1 6 0 27 3 39 1 5 4 3 Cardio-respiratory arrest: 2
GlaxoSmithKline (2019) Carboplatin, Cisplatin, Docetaxel, GSK3052230, Paclitaxel, Pemetrexed 5GSK-Car-Pac 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10GSK-Car-Pac 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20GSK-Car-Pac 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 Cardiomegaly: 1
5GSK-Doc 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 Acute Coronary Syndrome: 1
Angina Pectoris: 1
10GSK-Doc 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
20GSK-Doc 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10GSK-Cis-Pem 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
15GSK-Cis-Pem 0 0 0 5 1 0 1 0 0 Conduction disorder: 1
20GSK-Cis-Pem 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 Conduction disorder: 1
Left ventricular hypertrophy: 1
Ventricular extrasystoles: 1
Lara et al. (2016) Carboplatin, Erlotinib, Paclitaxel Erlo 3
Erlo-Car-Pac 3
Wu et al. (2020) Carboplatin, Cisplatin, Gefitinib, Pemetrexed, Tepotinib, 1b-300Tep-Gef 0 0 0
1b-500Tep-Gef 1 1 1 Cardiac discomfort: 1
2Neg-Tep-Gef 0 0 0
2Neg-Pem-Car/Cis 0 0 0
2Pos-Tep-Gef 0 0 0 Supraventricular extrasystoles: 1
Umsawasdi et al. (1989) Cisplatin, Cyclophosphamide, Doxorubicin Weekly-Dox
Triweekly-Dox
* Endomyocardial biopsies were done when a total cumulative doxorubicin dose of 300 or 480 mg/m2 was reached. Results showed an increase in cardiotoxicity with an increase dosage of doxorubicin, and that the weekly administration of doxorubicin was less toxic than that of the standard/tri-weekly administration of doxorubicin
Cortot et al. (2020) Bevacizumab, Docetaxel, Paclitaxel Bev-Pac 22 Ischaemic stroke leading to death: 1
Doc 0
AstraZeneca (2021) Docetaxel, Selumetinib Doc-Plac 4 0 10 2 3 8 0 5 4 Cardiovascular insufficiency: 1
Cardiomegaly: 1
Doc-Selu 5 2 6 8 (1 is congestive) 4 15 1 0 7 Bundle branch block left: 1
Coronary artery dissection: 1
Diastolic dysfunction: 1
Left Ventricular Dysfunction:1
Mitral valve imcopetence: 1
Pericarditis constrictive: 1
Johnson et al. (2004) Bevacizumab, Carboplatin, Paclitaxel Car-Pac 1 3
Car-Pac-7.5Bev 5 4
Car-Pac-15Bev 6 6
Eli Lilly and Company (2022) Cisplatin, Gemcitabine, Necitumumab Cis-Gem 4 1 0 0 4* 0 1 3 1 4 Acute Coronary Syndrome: 1
Cardio-respiratory arrest: 1
Pericarditis: 1
* including 1 acute, 1 congestive
Cis-Gem-Nec 3 0 2 2 1* 2 0 4 0 9 Cardiac Tamponade: 1
Cardio-respiratory arrest: 3
Coronary artery disease: 1
* including 1 congestive
Eli Lilly and Company (2021) Cisplatin, Pemetrexed, Necitumumab Cis-Pem 0 2 0 1 0 30 1 2 2 Angina pectoris: 1
Cardiomyopathy: 1
Cis-Pem-Nec 1 2 2 1 2 17 2 3 6 Cardiac tamponade: 2
Cardio-respiratory arrest: 1
Cardiopulmonary failure: 1
Eli Lilly and Company (2019b) Carboplatin, Paclitaxel, Necitumumab Car-Pac 4 0 0 7 0 1
Car-Pac-Nec 4 1 1* 13 2 1 * including 1 congestive

Remarks: All cardiovascular events with ≤3 studies reported are include in “others”.