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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Lancet Oncol. 2022 Jun 7;23(7):888–898. doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(22)00290-X

Table 3:

Treatment-related adverse events in either treatment group

Nivolumab plus cabozantinib (N=320) Sunitinib (N=320)
Events Grades 1–2 Grade 3 Grade 4 Grades 1–2 Grade 3 Grade 4
Patients with any event 103 (32) 186 (58) 22 (7) 125 (39) 152 (48) 20 (6)
Diarrhoea 168 (53) 20 (6) 2 (<1) 132 (41) 15 (5) 0
Hypothyroidism 115 (36) 1 (<1) 0 95 (30) 1 (<1) 0
Palmar-plantar erythrodysaesthesia 98 (31) 25 (8) 0 108 (34) 26 (8) 0
Fatigue 79 (25) 8 (3) 0 86 (27) 15 (5) 0
Nausea 73 (23) 1 (<1) 0 87 (27) 0 0
Alanine aminotransferase increased 71 (22) 18 (6) 0 19 (6) 3 (<1) 0
Aspartate aminotransferase increased 71 (22) 12 (4) 0 33 (10) 2 (<1) 0
Dysgeusia 69 (22) 0 0 67 (21) 0 0
Hypertension 65 (20) 39 (12) 1 (<1) 68 (21) 39 (12) 0
Decreased appetite 65 (20) 4 (1) 0 53 (17) 2 (<1) 0
Mucosal inflammation 62 (19) 3 (<1) 0 75 (23) 7 (2) 1 (<1)
Rash 60 (19) 6 (2) 0 21 (7) 0 0
Pruritus 57 (18) 2 (<1) 0 14 (4) 0 0
Asthenia 48 (15) 11 (3) 0 41 (13) 8 (3) 0
Stomatitis 47 (15) 7 (2) 0 69 (22) 8 (3) 0
Vomiting 37 (12) 4 (1) 0 50 (16) 2 (<1) 0
Dysphonia 37 (12) 1 (<1) 0 8 (3) 0 0
Hypomagnesaemia 35 (11) 0 1 (<1) 10 (3) 0 0
Lipase increased 34 (11) 15 (5) 5 (2) 24 (8) 11 (3) 5 (2)
Anaemia 33 (10) 2 (<1) 0 55 (17) 11 (3) 1 (<1)
Amylase increased 32 (10) 14 (4) 0 23 (7) 7 (2) 0
Arthralgia 31 (10) 0 0 16 (5) 0 0
Dyspepsia 21 (7) 0 0 32 (10) 1 (<1) 0
Thrombocytopenia 20 (6) 1 (<1) 0 49 (15) 11 (3) 4 (1)
Platelet count decreased 18 (6) 0 0 45 (14) 12 (4) 2 (<1)
Gastro-oesophageal reflux disease 16 (5) 0 0 33 (10) 0 0
Neutropenia 13 (4) 2 (<1) 1 (<1) 39 (12) 13 (4) 1 (<1)

Data are n (%) Shown are grade 1–2 treatment-related adverse events that occurred in ≥10% of patients in either group while patients were receiving the assigned treatment or within 30 days after the end of the trial treatment period. Events are listed in descending order of frequency in the nivolumab plus cabozantinib group. One grade 5 event occurred in the sunitinib arm (respiratory distress