Table 3.
Adverse Event |
dMMR Cohort (N = 215) |
pMMR Cohort (N = 550) |
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Pembrolizumab (N = 109) |
Placebo (N = 106) |
Pembrolizumab (N = 276) |
Placebo (N = 274) |
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Any Grade | Grade ≥3 | Any Grade | Grade ≥3 | Any Grade | Grade ≥3 | Any Grade | Grade ≥3 | |
number of patients (percentage | ||||||||
Any event | 42 (38.5) | 9 (8.3) | 28 (26.4) | 6 (5.7) | 92 (33.3) | 10 (3.6) | 54 (19.7) | 7 (2.6) |
Infusion reaction | 16 (14.7) | 4 (3.7) | 16 (15.1) | 3 (2.8) | 41 (14.9) | 4 (1.4) | 35 (12.8) | 5 (1.8) |
Hypothyroidism | 14 (12.8) | 0 | 10 (9.4) | 0 | 37 (13.4) | 0 | 7 (2.6) | 0 |
Hyperthyroidism | 10 (9.2) | 0 | 1 (0.9) | 0 | 16 (5.8) | 0 | 10 (3.6) | 0 |
Colitis | 7 (6.4) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 (1.4) | 0 | 4 (1.5) | 1 (0.4) |
Pneumonitis | 3 (2.8) | 2 (1.8) | 2 (1.9) | 1 (0.9) | 2 (0.7) | 0 | 1 (0.4) | 0 |
Glucose intolerance | 2 (1.8) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Acute kidney injury | 2 (1.8) | 2 (1.8) | 2 (1.9) | 2 (1.9) | 5 (1.8) | 5 (1.8) | 1 (0.4) | 1 (0.4) |
Hepatic failure | 1 (0.9) | 1 (0.9) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Myositis | 1 (0.9) | 0 | 1 (0.9) | 0 | 1 (0.4) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Hypophysitis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 (0.7) | 2 (0.7) | 0 | 0 |
Pancreatitis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (0.4) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Adrenal insufficiency | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 (1.4) | 0 | 1 (0.4) | 0 |
The events of interest are those with a possible immune-related cause and are considered regardless of attribution by the investigator. Some patients may have had more than one adverse event of interest. The events are listed in descending order of frequency in the pembrolizumab group in the dMMR cohort.