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. 2023 Aug 10;17:1586. doi: 10.3332/ecancer.2023.1586

Table 4. AE ≥ grade 3 and hospitalisation.

Cohort 1: Capecitabinea Cohort 2: 5-FU
Overall (243) PPI (50) Non-PPI (193) p value Overall (196) PPI (52) Non-PPI (144) p value
All 39.5% 48.0% 37.3% 0.19 29.1% 40.4% 25.0% 0.049
Diarrhoea 21.4% 32.0% 18.7% 0.05 12.8% 23.1% 9.0% 0.01
HFS 16.0% 22.0% 14.5% 0.20 0 0 0 -
Infection 2.9% 8.0% 1.6% 0.03 4.6% 1.9% 5.6% 0.01
Rectitis 6.6% 6.0% 6.7% 1.00 8.7% 11.5% 7.6% 0.71
Cystitis 18.1% 24.0% 16.6% 0.22 0.5% 0 0.7% 0.34
Oral mucositis 6.2% 8.0% 5.7% 0.52 9.7% 11.5% 9.0% 0.69
Other 2.5% 2.0% 2.6% 1.00 5.6% 7.7% 4.9% 1.00
Hospitalisation
Days (median)
6.1%
2 (1–22)
8.0%
1.5 (1–22)
5.6%
2 (1–16)
0.51
1.00
9.2%
7 (2–25)
13.5%
7 (2–12)
7.6%
7 (3–25)
0.26
0.48
ICU 1.2% 2.0% 1.0% 0.50 1.5% 3.8% 0.7% 0.17
a

Missing data of 8 of 251 patients

PPI: proton-pump inhibitors; HFS: hand and foot syndrome; ICU: Intensive care unit

The bold values represent statistical significant differences in the occurrence of AE>= grade 3 and hospitalization between PPI and non-PPI groups