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. 2024 Jan 5;24:39. doi: 10.1186/s12885-023-11790-6

Table 5.

Most common adverse events (any grade)

Any Grade, n (%) Apatinib
Based
N = 56
Chemotherapy
Based
N = 107
P Apatinib plus Chemotherapy
N = 34
Chemotherapy
Alone
N = 97
P
Hematological events
Neutropenia 45 (80.4) 88 (82.2) 0.77 26 (76.5) 79 (81.4) 0.53
Anemia 18 (32.1) 57 (53.3) 0.01 8 (23.5) 53 (54.6) 0.002
Thrombocytopenia 10 (17.9) 17 (15.9) 0.75 7 (20.6) 17 (17.5) 0.69
Non-hematological events
Peripheral neuropathy 15 (26.8) 51 (47.7) 0.01 8 (23.5) 45 (46.4) 0.02
Nausea/vomiting 8 (14.3) 39 (36.4) 0.003 4 (11.8) 38 (39.2) 0.006
Diarrhea 2 (3.6) 16 (15.0) 0.05 0 16 (16.5) 0.01
AST/ALT alterations 19 (33.9) 36 (33.6) 0.97 9 (26.5) 32 (33.0) 0.48
Fatigue 27 (48.2) 46 (43.0) 0.52 12 (35.3) 39 (40.2) 0.61
Proteinuria 13 (23.2) 3 (2.8) < 0.001 9 (26.5) 3 (3.1) < 0.001
Hypertension 33 (58.9) 2 (1.9) < 0.001 21 (61.8) 1 (1.0) < 0.001
Hand-foot Syndrome 22 (39.3) 8 (7.5) < 0.001 12 (35.3) 8 (8.2) < 0.001
Alopecia 29 (51.8) 78 (72.9) 0.007 17 (50.0) 72 (74.2) 0.009