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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Jan 10.
Published in final edited form as: N Engl J Med. 2020 Aug 27;383(9):825–835. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2005651

Table 3:

Adverse Events in Selpercatinib Treated Patients with RET-mutant MTC and RET fusion-positive thyroid cancer (N=162)

Adverse Event Adverse Events, Regardless of Attribution Treatment-Related Adverse Events

No. (percent of patients with event)
Grade 1 Grade 2 Grade 3 Grade 4 Any Grade Grade 3 Grade 4 Any Grade
Any adverse event 9 (6) 42 (26) 95 (59) 11 (7) 162 (100) 45 (28) 3 (2) 153 (94)
Dry mouth 69 (43) 5 (3) 0 0 74 (46) 0 0 63 (39)
Hypertension 10 (6) 25 (15) 34 (21) 0 69 (43) 19 (12) 0 49 (30)
Diarrhea 44 (27) 8 (5) 9 (6) 0 61 (38) 4 (3) 0 27 (17)
Fatigue 35 (22) 24 (15) 2 (1) 0 61 (38) 1 (1) 0 41 (25)
Aspartate aminotransferase increased 37 (23) 6 (4) 13 (8) 1 (1) 57 (35) 12 (7) 1 (1) 45 (28)
Nausea 44 (27) 13 (8) 0 0 57 (35) 0 0 25 (15)
Constipation 44 (27) 11 (7) 1 (1) 0 56 (35) 0 0 26 (16)
Alanine aminotransferase increased 26 (16) 7 (4) 17 (11) 1 (1) 51 (32) 16 (10) 1 (1) 42 (26)
Headache 36 (22) 11 (7) 4 (3) 0 51 (32) 1 (1) 0 21 (13)
Edema peripheral 42 (26) 5 (3) 1 (1) 0 48 (30) 0 0 29 (18)
Blood creatinine increased 27 (17) 12 (7) 0 0 39 (24) 0 0 22 (14)
Abdominal pain 25 (15) 8 (5) 5 (3) 0 38 (24) 0 0 6 (4)
Arthralgia 25 (15) 10 (6) 0 0 35 (22) 0 0 8 (5)
Vomiting 26 (16) 8 (5) 1 (1) 0 35 (22) 0 0 12 (7)
Hypocalcemia 14 (9) 13 (8) 6 (4) 1 (1) 34 (21) 0 0 5 (3)
Back pain 19 (12) 10 (6) 2 (1) 0 31 (19) 0 0 1 (1)
Electrocardiogram QT prolonged 11 (7) 16 (10) 4 (3) 0 31 (19) 3 (2) 0 21 (13)
Cough 25 (15) 4 (3) 0 0 29 (18) 0 0 2 (1)
Rash 25 (15) 3 (2) 0 0 28 (17) 0 0 13 (8)
Dizziness 25 (15) 2 (1) 0 0 27 (17) 0 0 9 (6)
Abdominal distension 18 (11) 7 (4) 0 0 25 (15) 0 0 12 (7)
Hypothyroidism 14 (9) 11 (7) 0 0 25 (15) 0 0 12 (7)
Weight increased 11 (7) 9 (6) 5 (3) 0 25 (15) 1 (1) 0 8 (5)
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The adverse events listed here are those that occurred at any grade in at least 15% of patients, regardless of attribution. The relatedness of adverse events to treatment was determined by the investigators. Total % for any given AE may be different than the sum of the individual grades, due to rounding.

In total, 5 patients experienced grade 5 adverse events including hemoptysis, post-procedure hemorrhage, sepsis, cardiac arrest, and cardiac failure (one each), all deemed unrelated to selpercatinib.