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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Feb 15.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Cancer Res. 2009 Feb 15;15(4):1411–1416. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-08-1141

Table 3.

Parameters for dose modifications of sorafenib*

Toxicity Sorafenib
(prostate
cancer)
Sorafenib
(lung cancer)
Sorafenib
plus
bevacizumab
1st grade 2 AE No change 200 mg
reduction
Hold - no
reduction
Recurrent grade 2 AE No change 200 mg
reduction
50%
reduction
Grade 3 AE 200 mg
reduction
50%
reduction
50%
reduction
Grade 4 AE Discontinue Discontinue** Discontinue

AE = Adverse event

Dosing continued as long as patient tolerated treatment

*

all reductions and holds require temporarily halting sorafenib until AE resolves to grade 1 or less then restarting

**

grade 4 non-hematologic toxicity