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. 2009 Mar 10;88(11):1125–1130. doi: 10.1007/s00277-009-0726-6

Table 3.

Adverse events of major clinical concern(all grades) irrespective of relation to study drug treatment (n = 30 patients who received at least on dose of study drugs)

Adverse event (maximum grade per patient) Grade 1 Grade 2 Grade 3 Grade 4
Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
Anemia 5 17 6 20 0 0
Leukocytopenia 5 17 4 13 7 23 7 23
Infection 7 23 13 43 1 3 1 3
Herpes zoster 0 1 3 0 0
Thrombocytopenia 12 40 5 17 2 7 0
Bleeding 1 3 0 1 3 0
Neuropathy 12 40 4 13 3 10 0
Fatigue 3 10 4 13 0 0
Constipation 6 20 1 3 0 0
Diarrhea 2 7 3 10 0 0
Liver, AST/ASL 3 10 2 7 0 0
Renal failure 0 0 1 3 0
Hyperglycemia 1 3 0 0 0
Cardiovascular events 3 10 0 0 0
Hypotension 1 3 0 0 0
Dyspnea 5 17 0 1 3 0
Edema 4 13 0 0 0
Venous thromboembolic events 0 2 7 0 0
Myopathy 0 0 0 0
Mucositis 1 3 1 3 0 0
Skin 8 27 1 3 0 0

The adverse event category “infection” summarizes the following events: infection, pneumonia, pharyngitis, upper respiratory tract infection, bronchitis, febrile aplasia, febrile neutropenia, respiratory tract infection bacterial, tonsillitis, urinary tract infection, rhinitis, and nasopharyngitis.

AST serum aspartate amino transferase, ASL serum alanine aminotransferase