Table 2.
Toxicitiesa
Adverse event | Grade 3 | Grade 4 | Grade 5 | Grade 3 or 4 | ||||
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Number of patients | % | Number of patients | % | Number of patients | % | Number of patients | % | |
Total toxicities | 6 | 14 | 7 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 36 |
Hematologic | 6 | 14 | 6 | 14 | 12 | 29 | ||
Anemia | 1 | 2 | – | – | 1 | 2 | ||
Neutropenia | 5 | 12 | 6 | 14 | 11 | 26 | ||
Leukopenia | 3 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 17 | ||
Thrombocytopenia | 4 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 19 | ||
Non-Hematologic | 4 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 24 |
Gastrointestinal | 4 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 17 | ||
Diarrhea | 4 | 10 | – | – | 4 | 10 | ||
Dehydration | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | ||
Colitis/typhlitis | – | – | 2 | 5 | 2 | 5 | ||
Infection | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 10 | ||
Pulmonary | – | – | 2 | 5 | 2 | 5 | ||
Pneumonitis/pulm. inf. | – | – | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||
ARDS | – | – | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||
Thrombosis | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 7 | ||
Hypotension | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | ||
ALT | 1 | 2 | – | – | 1 | 2 | ||
Renal failure | – | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | – | – |
Cerebral CNS hemorrhage | – | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | – | – |
ALT alanine transaminase, ARDS acute respiratory distress syndrome, CNS central nervous system, pulm. Inf., pulmonary infiltrates
Some patients had more than one type of toxicity, and totals therefore may exceed 42