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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2010 May;54(5):694–702. doi: 10.1002/pbc.22366

TABLE II.

Valspodar dose levels and non-bilirubin, non-hematologic grade 3 or 4 toxicity

Dose
Level
Valspodar
Dose
(mg/kg/day)
Number of
Patients
Treated at
Dose Level
Number of
Patients with
Grade 3 or 4
Toxicity in
First Course
Specific Toxicity Toxicity Grade
1 8 3 1 Stomatitis$ Grade 4
2 10 5 1 Stomatitis Grade 3
3 12.5 6 1 Cerebellar Grade 3*
1 Infection Grade 5 (death)
1 Stomatitis Grade 3
1 Hyperglycemia Grade 3#
2 Hypokalemia Grade 3#
4 15 7 3 Stomatitis Grade 4*
1 Bone marrow
aplasia > 6 weeks
Grade 4*
1 Hypokalemia Grade 4*
2 Hypertension Grade 3#
$

Occurred in patient with Down syndrome

*

Dose-limiting toxicity

#

noted during retrospective chart review after study completion, not reported during therapy