Skip to main content
. 2010 Apr 8;2010:785934. doi: 10.1155/2010/785934

Table 3.

Number of patients who experienced a grade 3 or 4 toxicity.

NCI-CTCAE grade 3-4 toxicity Grade 3 Grade 4
Hematological toxicity
 Anemia 3 (7.0%) 1 (2.3%)
 Leucopenia 1 (2.3%) 2 (4.7%)
 Neutropenia 5 (11.6%) 3 (7.0%)
 Thrombocytopenia 1 (2.3%) 0 (0.0%)

Nonhematological toxicity
 Fatigue 9 (20.5%) 0 (0.0%)
 Nausea 2 (4.5%) 0 (0.0%)
 Diarrhea 5 (11.4%) 1 (2.3%)
 Vomiting 3 (6.8%) 0 (0.0%)
 Anorexia 2 (4.5%) 0 (0.0%)
 Mucositis/stomatitis 2 (4.5%) 0 (0.0%)
 Dehydration 2 (4.5%) 0 (0.0%)
 Febrile neutropenia 1 (2.3%) 0 (0.0%)
 Infection 0 (0.0%) 1 (2.3%)
 Rash 1 (2.3%) 0 (0.0%)
 Biochemistry
 ALAT increase 4 (9.5%) 0 (0.0%)
 Hyperbilirubinemia 2 (4.8%) 0 (0.0%)
 Hypokalemia 2 (4.8%) 0 (0.0%)
 Alkaline phosphatase 1 (2.4%) 0 (0.0%)
 Hyponatremia 1 (2.4%) 0 (0.0%)

Abbreviations: NCI-CTCAE: National Cancer Institute-Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events; ALAT: alanine aminotransferase.