Table 3.
Adverse events (all cycles)
| Daily × 5
|
Daily × 3
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 1 | Grade 2 | Grade 3 | Grade 4 | Grade 1 | Grade 2 | Grade 3 | Grade 4 | |
| No. patients | 17 | 15 | ||||||
| No. courses | 50 | 55 | ||||||
| Adverse events | ||||||||
| Nausea | 9 (53%) | 1 (6%) | — | — | 6 (40%) | 1 (7%) | 1 (7%) | — |
| Emesis | 5 (29%) | 1 (6%) | — | — | 2 (13%) | 1 (7%) | 1 (7%) | — |
| Diarrhea | 3 (18%) | 1 (6%) | 1 (6%) | — | 5 (33%) | 3 (20%) | — | — |
| AST | 6 (35%) | 2 (12%) | 1 (6%) | 1 (6%) | 6 (40%) | 4 (27%) | — | — |
| ALT | 5 (29%) | 1 (6%) | 1 (6%) | 1 (6%) | 6 (40%) | 2 (13%) | 1 (7%)* | — |
| Platelets | 3 (18%) | — | 1 (6%) | — | 4 (27%) | 1 (7%) | — | — |
| Days 1, 4, 8, and 11
|
Days 1 and 4 weekly
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 1 | Grade 2 | Grade 3 | Grade 4 | Grade 1 | Grade 2 | Grade 3 | Grade 4 | |
| No. patients | 16 | 6 | ||||||
| No. courses | 56 | 33 | ||||||
| Adverse events | ||||||||
| Nausea | 6 (38%) | 4 (25%) | — | — | 1 (17%) | 2 (33%) | — | — |
| Emesis | 4 (25%) | 2 (13%) | — | — | — | 1 (17%) | — | — |
| Diarrhea | 5 (31%) | 3 (19%) | 1 (6%) | — | 3 (50%) | 1 (17%) | — | — |
| AST | 4 (25%) | 4 (25%) | — | — | 1 (17%) | 1 (17%) | 2 (33%) | 1 (17%) |
| ALT | 4 (25%) | 1 (6%) | — | — | — | 1 (17%) | 4 (67%) | — |
| Platelets | 2 (13%) | — | — | — | — | — | 1 (17%) | — |
Abnormal lab value in this patient likely attributable to antibiotic therapy.