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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Mar 15.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2011 Jul 19;82(4):1367–1375. doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2011.05.027

Table 6.

Number of Patients with Grade 3–4 Adverse Event occurring Post Surgery and Prior to Chemotherapy or within 60 days of Surgery for Patients who did not have Post-operative Chemotherapy by Category, Term, and Grade Definitely, Probably, or Possibly Related to Protocol Treatment

Category
Term
Capecitabine/Irinotecan/RT
(n=47)
Grade
Capecitabine/Oxaliplatin/RT
(n=51)
Grade

1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
BLOOD/BONE MARROW 9 8 1 0 8 9 3 0
  Hemoglobin 9 7 0 0 8 8 2 0
  Lymphopenia 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIA 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
  Atrial fibrillation 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
CONSTITUTIONAL SYMPTOMS 8 6 0 0 5 5 2 0
  Fatigue 6 3 0 0 5 3 1 0
  Weight decreased 2 3 0 0 3 2 1 0
GASTROINTESTINAL 8 7 4 0 5 4 5 0
  Dehydration 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 0
  Ileus paralytic 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
  Leak (including anastomotic), GI: Small bowel 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
  Nausea 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 0
  Rectal fistula 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
  Small intestinal stricture NOS 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0
INFECTION 0 4 2 0 0 1 3 1
  Ano-rectal infection NOS 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1
  Infection with Grade 3 or 4 neutrophils (ANC <1.0 × 10e9/L): Wound 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
  Infection with normal ANC or Grade 1 or 2 neutrophils: Pelvis NOS 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
  Infection with unknown ANC: Rectum 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
  Peritoneal infection 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
METABOLIC/LABORATORY 3 1 3 0 8 3 3 0
  Aspartate aminotransferase increased 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0
  Blood creatinine increased 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0
  Hypoalbuminemia 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 0
  Hyponatremia 2 0 1 0 4 0 0 0
  Hypophosphatemia 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
NEUROLOGY 1 3 0 0 2 1 2 0
  Depression 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0
  Peripheral motor neuropathy 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
PULMONARY/UPPER RESPIRATORY 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0
  Dyspnea 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0
RENAL/GENITOURINARY 0 2 0 0 0 4 1 0
  Renal failure NOS 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
  Ureteric obstruction 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
VASCULAR 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0
  Thrombosis 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0

Adverse events were graded with CTCAE version 3.0.