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. 2011 Nov 29;106(1):85–91. doi: 10.1038/bjc.2011.514

Table 3. Individual patient DLTs (during DLT period, cycle 1, day 1–21) and proportion of patients with any grade 3 and 4 toxicity, possibly, probably, and definitely related to treatment.

      Patients with grade 3 or 4 toxicity by category (%)
Cohort (dacarbazine/dasatinib) DLT category (N) DLT (%) Heme Pulm Card Bleed Infect GI Cons
1. 800/50 b.i.d. 0
2. 800/70 b.i.d. 0 9/19 (47) 1/19 (5)
3. 1000/70 b.i.d. Heme (1) NF (2)a 21.4 10/14 (71) 1/14 (7) 1/14 (7)b 2/14 (14)c 1/14 (7)d
4. 1000/140 q.d. Pulm (1) Heme (1) 33 1/3 (33) 2/3 (67)
5. 1000/100 q.d. 0 5/11 (45) 1/11 (9)e 1/11 (9)f
                   
Total 25/50 (50) 3/50 (6) 1/50 (2) 1/50 (2) 2/50 (4) 1/50 (2) 1/50 (2)

Abbreviations: Bleed=bleeding; Card=cardiac; Cons=constitutional; DLT=dose-limiting toxicity; GI=gastrointestinal; Heme=hematologic; Infect=infection; NF=neutropenic fever; Pulm=pulmonary.

a

Patients in expansion cohort.

b

Myocardial infarction, possibly related.

c

Febrile neutropenia.

d

Diarrhoea.

e

GI bleeding in the setting of thrombocytopenia.

f

Fatigue.