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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Bone Marrow Transplant. 2013 Jan 21;48(7):947–952. doi: 10.1038/bmt.2012.276

Table 2.

Toxicities (Grade 3, 4, or 5)2 reported by high-risk neuroblastoma patients enrolled on COG study ANBL00P1 (n = 41)

Induction Phase CD34 selected PBSC (N = 14) Unselected PBSC (N = 27) Total (N=41)
Count Incidence (%) Count Incidence (%) Count Incidence (%)
Hepatotoxicity Ascites (non-malignant) 0 0.0 2 7.4 2 4.9
AST elevation 2 14.3 2 7.4 4 9.8
Documented infection Catheter-related infection 6 42.9 3 11.1 9 22.0
Infection with grade 3 or 4 neutropenia 8 57.1 14 51.9 22 53.7
Non-neutropenic infection 3 21.4 5 18.5 8 19.5
Lung toxicity Acute respiratory distress syndrome 1 7.1 1 3.7 2 4.9
Nephrotoxicity Hypokalemia 5 35.7 9 33.3 14 34.1
HDC/SCR #1 CD34 selected PBSC (N = 11) Unselected PBSC (N = 22) Total (N=33)
Hepatotoxicity ALT elevation 1 9.1 1 4.5 2 6.1
Documented infection Catheter-related infection 2 18.2 2 9.1 4 12.1
Infection with grade 3 or 4 neutropenia 4 36.4 4 18.2 8 24.2
Non-neutropenic infection 1 9.1 4 18.2 5 15.2
Infection/febrile neutropenia – Other 1 9.1 0 0.0 1 3.0
Nephrotoxicity Syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone 1 9.1 0 0.0 1 3.0
Hypokalemia 1 9.1 6 27.3 7 21.2
HDC/SCR #2 CD34 selected PBSC (N = 8) Unselected PBSC (N = 18) Total (N=26)
Hepatotoxicity Weight gain - veno-occlusive disease (VOD) 0 0.0 1 5.6 1 3.8
Ascites 0 0.0 1 5.6 1 3.8
Bilirubin 0 0.0 3 16.7 3 11.5
Hepatic enlargement 0 0.0 3 16.7 3 11.5
Hypoalbuminemia 0 0.0 2 11.1 2 7.7
Portal vein flow 0 0.0 1 5.6 1 3.8
AST elevation 2 25.0 2 11.1 4 15.4
ALT elevation 1 12.5 4 22.2 5 19.2
Hepatic – Other 0 0.0 2 11.1 2 7.7
Documented infection Catheter-related infection 0 0.0 2 11.1 2 7.7
Infection with grade 3 or 4 neutropenia 2 25.0 7 38.9 9 34.6
Non-neutropenic infection 1 12.5 2 11.1 3 11.5
Nephrotoxicity Renal failure 0 0.0 1 5.6 1 3.8
Hypokalemia 5 62.5 6 33.3 11 42.3
2

Grade 5 toxicities included one patient who died of sepsis on day 14 following HDC/SCR #1 and one patient who died of complications of VOD on day +14 of HDC/SCR #2.