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. 2013 Mar 27;24(7):1813–1821. doi: 10.1093/annonc/mdt107

Table 3.

Safety

Ipilimumab dose
3 mg/kg
5 mg/kg 10 mg/kg
−XRT (n = 8; %) +XRT (n = 7; %) −XRT (n = 6; %) −XRT (n = 16; %) +XRT (n = 34; %) ±XRT (n = 50; %)
AEs, any gradea
 Any treatment-related 8 (100) 6 (86) 5 (83) 16 (100) 29 (85) 45 (90)
 Any immune-related 6 (75) 4 (57) 5 (83) 16 (100) 24 (71) 40 (80)
  Diarrhea 4 3 3 13 (81) 14 (41) 27 (54)
  Rash 1 1 2 9 (56) 7 (21) 16 (32)
  Colitis 1 1 2 7 (44) 4 (12) 11 (22)
  Pruritus 2 0 1 6 (38) 4 (12) 10 (20)
 Fatigue 6 3 3 8 (50) 17 (50) 25 (50)
 Nausea 3 3 2 3 (19) 9 (27) 12 (24)
 Decreased appetite 2 3 1 2 (13) 9 (27) 11 (22)
 Vomiting 2 2 0 2 (13) 7 (21) 9 (18)
AEs, grade 3/4b
 Any treatment-related 2 (25) 3 (43) 3 (50) 10 (63) 13 (38) 23 (46)
 Any immune-related 1 (13) 3 (43) 3 (50) 10 (63) 6 (18) 16 (32)
  Colitis 1 1 1 6 (38) 2 (6) 8 (16)
  Hepatitis 0 0 0 3 (19) 2 (6) 5 (10)
  Diarrhea 0 2 1 2 (13) 2 (6) 4 (8)
 Fatigue 0 1 0 0 3 (9) 3 (6)
Laboratory abnormalities, any gradea,c
 Evaluable patients 8 6 5 15 (100) 34 (100) 49 (100)
 Lymphopenia 7 5 3 12 (80) 31 (91) 43 (88)
 Hemoglobin decreased 7 6 4 12 (80) 28 (82) 40 (82)
 Alkaline phosphatase increased 3 5 4 7 (47) 21 (62) 28 (57)
 Alanine aminotransferase increased 0 2 2 7 (47) 10 (29) 17 (35)
 Aspartate aminotransferase increased 0 2 2 6 (40) 8 (24) 14 (29)
 Amylase increased 2 0 3 4 (27) 4 (12) 8 (16)
Laboratory abnormalities, grade 3/4b,c
 Evaluable patients 8 6 5 15 (100) 34 (100) 49 (100)
 Hemoglobin decreased 0 0 0 1 (7) 6 (18) 7 (14)
 Lymphopenia 0 1 0 2 (13) 3 (9) 5 (10)
 Alkaline phosphatase increased 0 1 0 1 (7) 5 (15) 6 (12)
 Alanine aminotransferase increased 0 0 1 2 (13) 1 (3) 3 (6)
AEs leading to study therapy discontinuation
 Any treatment-related AEs 2 3 2 6 (38) 8 (24) 14 (28)
 Any irAEs 2 3 2 6 (38) 5 (15) 11 (22)
  Diarrhea/colitis 2 3 2 3 (19) 3 (9) 6 (12)
  Hepatitis 0 0 0 3 (19) 1 (3) 4 (8)
  Diarrhea/colitis/hepatitis 0 0 0 0 1 (3) 1(2)
Death 5 3 4 7 (44) 18 (53) 25 (50)
 Within 30 days after last dose 0 0 0 0 2 (6) 2 (4)

aListed were those AEs or laboratory abnormalities that occurred in ≥15% of patients in the 10 mg/kg ± XRT group.

bListed were those AEs or laboratory abnormalities that occurred in ≥5% of patients in the 10 mg/kg ± XRT group. All but three cases of hepatitis in the 10 mg/kg cohort were grade 3.

cCalculated from laboratory values.

XRT, external-beam radiotherapy; AEs, adverse events.