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. 2014 Jan 6;32(5):458–464. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2013.51.4265

Table 3.

Treatment-Related Adverse Events

Adverse Event Grade
P
CIS Plus RT (n = 187)
CIS, TPZ, and RT (n = 179)
0 1 2 3 4 0 1 2 3 4
Leukopenia 48 30 60 43 6 53 26 47 47 6
Anemia 37 60 75 16 0 46 58 65 10 0
Thrombocytopenia 115 57 8 5 2 113 52 8 3 3
ANC 103 25 31 20 8 101 22 30 23 3
Other hematologic 163 2 3 11 8 160 2 1 9 7
Allergy/immunology 182 4 1 0 0 171 4 2 2 0
Auditory/ear 161 2 11 0 0 68 0 19 0 1
Cardiac 179 5 2 1 0 152 1 25 0 0
Fatigue 49 66 58 14 0 49 61 46 20 3
Fever, without neutropenia 176 8 3 0 0 171 3 5 0 0
Other constitutional symptoms 139 38 10 0 0 120 39 18 2 0
Dermatologic* 137 36 14 0 0 102 35 26 15 1 < .001
Endocrine 174 8 4 1 0 175 3 1 0 0
Nausea 60 77 37 13 0 46 63 58 12 0
Vomiting* 113 41 21 12 0 74 44 49 12 0 < .001
Diarrhea* 72 81 23 11 0 70 52 38 19 0 .007
Constipation 149 29 9 0 0 143 23 11 1 1
Other GI 108 43 28 8 0 91 38 41 8 1
Renal/genitourinary 135 30 20 2 0 142 26 9 2 0
Hemorrhage/bleeding 169 16 1 1 0 165 10 2 2 0
Hepatobiliary/pancreas 187 0 0 0 0 178 0 0 1 0
Infection 166 0 9 11 1 153 0 17 8 1
Lymphatics 181 6 0 0 0 164 10 4 1 0
Metabolic/laboratory 92 45 25 19 6 76 47 19 33 4
Musculoskeletal/soft tissue 176 7 4 0 0 159 8 7 5 0
Neuropathy, motor* 186 0 1 0 0 168 6 5 0 0 .003
Neuropathy, sensory 159 24 3 1 0 152 20 6 1 0
Other neurologic 157 20 8 1 1 137 25 9 8 0
Ocular/visual 179 8 0 0 0 163 15 1 0 0
Pain* 118 42 24 3 0 76 36 38 29 0 < .001
Pulmonary 174 10 1 2 0 164 8 3 4 0
Sexual/reproductive 168 18 1 0 0 166 9 4 0 0
Vascular 182 2 0 3 0 175 0 1 2 1

NOTE. There was one treatment-related death.

Abbreviations: ANC, absolute neutrophil count; CIS, cisplatin; RT, radiotherapy; TPZ, tirapazamine.

*

Distribution of toxicity grade significantly different across treatment arms (Fisher's exact test).