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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Aug 23.
Published in final edited form as: Nat Rev Clin Oncol. 2012 Apr 3;9(5):268–277. doi: 10.1038/nrclinonc.2012.43

Table 1. Common, severe and/or characteristic side-effects attributed to crizotinib 4,5,43,46,47,85.

Common treatment related adverse events (all grades) occurring in ≥10% of patients All Grades

Vision Disorder (usually involving brief light trails, flashes or image persistence occurring at the edges of the visual field. Most commonly, these occur in association with light adaptation) 62%
Gastrointestinal Disorders
 Nausea 53%
 Diarrhea 43%
 Vomiting 40%
 Constipation 27%
 Decreased Appetite 19%
 Esophageal Disorders 11%
General Disorders
 Edema 28%
 Fatigue 20%
Other
 Dizziness 16%
 Neuropathy 13%
 Dysgeusia 12%
 Rash 10%
Investigations
 Alanine Aminotransferase Increased 13%

Severe (grade 3 or 4) treatment related adverse events (all <1%-5% of cases)

Stomatitis
Constipation
Fatigue
Dyspnea
Neuropathy
Pneumonitis
Aspartate Aminotransferase Increased
Alanine Aminotransferase Increased
Neutropenia
Lymphopenia
Hypophosphatemia

Additional recently described common and/or characteristic side effects

Renal cysts (rare)
Asymptomatic bradycardia (frequency unknown)
Rapid onset low testosterone in men (common)