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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Sep 12.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer Chemother Pharmacol. 2012 May 24;70(1):65–74. doi: 10.1007/s00280-012-1880-4

Table 4.

Sunitinib Schedule 4/2 and CDD schedule: most common treatment-emergent adverse events by grade (reported in ≥20 % of patients total; safety population)

Adverse events, n (%) Sunitinib Schedule 4/2 Sunitinib CDD schedule


37.5 mg/day (n = 12)a 50 mg/day (n = 9) 25 mg/day (MTD; n = 8) 37.5 mg/day (n = 6)




G1/2 G3 G4b G1/2 G3 G4 G1/2 G3 G4b G1/2 G3 G4b
Neutropenia 2 (16.7) 5 (25.0) 1 (8.3) 1 (11.1) 4 (44.4) 3 (33.3) 3 (37.5) 4 (50.0) 2 (25.0) 0 2 (33.3) 2 (33.3)
Fatigue 4 (33.3) 2 (16.7) 0 4 (44.4) 3 (33.3) 0 4 (50.0) 1 (12.5) 0 4 (66.7) 1 (16.7) 0
Thrombocytopenia 6 (50.0) 1 (8.3) 0 5 (55.6) 1 (11.1) 0 3 (37.5) 0 2 (25.0) 3 (50.0) 0 0
Nausea 6 (50.0) 1 (8.3) 0 5 (55.6) 0 0 5 (62.5) 0 0 4 (66.7) 0 0
Peripheral neuropathy 5 (41.7) 0 0 7 (77.8) 0 0 3 (37.5) 0 0 4 (66.7) 0 0
Vomiting 4 (33.3) 1 (8.3) 0 5 (55.6) 0 0 3 (37.5) 0 0 4 (66.7) 0 1 (16.7)
Anemia 5 (41.7) 1 (8.3) 0 3 (33.3) 0 0 1 (12.5) 3 (37.5) 0 2 (33.3) 0 0
Mucosal inflammation 1 (8.3) 2 (16.7) 0 5 (55.6) 0 0 2 (25.0) 1 (12.5) 0 2 (33.3) 2 (33.3) 0
Abdominal pain 0 3 (25.0) 0 5 (55.6) 0 0 2 (25.0) 2 (25.0) 0 2 (33.3) 0 1 (16.7)
Pyrexia 4 (44.4) 1 (8.3) 0 4 (44.4) 0 0 3 (37.5) 0 0 0 0 0
Diarrhea 2 (16.7) 0 0 3 (33.3) 2 (22.2) 0 2 (25.0) 0 0 0 1 (16.7) 1 (16.7)
Decreased appetite 2 (16.7) 0 0 3 (33.3) 1 (11.1) 0 1 (12.5) 1 (12.5) 0 1 (16.7) 2 (33.3) 0
Leukopenia 3 (25.0) 1 (8.3) 0 1 (11.1) 0 1 (11.1) 2 (25.0) 1 (12.5) 0 0 1 (16.7) 0
Dysgeusia 4 (33.3) 0 0 2 (22.2) 0 0 3 (37.5) 0 0 1 (16.7) 0 0
Constipation 5 (41.7) 0 0 2 (22.2) 0 0 1 (12.5) 0 0 1 (16.7) 0 0
Dyspepsia 5 (41.7) 0 0 2 (22.2) 0 0 0 0 0 2 (33.3) 0 0
Peripheral edema 3 (25.0) 0 0 3 (33.3) 0 0 0 0 0 2 (33.3) 0 0
Epistaxis 1 (8.3) 0 0 3 (33.3) 0 0 2 (25.0) 1 (12.5) 0 0 0 0

CDD continuous daily dosing, G grade, MTD maximum tolerated dose

a

MTD exceeded at 37.5 mg/day

b

Five grade 5 events were reported during the study and follow-up period due to disease progression (n = 1, sunitinib 37.5 mg/day Schedule 4/2; n = 2, sunitinib 37.5 mg/day CDD schedule); sepsis (n = 1, sunitinib 37.5 mg/day Schedule 4/2); and acute liver and renal failure secondary to disease progression (n = 1, sunitinib 25 mg/day CDD schedule). None of these events were assessed as related to treatment