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. 2014 Apr 8;89(7):732–742. doi: 10.1002/ajh.23728

TABLE III.

Treatment-Emergent Adverse Events and Laboratory Abnormalities

Imatinib-resistant (n = 200) Imatinib-intolerant (n = 88) Total (n = 288)



Event, n (%) All grades Grade 3/4 All grades Grade 3/4 All grades Grade 3/4
Nonhematologic TEAEsa
 Diarrhea 168 (84) 17 (9) 75 (85) 11 (13) 243 (84) 28 (10)
 Nausea 84 (42) 0 45 (51) 4 (5) 129 (45) 4 (1)
 Vomiting 70 (35) 3 (2) 36 (41) 8 (9) 106 (37) 11 (4)
 Rash 63 (32) 17 (9) 36 (41) 10 (11) 99 (34) 27 (9)
 Pyrexia 54 (27) 1 (1) 14 (16) 0 68 (24) 1 (<1)
 Abdominal pain 45 (23) 2 (1) 22 (25) 2 (2) 67 (23) 4 (1)
 Fatigue 45 (23) 1 (1) 22 (25) 2 (2) 67 (23) 3 (1)
 Elevated ALT 41 (21) 13 (7) 21 (24) 8 (9) 62 (22) 21 (7)
 Upper abdominal pain 40 (20) 1 (1) 17 (19) 0 57 (20) 1 (<1)
 Cough 44 (22) 1 (1) 13 (15) 0 57 (20) 1 (<1)
 Elevated AST 36 (18) 6 (3) 18 (21) 5 (6) 54 (19) 11 (4)
 Headache 30 (15) 0 18 (21) 0 48 (17) 0
 Arthralgia 27 (14) 0 13 (15) 1 (1) 40 (14) 1 (<1)
 Decreased appetite 27 (14) 2 (1) 13 (15) 0 40 (14) 2 (1)
 Asthenia 22 (11) 5 (3) 14 (16) 0 36 (13) 5 (2)
 Back pain 16 (8) 0 17 (19) 0 33 (12) 0
 Nasopharyngitis 24 (12) 0 12 (14) 0 36 (13) 0
 Constipation 18 (9) 0 15 (17) 1 (1) 33 (12) 1 (<1)
 Oropharyngeal pain 22 (11) 0 8 (9) 0 30 (10) 0
Hematologic laboratory abnormalitiesb
 Thrombocytopenia 131 (66) 42 (21) 62 (70) 28 (32) 193 (67) 70 (24)
 Anemia 182 (91) 23 (12) 76 (86) 16 (18) 258 (90) 39 (14)
 Leukopenia 101 (51) 14 (7) 46 (52) 9 (10) 147 (51) 23 (8)
 Neutropenia 97 (49) 28 (14) 45 (51) 21 (24) 142 (49) 49 (17)
Nonhematologic laboratory abnormalitiesb
 Elevated ALT 110 (55) 20 (10) 58 (66) 10 (11) 168 (58) 30 (10)
 Elevated AST 97 (49) 7 (4) 48 (55) 6 (7) 145 (50) 13 (5)
 Hypophosphatemia 89 (45) 19 (10) 36 (41) 6 (7) 125 (43) 25 (9)
 Hypocalcemia 82 (41) 5 (3) 41 (47) 6 (7) 123 (43) 11 (4)
 Hyperglycemia 85 (43) 4 (2) 27 (31) 4 (5) 112 (39) 8 (3)
 Elevated creatinine 74 (37) 2 (1) 36 (41) 0 110 (38) 2 (1)
 Elevated alkaline phosphatase 69 (35) 0 35 (40) 0 104 (36) 0
 Low bicarbonate 58 (29) 0 30 (34) 1 (1) 88 (31) 1 (<1)
 Elevated lipase 52 (26) 16 (8) 31 (35) 8 (9) 83 (29) 24 (8)
 Hypermagnesemia 50 (25) 15 (8) 27 (31) 18 (21) 77 (27) 33 (12)

Abbreviations: ALT, alanine aminotransferase; AST, aspartate aminotransferase; TEAE, treatment-emergent adverse event.

Toxicities were graded for severity using the National Cancer Institute Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events, version 3.0.

a

Includes TEAEs reported for ≥10% of patients.

b

Includes on-treatment laboratory abnormalities reported for ≥30% of patients (all grades) and grade 3/4 laboratory abnormalities reported for ≥5% of patients.