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. 2014 Oct 21;31(10):1082–1094. doi: 10.1007/s12325-014-0159-z

Table 5.

Adverse events in ≥5% of bortezomib-treated patients with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma (safety analysis set)

Grade 1 Grade 2 Grade 3 Grade 4 Total
n (%) n (%) n (%) n (%) n (%)
Total patients with AEs 200 (38.8) 171 (33.2) 86 (16.7) 33 (6.4) 329 (63.9)
Thrombocytopeniaa 18 (3.5) 31 (6.0) 31 (6.0) 6 (1.2) 74 (14.4)
Diarrhea 37 (7.2) 27 (5.2) 7 (1.4) 0 71 (13.8)
Peripheral neuropathy 34 (6.6) 20 (3.9) 3 (0.6) 0 55 (10.7)
Hypoesthesia 33 (6.4) 18 (3.5) 5 (1.0) 0 52 (10.1)
Asthenia 41 (8.0) 13 (2.5) 2 (0.4) 0 51 (9.9)
Lung infection 7 (1.4) 22 (4.3) 10 (1.9) 8 (1.6) 40 (7.8)
Herpes zoster 14 (2.7) 12 (2.3) 3 (0.6) 0 30 (5.8)

Safety analysis set: included patients who received at least 1 dose of bortezomib (with 1 or more prior treatments)

AE adverse event

aPlatelet count <50 × 109/L