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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jan 6.
Published in final edited form as: J Thorac Oncol. 2014 Feb;9(2):214–221. doi: 10.1097/JTO.0000000000000071

TABLE 5.

Treatment-Related ≥Grade 3 Adverse Events

Arm I
Arm II
Arm III
Grade 3 Grade 4 Grade 5 Grade 3 Grade 4 Grade 5 Grade 3 Grade 4 Grade 5
Overall AEs 9 (22%) 3 (7%) 0 24 (55%) 3 (7%) 2 (5%) 18 (46%) 10 (26%) 3 (8%)
Hematologic AEs 6 (15%) 1 (2%) 0 8 (18%) 2 (5%) 0 8 (21%) 10 (26%) 0
Low hemoglobin 1 (2%) 0 0 3 (7%) 0 0 3 (8%) 0 0
Low ANC 2 (5%) 0 0 2 (5%) 1 (2%) 0 3 (7%) 8 (21%) 0
Low platelets 1 (2%) 1 (2%) 0 2 (5%) 1 (2%) 0 6 (15%) 2 (5%) 0
Febrile neutropenia 0 (0%) 0 0 0 0 0 1 (3%) 0 0
Nonhematologic AEs 5 (12%) 3 (7%) 0 23 (52%) 1 (2%) 2 (5%) 20 (51%) 1 (3%) 3 (8%)
Constitutional
 Fatigue 3 (7%) 1 (2%) 0 12 (27%) 0 0 9 (23%) 0 0
 Infection 1 (2%) 0 0 2 (4%) 0 0 0 0 2 (6%)
Gastrointestinal
 Nausea 0 0 0 1 (2%) 0 0 3 (8%) 0 0
 Vomiting 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 (5%) 0 0
 Mucositis 0 0 0 1 (2%) 0 0 3 (8%) 0 0
 Diarrhea 1 (2%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Elevated ALT 0 0 0 1 (2%) 0 0 1 (3%) 0 0
 Elevated AST 1 (2%) 0 0 2 (5%) 0 0 0 0 0
Dermatologic
 Rash (hand-foot) 0 0 0 3 (7%) 0 0 0 0 0
Cardiovascular
 Cardiac ischemia 0 0 0 0 0 1 (2%) 0 0 0
 Hypertension 1 (2%) 0 0 2 (5%) 0 0 2 (5%) 0 0
 Pulmonary hemorrhage 0 0 0 0 0 1 (2%) 0 0 0
 Other hemorrhage 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 (3%) 0 0
 Thrombosis/embolism 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 (3%) 0 1 (3%)

ANC, absolute neutrophil count; ALT, alanine aminotransferase; AST, aspartate transaminase; AEs, adverse events.