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. 2015 Mar 5;112(6):1011–1016. doi: 10.1038/bjc.2015.82

Table 3. Increase in CTCAE grade and prevalence of high-risk patients.

      Change in CTCAE Grade after start of therapy
QTc470
TKI N ΔQTc30 ms N (%) Increased N (%) Unchanged N (%) Reduced N (%) P-value Baseline N (%) Therapy N (%) P-value
Whole 363 76 (20.9) 33 (9.1) 321 (88.4) 9 (2.5) 0.0003 6 (1.7) 21 (5.8) 0.005
Sunitinib 110 22 (20.0) 4 (3.6) 104 (95.6) 2 (1.8) 0.746 1 (0.9) 3 (2.7) 0.617
Vemurafenib 67 23 (34.3) 9 (13.4) 58 (86.6) 0 (0) 0.008 1 (1.5) 8 (11.9) 0.023
Sorafenib 52 11 (21.2) 6 (11.6) 45 (86.6) 1 (1.9) 0.073 1 (1.9) 2 (3.9) 1
Pazopanib 46 6 (13.0) 3 (6.5) 41 (89.1) 2 (4.4) 0.410 1 (2.2) 2 (4.4) 1
Imatinib 41 8 (19.5) 5 (12.2) 34 (82.9) 2 (4.9) 0.430 1 (2.4) 1 (2.4) 1
Erlotinib 21 3 (14.3) 3 (14.3) 18 (85.7) 0 (0) 0.174 0 (0) 2 (9.5) NA
Lapatinib 16 1 (6.3) 1 (6.3) 14 (87.5) 1 (6.3) 1 1 (6.3) 1 (6.3) 1
Gefitinib 10 2 (20.0) 2 (20.0) 7 (70.0) 1 (10.0) 0.423 0 (0) 2 (20.0) NA

Abbreviations: CTCAE=common terminology criteria for adverse events; N=number of patients; NA=not applicable; TKI=tyrosine kinase inhibitor; ΔQTc=difference between QTc interval during TKI treatment and QTc interval at baseline measurement. Bold values are statistically significant.