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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Apr 27.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Cancer Res. 2012 Aug 7;18(17):4785–4793. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-12-0110

Table 1.

Adverse events observed in each protocol listed alphabetically by dose level. Numbers in parentheses represent grade 3 or 4 toxicity.

Adverse Event Sirolimus Alone Sirolimus plus Ketoconazole Sirolimus plus Grapefruit Juice Total
(n=138)
10mg 20mg 30mg 60mg 30mg
(4h)
30mg
(24h)
45mg
(24h)
1mg 2mg 3mg 4mg 5mg 6mg 8mg 16mg 15mg 20mg 25mg 30mg 35mg
Altered taste 1 1 1 1 1 5
Anemia 3 5 3 4(1) 3 3 2 5(1) 3 1 4(2) 4(1) 1 1 4 46(5)
Anorexia 1 1 1(1) 3 1 5 1 2 1 1 3 2 2 3 1 4 32(1)
Decreased platelets 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 1 3 4 22
Diarrhea 1 5 2 6(1) 4 2 3(1) 2 1 1 2 4 1(1) 2 3 5 4 3 1 6 58(3)
Mucocutaneous dryness 1 1 1 1 2 6
Dyspnea 1 1 2 1 1(1) 6(1)
Edema 1 3 1(1) 5(1)
Elevated Creatinine 1 1
Elevated Transaminases 1 4 2 1 1 1(1) 1(1) 1 3 4 2 1 1 23(2)
Epistaxis 1 1
Fatigue 2 4 1 5 1 4 1 4 1 2 1 3(1) 6(1) 2 2 2 5(1) 46(3)
Fever 2 1 1 4
Hand & Foot Syndrome 1 1 2
Hyperlipidemia 2 4 3(1) 6(1) 3 1 3 3 4 2 2 6 9(1) 1 1 2 7 59(3)
Hyperglycemia 6 6 4 1 1 4(1) 5 4 2 4 3 2 4(2) 10(1) 3(1) 4(1) 2 7(1) 72(7)
Hypocalcemia 2 2
Hypertension 1 1 2
Hypoglycemia 1(1) 1(1)
Hypoxia 2 2
Infection 1 1(1) 1(1) 1 1(1) 1(1) 1 1 3 1 1 1 14(4)
Leukopenia 2 1 2 2 1 2 1 1 2 3 17
Lymphopenia 3(2) 4(1) 3(1) 3 4 2 2(1) 3(1) 3(1) 5(2) 2 3(1) 7(1) 2(1) 4 2(1) 4(1) 56(14)
Mood Alteration 1 1 2
Mucositis 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 2 1 2 17
Myalgia 2 1 3
Nail Changes 1(1) 1(1)
Nausea 3 2 4(1) 6 2 1 2 2 1 2 1 4 2 2 6(1) 2 2 4 48(2)
Neutropenia 1 1 1 1 2 1 7
Paresthesia 1 1 2
Pleural Effusion 1 1
Pneumonia 2(2) 1 2(2) 5(4)
Pruritis 1 2 1 1 1 6
Rash 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 14
Vomiting 2 2 5 2 4 3 1 1(1) 2 2 1 3 1 1 3 33(1)
Weight Loss 4 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 15