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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Oct 14.
Published in final edited form as: Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2013 Jan 17;60(7):1141–1147. doi: 10.1002/pbc.24398

TABLE III.

Non-Hematologic Adverse Events of Grade 3 and Higher for Patients With ALL at Clofarabine Dose of 52 mg/m2 AML Patients Treated at This Dose on the Dose-Finding Portion of the Study are Also Included

Toxicity site Toxicity type CTCAE
ALL (n = 13)
AML (n = 7)
Induction, Cycle I
Induction, Cycle II
Induction, Cycle I
Induction, Cycle II
N % N % N % N %
Gastrointestinal
Anorexia 3 23% 2 29% 1 14% 2 40%
Diarrhea 1 8% 0 0% 2 29% 2 40%
Nausea 0 0% 0 0% 2 29% 2 40%
Infection
Febrile neutropenia (fever of unknown origin without clinically or microbiologically documented infection; ANC <1.0 × 109/L, fever ≥38.5 days) 6 46% 3 43% 3 43% 2 40%
Infection (documented clinically or microbiologically) with Grade 3 or 4 neutrophils (ANC <1.0 × 109/L) catheter-related 2 15% 0 0% 1 14% 0 0%
Infection (documented clinically or microbiologically) with Grade 3 or 4 neutrophils (ANC <1.0 × 109/L) skin (cellulites) 1 8% 0 0% 1 14% 0 0%
Infection (documented clinically or microbiologically) with Grade 3 or 4 neutrophils (ANC <1.0 × 109/L) blood 2 15% 2 29% 4 57% 2 40%
Metabolic/laboratory ALT, SGPT (serum glutamic pyruvic transaminase) 5 38% 1 14% 0 0% 0 0%
AST, SGOT (serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase) 4 31% 1 14% 0 0% 0 0%
Calcium, serum-high (hypercalcemia) 1 8% 2 29% 0 0% 0 0%
GGT (gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase) 2 15% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0%
Glucose, serum-high (hyperglycemia) 1 8% 2 29% 2 29% 1 20%
Potassium, serum-low (hypokalemia) 4 31% 2 29% 2 29% 2 40%
Pain
Abdomen NOS 2 15% 0 0% 1 14% 1 20%
Pulmonary/upper respiratory
Dyspnea (shortness of breath) 2 15% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0%
Hypoxia 1 8% 1 14% 0 0% 0 0%
Total patients 13 7 7 5
Patients with toxicity 12 92% 6 86% 7 100% 5 100%
Patients without toxicity 1 8% 1 14% 0 0% 0 0%

CTCAE, Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (version 3.0). Listed are toxicities occurring in more than one patient, and are listed regardless of relationship to study drug.