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. 2015 Mar;8(Spec Feature):75–79.

Table 3.

RESPONSE: Treatment Emergent Adverse Events in ≥6% of Patients Receiving Ruxolitinib Up to Week 32

Adverse events Patients receiving ruxolitinib
(N = 110)
Patients receiving best available therapy
(N = 111)
All grades,a % Grade 3–4,a % All grades,a % Grade 3–4,a %
Headache 16 <1 19 <1
Abdominal painb 15 <1 15 <1
Diarrhea 15 0 7 <1
Dizziness + vertigo 15 0 13 0
Fatigue 15 0 15 3
Pruritus 14 <1 23 4
Dyspneac 13 3 4 0
Muscle spasms 12 <1 5 0
Nasopharyngitis 9 0 8 0
Constipation 8 0 3 0
Cough 8 0 5 0
Edema + peripheral edema 8 0 7 0
Arthralgia 7 0 6 <1
Asthenia 7 0 11 2
Epistaxis 6 0 3 0
Herpes zoster + postherpetic neuralgia 6 <1 0 0
Nausea 6 0 4 0
a

National Cancer Institute Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events, version 3.0.

b

Including lower and upper abdominal pain.

c

Including dyspnea exertional.

Source: Jakafi (ruxolitinib) tablets prescribing information; December 2014.