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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jan 8.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer J. 2014 Jan-Feb;20(1):18–24. doi: 10.1097/PPO.0000000000000024

Table 2. Summary of Treatment-Related AEs Occurring in at Least 5% of Treated Patients (Vemurafenib; n = 371).

AE by Preferred Term All Grades Grade 2 Grade 3 Grade 4
Total patients with ≥1 AE, n (%) 308 (83) 155 (42) 76 (21) 6 (2)
Total no. of AEs 1353 310 126 7*
Rash (all forms)* 137 (37) 45 (12) 12 (3) 0
Arthralgia 129 (35) 31 (8) 17 (5) 0
Photosensitivity reaction 98 (26) 19 (5) 2 (<1) 0
Fatigue 74 (20) 23 (6) 2 (<1) 0
Nausea 37 (10) 3 (<1) 2 (<1) 0
Alopecia 32 (9) 1 (<1) 0 0
Myalgia 28 (8) 5 (1) 3 (<1) 0
Diarrhea 26 (7) 3 (<1) 2 (<1) 0
Pyrexia 25 (7) 9 (2) 0 0
Dry skin 24 (7) 3 (<1) 0 0
Hyperkeratosis 24 (7) 5 (1) 0 0
Peripheral edema 23 (6) 5 (1) 2 (<1) 0
Squamous cell carcinoma of the skin 22 (6) 3 (<1) 10 (3) 0
Palmar-plantar erythrodysesthesia syndrome 22 (6) 5 (1) 5 (1) 0
Decreased appetite 21 (6) 4 (1) 0 0
*

Grade 4 treatment-related AEs (each in 1 patient): respiratory failure, neutropenia, hyperbilirubinemia, increased blood creatine phosphokinase, prolonged ECG QT, decreased neutrophil count, confusional state.

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Includes dermatitis, dermatitis bullous, erythema, folliculitis, generalized erythema, rash, rash erythematosus, rash follicular, rash generalized, rash macular, rash maculopapular, rash maculovesicular, rash morbilliform, rash papular, rash papulosquamous, rash pruritic, rash pustule, and rash vesicular.

Includes photosensitivity reaction and sunburn.

Includes asthenia, fatigue, lethargy, listless, malaise, and sluggishness.