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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 May 5.
Published in final edited form as: N Engl J Med. 2015 Nov 5;373(19):1835–1844. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1505237

Table 4.

Adverse Events.*

Adverse Event Both Phases Induction Phase Maintenance Phase
Any Grade Grade ≥3 Any Grade Grade ≥3 Any Grade Grade ≥3
number of patients (percent)
Hematologic

Neutropenia 28 (74) 19 (50) 27 (71) 16 (42) 21 (55) 12 (32)

Anemia 23 (60) 4 (11) 18 (47) 3 (8) 11 (29) 1 (3)

Thrombocytopenia 15 (39) 5 (13) 11 (29) 4 (11) 11 (29) 2 (5)

Febrile neutropenia 2 (5) 2 (5) 1 (3) 1 (3) 1 (3) 1 (3)

Infectious

Upper respiratory tract infection 15 (39) 0 9 (24) 0 11 (29) 0

Urinary tract infection 7 (18) 0 4 (11) 0 4 (11) 0

Sinusitis 4 (11) 0 1 (3) 0 3 (8) 0

Cellulitis 3 (8) 0 2 (5) 0 1 (3) 0

Pneumonia 3 (8) 3 (8) 1 (3) 1 (3) 2 (5) 2 (5)

Other

Fatigue 28 (74) 3 (8) 25 (66) 3 (8) 12 (32) 0

Rash 25 (66) 11 (29) 25 (66) 11 (29) 0 0

Fever 22 (58) 0 19 (50) 0 4 (11) 0

Cough 21 (55) 0 18 (47) 0 6 (16) 0

Diarrhea 21 (55) 0 20 (53) 0 14 (37) 0

Hyperglycemia 19 (50) 2 (5) 12 (32) 2 (5) 14 (37) 0

Constipation 17 (45) 0 17 (45) 0 4 (11) 0

Edema 16 (42) 0 14 (37) 0 3 (8) 0

Inflammatory syndrome (tumor flare) 13 (34) 4 (11) 13 (34) 4 (11) 0 0

Infusion reaction 13 (34) 1 (3) 13 (34) 1 (3) 0 0

Nausea 12 (32) 0 12 (32) 0 1 (3) 0

Anorexia 11 (29) 0 10 (26) 0 3 (8) 0

Dyspnea 11 (29) 1 (3) 10 (26) 1 (3) 1 (3) 0

Elevated alanine aminotransferase level 13 (34) 2 (5) 9 (24) 1 (3) 4 (11) 1 (3)

Elevated aspartate aminotransferase level 11 (29) 2 (5) 8 (21) 1 (3) 4 (11) 1 (3)

Hypothyroidism 6 (16) 0 6 (16) 0 0 0
*

The table includes all treatment-related hematologic and infectious adverse events, as well as other adverse events that occurred in more than 15% of the 38 patients.