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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Apr 2.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Ther. 2016 Apr 2;38(4):821–830. doi: 10.1016/j.clinthera.2016.03.011

Table 1.

Example table showing the proportion of patients experiencing any grade level, and high-grade level (grade >3) of post-baseline symptomatic adverse events, based on clinician-report and patient-report, using the baseline grade subtraction method for the patient-report. Data are simulated based on observed patterns of clinician-reported and patient-reported grades for patients enrolled in actual clinical studies. Grades are based on Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE). This table is provided as illustrative of format only. No information regarding relationship between clinician-reporting and patient-reporting of adverse events should be drawn from this table.

Adverse Event Any Grade High Grade* P-value
Arm A
(N=100)
Arm B
(N=100)
Arm A
(N=100)
Arm B
(N=100)
Anorexia Clinician 43 (43%) 36 (36%) 3 (3%) 2 (2%) 0.39
Patient 57 (57%) 40 (40%) 11 (11%) 8 (8%) 0.02
Constipation Clinician 27 (27%) 23 (23%) 1 (1%) -- 0.62
Patient 48 (48%) 41 (41%) 12 (12%) 7 (7%) 0.39
Diarrhea Clinician 8 (8%) 14 (14%) 1 (1%) -- 0.26
Patient 39 (39%) 12 (12%) 4 (4%) -- <0.001
Nausea Clinician 20 (20%) 7 (7%) -- -- 0.01
Patient 66 (66%) 9 (9%) 9 (9%) 1 (1%) <0.001
Sensory neuropathy Clinician 54 (54%) 29 (29%) 7 (7%) 4 (4%) <0.001
Patient 59 (59%) 51 (51%) 3 (3%) -- 0.32
*

Grade >3 based on Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE).

Based on Fisher’s exact test comparing rate of grade >0 between arms.