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. 2014 Sep 29;32(32):3659–3666. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2013.54.8115

Table 2.

Treatment-Related Toxicity

Event Doses Below the MTD (all schedules pooled; n = 21)
Schedule 1* MTD (1.88 mg/kg; n = 43)
Schedule 2 MTD (1.5 mg/kg; n = 6)
Schedule 3 MTD (1.0 mg/kg; n = 15)
Doses Above the MTD (all schedules pooled; n = 32)
All Grades Grade 3 or Higher All Grades Grade 3 or Higher All Grades Grade 3 or Higher All Grades Grade 3 or Higher All Grades Grade 3 or Higher
Nonhematologic toxicity
    Rash 14 74 30 67 67 33 81 22
    Fatigue 14 65 7 67 17 53 13 63 13
    Pruritus 10 63 33 47 7 59 3
    Alopecia 65 33 33 41
    Diarrhea 10 47 2 67 20 38 6
    Neuropathy 5 33 7 33 17 60 27 34 3
    Nausea 5 35 50 7 41
    Anorexia 40 33 13 28 3
    Dysgeusia 33 33 13 16
    Constipation 30 17 20 16
    Vomiting 5 14 17 13 25
    Myalgia 12 27 13 19 6
    Dry skin 12 33 13 9
    Pyrexia 19 13
    Pain in extremity 14 5 17 13 6
    Arthralgia 7 17 7 7 16 6
    Mucosal inflammation 14 7 9 6
    Palmar-plantar erythrodysesthesia syndrome 5 7 13 6
    Hyperglycemia 6 6
Hematologic toxicity
    Neutropenia 5 5 28 19 33 17 13 13 22 19
    Thrombocytopenia 5 2 6 3
    Leukopenia 5 5 2 2

NOTE. Data are shown as the percentage of patients experiencing the event. Listed are events that occurred at any severity in > 10% of patients or at grade 3 or higher severity in ≥ 2% of patients.

Abbreviations: MTD, maximum-tolerated dose.

*

Schedule 1: once every 3 weeks.

Schedule 2: once per week for 2 of 3 weeks.

Schedule 3: once per week.