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. 2016 Jul 13;16:464. doi: 10.1186/s12885-016-2517-5

Table 3.

Adverse events (NCI-CTCAE version 4.0) reported during treatment with nab-paclitaxel and cisplatin (safety population)

AE Patients with grade 1–2 AEs, n (%) P a Patients with grade ≥ 3 AEs, n (%) P a
All (N = 67) Cohort 1 (n = 23) Cohort 2 (n = 21) Cohort 3 (n = 23) All (N = 67) Cohort 1 (n = 23) Cohort 2 (n = 21) Cohort 3 (n = 23)
Any type 67 (100) 23 (100) 21 (100) 23 (100) NA 51 (76) 17 (74) 17 (81) 17 (74) 0.82
Hematologicb
 Leucopenia 64 (96) 21 (91) 21 (100) 22 (96) 0.38 36 (54) 10 (43) 13 (62) 13 (57) 0.45
 Neutropenia 58 (87) 20 (87) 18 (86) 20 (87) 0.99 43 (64) 15 (65) 14 (67) 14 (61) 0.92
 Anemia 55 (82) 16 (70) 19 (90) 20 (87) 0.15 6 (9) 3 (13) 1 (5) 2 (9) 0.63
 Thrombocytopenia 18 (27) 8 (35) 5 (24) 5 (22) 0.57 0 0 0 0 NA
Non-hematologicc N = 64 n = 23 n = 18 n = 23 N = 64 n = 23 n = 18 n = 23
 Alopecia 62 (97) 21 (91) 21 (91) 23 (100) 0.16 0 0 0 0 NA
 Fatigue 57 (89) 21 (91) 17 (94) 19 (83) 0.44 3 (5) 1 (4) 0 2 (9) 0.42
 Anorexia 53 (83) 21 (91) 16 (89) 16 (70) 0.11 0 0 0 0 NA
 Myasthenia 52 (81) 18 (78) 17 (94) 17 (74) 0.22 2 (3) 0 0 2 (9) 0.16
 Neuropathy 46 (72) 17 (74) 15 (83) 14 (61) 0.27 0 0 0 0 NA
 Constipation 42 (66) 14 (61) 15 (83) 13 (57) 0.17 0 0 0 0 NA
 Nausea 40 (63) 15 (65) 13 (72) 12 (52) 0.40 0 0 0 0 NA
 Arthralgia 39 (61) 16 (70) 12 (67) 11 (48) 0.27 1 (2) 1 (4) 0 0 0.40
 Vomiting 38 (59) 11 (48) 14 (78) 13 (57) 0.14 4 (6) 1 (4) 3 (17) 0 0.08
 Skin rash 35 (55) 14 (61) 8 (44) 13 (57) 0.56 3 (5) 2 (9) 1 (6) 0 0.37
 Myalgia 34 (53) 10 (43) 10 (56) 14 (61) 0.48 1 (2) 1 (4) 0 0 0.40
 Pruritus 32 (50) 15 (65) 5 (28) 12 (52) 0.06 0 0 0 0 NA
 Diarrhea 21 (33) 8 (35) 6 (33) 7 (30) 0.95 1 (2) 0 1 (6) 0 0.27
 Edema 20 (31) 5 (22) 2 (11) 13 (57) 0.004 0 0 0 0 NA

Cohort 1, cisplatin 75 mg/m2 day 1 + nab-paclitaxel 260 mg/m2 day 1 Q3W; Cohort 2, cisplatin 75 mg/m2 day 1 + nab-paclitaxel 140 mg/m2 day 1, 8 Q3W; Cohort 3, cisplatin 75 mg/m2 day 1 + nab-paclitaxel 100 mg/m2 day 1, 8, 15 Q3W

a P value for the inter-cohort difference

bBlood samples for hematologic AE assessment were available for 67 patients

cNon-hematologic AEs were assessed in the 64 patients who completed 4–6 cycles