Table 3.
Number of Patients with Treatment-Related Adverse Events by Category and Grade
| Any time (n=44) Grade |
Acute (n=44) Grade |
Late (n=44) Grade |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Category |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
| Allergy/immunology | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Auditory/ear | 0 | 19 | 6 | 1a | 0 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Blood/bone marrow | 1 | 7 | 7 | 9b | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cardiac arrhythmia | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cardiac general | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Coagulation | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Constitutional symptoms | 4 | 18 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Dermatology/skin | 11 | 20 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 18 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Endocrine | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gastrointestinal | 0 | 5 | 38 | 1c | 0 | 0 | 5 | 38 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Hemorrhage/bleeding | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Infection | 0 | 8 | 7 | 1d | 0 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Lymphatics | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Metabolic/laboratory | 4 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Musculoskeletal/soft tissue | 5 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Neurology | 20 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Pain | 4 | 15 | 17 | 2e | 0 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Pulmonary/upper respiratory | 10 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sexual/reproductive function | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Syndromes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vascular | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1f | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Includes adverse events where relationship to protocol treatment is missing.
Adverse events were graded with CTCAE version 3.0.
The late period is defined as > 90 days after the end of treatment.
tinnitus –1.
leukopenia NOS – 6; lymphopenia – 5; neutrophil count – 5; hemoglobin – 1.
radiation mucositis – 1.
infection with grade 3–4 neutrophils (blood) – 1; infection with grade 3–4 neutrophils [skin (cellulitis)] – 1.
pharyngolaryngeal pain – 2.
thrombosis – 1.