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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Feb 15.
Published in final edited form as: Oncologist. 2009 Jan 31;14(2):119–124. doi: 10.1634/theoncologist.2008-0124

Table 1.

Adverse events of special interest (n = 22)

Adverse event n (% of patients)
Any grade Grade 3 or 4
Acneform rasha 22 (100) 2 (9.1)
Diarrhea 17 (77.3) 1 (4.5)
Hypomagnesemiab 10 (58.8) 2 (11.8)
Infusion reactionc 3 (13.6) 0
a

Acneform rash was a composite of the Medical Dictionary for Regulatory Activities version 10 preferred terms: rash, rash pustular, rash erythematous, dermatitis acneform, dermatitis exfoliative, rash papular, rash pruritic, rash generalized, rash macular, rash maculopapular, acne, acne pustular, skin desquamation, and dry skin.

b

Incidence of hypomagnesemia in 17 patients who had serum magnesium measured.

c

Infusion reaction was a composite of the following preferred terms: infusion reaction, infusion-related reaction, hypersensitivity, anaphylactic reaction, anaphylactic shock, and anaphylactoid reaction. In addition, the terms dyspnea, pyrexia, and chills were grouped under infusion reaction when their onset occurred on the first day of study treatment.