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. 2017 Apr 21;7(4):e554. doi: 10.1038/bcj.2017.31

Table 4. Adverse events of any grade by lines of therapy (safety population).

  1 previous line of therapy
2 previous lines of therapy
  KRd n=182 Rd n=154 KRd n=210 Rd n=235
AEs occurring in10% of patients in any subgroup (preferred terms), n (%)
Diarrhea 83 (45.6) 59 (38.3) 83 (39.5) 72 (30.6)
Anemia 82 (45.1) 66 (42.9) 85 (40.5) 89 (37.9)
Fatigue 65 (35.7) 45 (29.2) 64 (30.5) 74 (31.5)
Neutropenia 59 (32.4) 45 (29.2) 89 (42.4) 86 (36.6)
Muscle spasms 55 (30.2) 28 (18.2) 49 (23.3) 54 (23.0)
URTI 54 (29.7) 29 (18.8) 58 (27.6) 46 (19.6)
Cough 50 (27.5) 29 (18.8) 63 (30.0) 38 (16.2)
Pyrexia 49 (26.9) 33 (21.4) 63 (30.0) 48 (20.4)
Thrombocytopenia 49 (26.9) 32 (20.8) 65 (31.0) 56 (23.8)
Nasopharyngitis 48 (26.4) 28 (18.2) 36 (17.1) 35 (14.9)
Hypokalemia 45 (24.7) 25 (16.2) 63 (30.0) 27 (11.5)
Edema peripheral 45 (24.7) 28 (18.2) 40 (19.0) 47 (20.0)
Constipation 43 (23.6) 27 (17.5) 36 (17.1) 40 (17.0)
Dyspnea 42 (23.1) 22 (14.3) 34 (16.2) 36 (15.3)
Insomnia 38 (20.9) 23 (14.9) 37 (17.6) 40 (17.0)
Asthenia 35 (19.2) 29 (18.8) 35 (16.7) 27 (11.5)
Nausea 34 (18.7) 26 (16.9) 44 (21.0) 29 (12.3)
Hypocalcemia 33 (18.1) 16 (10.4) 30 (14.3) 29 (12.3)
Pneumonia 31 (17.0) 19 (12.3) 37 (17.6) 37 (15.7)
Bronchitis 29 (15.9) 21 (13.6) 45 (21.4) 33 (14.0)
Back pain 27 (14.8) 35 (22.7) 40 (19.0) 43 (18.3)
Hypophosphatemia 27 (14.8) 13 (8.4) 25 (11.9) 16 (6.8)
Hyperglycemia 26 (14.3) 17 (11.0) 23 (11.0) 21 (8.9)
Rash 25 (13.7) 23 (14.9) 27 (12.9) 37 (15.7)
Arthralgia 22 (12.1) 27 (17.5) 27 (12.9) 24 (10.2)
Dizziness 22 (12.1) 19 (12.3) 26 (12.4) 25 (10.6)
Pain in extremity 22 (12.1) 19 (12.3) 24 (11.4) 22 (9.4)
Headache 21 (11.5) 9 (5.8) 32 (15.2) 22 (9.4)
Hypertension 21 (11.5) 7 (4.5) 35 (16.7) 20 (8.5)
RTI 20 (11.0) 17 (11.0) 23 (11.0) 22 (9.4)
Vomiting 20 (11.0) 16 (10.4) 27 (12.9) 16 (6.8)
Decreased appetite 19 (10.4) 17 (11.0) 25 (11.9) 18 (7.7)
Bone pain 15 (8.2) 18 (11.7) 24 (11.4) 18 (7.7)
         
AEs of interest (grouped terms), n (%)
 Cardiac failurea 10 (5.5) 8 (5.2) 15 (7.1) 8 (3.4)
 Ischemic heart diseaseb 12 (6.6) 7 (4.5) 11 (5.2) 11 (4.7)
 Acute renal failurec 20 (11.0) 10 (6.5) 13 (6.2) 18 (7.7)

Abbreviations: AE, adverse event; CAD, coronary artery disease; KRd, carfilzomib, lenalidomide and dexamethasone; MI, myocardial infarction; Rd, lenalidomide and dexamethasone; RTI, respiratory tract infection; URTI, upper respiratory tract infection.

a

Included: cardiac failure, congestive cardiac failure, pulmonary edema, hepatic congestion, cardiopulmonary failure, acute pulmonary edema, acute cardiac failure and right ventricular failure.

b

Included: angina pectoris, MI, acute MI, increased blood creatinine phosphokinase, CAD, myocardial ischemia, coronary artery occlusion, increased troponin, increased troponin T, acute coronary syndrome, abnormal cardiac stress test, cardiomyopathy stress, unstable angina, coronary artery stenosis, abnormal electrocardiogram ST-T segment and abnormal electrocardiogram T wave.

c

Included: acute renal failure, renal failure, renal impairment, azotemia, oliguria, anuria, toxic nephropathy and prerenal failure.