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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jun 18.
Published in final edited form as: Lancet Oncol. 2016 Jun 4;17(7):943–955. doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(16)30126-7

Table 4. Treatment-related adverse events during the continuation period.

Nivolumab followed by ipilimumab (n=32) Ipilimumab followed by nivolumab (n=32)
Grade 1–2 Grade 3 Grade 4 Grade 1–2 Grade 3 Grade 4
Increased lipase 5 (16%) 5 (16%) 2 (6%) 6 (19%) 4 (13%) 2 (6%)
Increased amylase 8 (25%) 1 (3%) 1 (3%) 4 (13%) 1 (3%) 0
Increased ALT 7 (22%) 0 0 6 (19%) 0 0
Increased AST 6 (19%) 0 0 3 (9%) 0 0
Increased bloodthyroid-stimulatinghormone 2 (6%) 0 0 4 (13%) 0 0
Pruritus 8 (25%) 0 0 10 (31%) 0 0
Vitiligo 8 (25%) 0 0 10 (31%) 0 0
Rash 5 (16%) 0 0 7 (22%) 0 0
Rash (maculopapular) 6 (19%) 0 0 3 (9%) 1 (3%) 0
Diarrhoea 9 (28%) 1 (3%) 0 2 (6%) 1 (3%) 0
Nausea 7 (22%) 0 0 3 (9%) 0 0
Vomiting 4 (13%) 0 0 4 (13%) 0 0
Abdominal pain 2 (6%) 0 0 3 (9%) 2 (6%) 0
Colitis 1 (3%) 0 0 0 1 (3%) 0
Acute pancreatitis 0 0 0 0 2 (6%) 0
Hypothyroidism 7 (22%) 0 0 8 (25%) 0 0
Adrenal insufficiency 1 (3%) 1 (3%) 1 (3%) 2 (6%) 0 0
Fatigue 13 (41%) 2 (6%) 0 4 (13%) 0 0
Arthralgia 5 (16%) 1 (3%) 0 4 (13%) 0 0
Back pain 0 1 (3%) 0 1 (3%) 0 0
Muscle spasms 1 (3%) 1 (3%) 0 0 0 0
Hyperglycaemia 4 (13%) 1 (3%) 0 0 2 (6%) 0
Cough 4 (13%) 0 0 1 (3%) 0 0
Pneumonitis 3 (9%) 1 (3%) 0 1 (3%) 0 0
Headache 4 (13%) 0 0 2 (6%) 0 0
Encephalitis 0 0 1 (3%) 0 0 0
Hypertension 0 1 (3%) 0 0 0 0
Cardiac failure 0 1 (3%) 0 0 0 0
Deafness 0 1 (3%) 0 0 0 0
Hearing impaired 0 1 (3%) 0 0 0 0

Data are n (%). ALT=alanine aminotransferase. AST=aspartate aminotransferase. No treatment-related deaths were recorded.