Table 3.
Overall Safety and Adverse Events of Interest
| Adverse Event | Treatment Group |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Placebo (n = 47) |
Linifanib 7.5 mg (n = 42)* |
Linifanib 12.5 mg (n = 47) |
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| No. of Patients | % | No. of Patients | % | No. of Patients | % | |
| Any adverse event | 46 | 97.9 | 41 | 97.6 | 47 | 100 |
| Any grade 3/4 adverse event | 27 | 57.4 | 36† | 85.7 | 34 | 72.3 |
| Any serious adverse event | 16 | 34.0 | 25† | 59.5 | 25 | 53.2 |
| Diarrhea | ||||||
| Any grade | 10 | 21.3 | 13 | 31.0 | 21† | 44.7 |
| Grade 3/4 | 1 | 2.1 | 1 | 2.4 | 4 | 8.5 |
| Thrombocytopenia | ||||||
| Any grade | 7 | 14.9 | 13 | 31.0 | 19† | 40.4 |
| Grade 3/4 | 1 | 2.1 | 7† | 16.7 | 14† | 29.8 |
| Anemia | ||||||
| Any grade | 9 | 19.1 | 17† | 40.5 | 8 | 17.0 |
| Grade 3/4 | 4 | 8.5 | 5 | 11.9 | 2 | 4.3 |
| Hypertension | ||||||
| Any grade | 2 | 4.3 | 6 | 14.3 | 13† | 27.7 |
| Grade 3/4 | 1 | 2.1 | 2 | 4.8 | 5 | 10.6 |
| Dysphonia | ||||||
| Any grade | 1 | 2.1 | 12† | 28.6 | 7 | 14.9 |
| Grade 3/4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2.1 |
| Weight decrease | ||||||
| Any grade | 1 | 2.1 | 3 | 7.1 | 10† | 21.3 |
| Grade 3/4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2.4 | 1 | 2.1 |
| PPE | ||||||
| Any grade | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7.1 | 8† | 17.0 |
| Grade 3/4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8.5 |
| Hypothyroidism | ||||||
| Any grade | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7.1 | 5 | 10.6 |
| Grade 3/4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pneumothorax | ||||||
| Any grade | 0 | 0 | 4† | 9.5 | 4 | 8.5 |
| Grade 3/4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2.1 |
| Oral candidiasis | ||||||
| Any grade | 0 | 0 | 4† | 9.5 | 3 | 6.4 |
| Grade 3/4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Abbreviation: PPE, palmar-plantar erythrodysesthesia.
Two patients did not receive a dose of linifanib and were not included in the safety analysis.
Fisher's exact test P ≤ .05 for comparison with the placebo arm.