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. 2017 Jun 13;165(2):329–341. doi: 10.1007/s10549-017-4304-7

Table 3.

Common grade 3 or higher adverse events

Etirinotecan pegol TPC
BMH (n = 34) ITT (n = 425) BMH (n = 27) ITT (n = 406)
Number of patients with at least one AE grade 3 or higher 17 (50.0%) 204 (48.0%) 19 (70.4%) 256 (63.1%)
Hematologic
 Neutropenia-related events 5 (14.7%) 41 (9.6%) 9 (33.3%) 125 (30.8%)b
 Anemia 1 (2.9%)a 20 (4.7%)a 1 (3.7%) 19 (4.7%)
Non-hematologic
 Diarrhea 2 (5.9%)a 41 (9.6%)a 1 (3.7%)a 5 (1.2%)a
 Nausea 2 (5.9%)a 15 (3.5%)a 0 8 (2.0%)a
 Pleural effusion 2 (5.9%) 15 (3.5%) 0 16 (3.9%)
 Dehydration 1 (2.9%)a 17 (3.5%)a 1 (3.7%)b 8 (2.0%)b
 Hypokalemia 1 (2.9%) 10 (2.4%) 1 (3.7%) 7 (2.0%)
 Hyponatremia 0 3 (<1%)a 2 (7.4%) 8 (2.0%)
 Neuropathy-related events 0 2 (<1%) 0 15 (3.7%)a

AE adverse event, BMH history of treated, stable breast cancer brain metastases, ITT intention-to-treat, TPC treatment of physician’s choice

aNo grade 4 reported

bGrade 5 event(s) reported