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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Oct 7.
Published in final edited form as: Lancet Oncol. 2016 Sep 9;17(11):1558–1568. doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(16)30366-7

Table 2.

Treatment-related adverse events

Nivolumab and ipilimumab (n=94) Ipilimumab (n=46)
Grade 1–2 Grade 3 Grade 4 Grade 5 Grade 1–2 Grade 3 Grade 4 Grade 5
Overall
Any event 34 (35) 41 (44) 10 (11) 1 (1)* 34 (74) 8 (17) 1 (2) 0
Adverse events reported in 10% or more of patients
 Rash 36 (38) 4 (4) 0 0 14 (30) 0 0 0
 Pruritus 37 (39) 1 (1) 0 0 15 (33) 0 0 0
 Rash maculo-papular 12 (13) 3 (3) 0 0 6 (13) 0 0 0
 Diarrhoea 33 (35) 8 (9) 1 (1) 0 11 (24) 4 (9) 1 (2) 0
 Nausea 19 (20) 8 (9) 1 (1) 0 8 (17) 1 (2) 0 0
 Colitis 5 (5) 11 (12) 1 (1) 0 2 (4) 1 (2) 0 0
 Abdominal pain 12 (13) 0 0 0 4 (9) 1 (2) 0 0
 Vomiting 11 (12) 1 (1) 0 0 3 (6) 0 0 0
 Fatigue 29 (31) 4 (4) 1 (1) 0 22 (48) 0 0 0
 Pyrexia 14 (15) 2 (2) 1 (1) 0 6 (13) 0 0 0
 Chills 11 (12) 0 0 0 5 (11) 0 0 0
 Increased aspartate aminotransferase 19 (20) 7 (7) 0 0 4 (9) 0 0 0
 Increased alanine aminotransferase 14 (15) 8 (9) 2 (2) 0 4 (9) 0 0 0
 Increased lipase 8 (9) 5 (5) 4 (4) 0 2 (4) 0 0 0
 Increased amylase 9 (10) 1 (1) 1 (1) 0 0 0 0 0
 Headache 11 (12) 2 (2) 0 0 4 (9) 0 0 0
 Hypothyroidism 16 (17) 0 0 0 6 (13) 0 0 0
 Hypophysitis 10 (11) 2 (2) 0 0 1 (2) 2 (4) 0 0
 Cough 10 (11) 0 0 0 4 (9) 0 0 0
 Decreased appetite 11 (12) 0 0 0 4 (9) 0 0 0
 Myalgia 9 (10) 0 0 0 5 (11) 0 0 0
Adverse events leading to discontinuation
 Any event 6 (6) 23 (25) 5 (5) 1 (1) 0 3 (7) 1 (2) 0

Data are n (%).

*

Death due to ventricular arrhythmia occurred within the safety reporting period per protocol, ie, up to 30 days after the last dose of study drug. Two other deaths occurred outside of the safety window reporting period: one in a patient who was clinically improving from pneumonitis and had an iatrogenic pneumothorax (69 days after the last treatment) and one in a patient with panhypopituitarism with cortisol deficiency and adrenal crisis (87 days after the last treatment).