Table 3.
Adverse Events (Safety Population).*
Event | Nivolumab alone (N=313) |
Nivolumab plus Ipilimumab (N=313) |
Ipilimumab alone (N=311) |
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Total | Grade 3 or 4 | Total | Grade 3 or 4 | Total | Grade 3 or 4 | ||
no. of patients with event (%) | |||||||
Any adverse event | 311 (99.4) | 136 (43.5) | 312 (99.7) | 215 (68.7) | 308 (99.0) | 173 (55.6) | |
Treatment-related adverse event† | 257 (82.1) | 51 (16.3) | 299 (95.5) | 172 (55.0) | 268 (86.2) | 85 (27.3) | |
Diarrhea | 60 (19.2) | 7 (2.2) | 138 (44.1) | 29 (9.3) | 103 (33.1) | 19 (6.1) | |
Fatigue | 107 (34.2) | 4 (1.3) | 110 (35.1) | 13 (4.2) | 87 (28.0) | 3 (1.0) | |
Pruritus | 59 (18.8) | 0 | 104 (33.2) | 6 (1.9) | 110 (35.4) | 1 (0.3) | |
Rash | 81 (25.9) | 2 (0.6) | 126 (40.3) | 15 (4.8) | 102 (32.8) | 6 (1.9) | |
Nausea | 41 (13.1) | 0 | 81 (25.9) | 7 (2.2) | 50 (16.1) | 2 (0.6) | |
Pyrexia | 18 (5.8) | 0 | 58 (18.5) | 2 (0.6) | 21 (6.8) | 1 (0.3) | |
Decreased appetite | 34 (10.9) | 0 | 56 (17.9) | 4 (1.3) | 39 (12.5) | 1 (0.3) | |
Increase in alanine aminotransferase | 12 (3.8) | 4 (1.3) | 55 (17.6) | 26 (8.3) | 12 (3.9) | 5 (1.6) | |
Vomiting | 20 (6.4) | 1 (0.3) | 48 (15.3) | 8 (2.6) | 23 (7.4) | 1 (0.3) | |
Increase in aspartate aminotransferase | 12 (3.8) | 3 (1.0) | 48 (15.3) | 19 (6.1) | 11 (3.5) | 2 (0.6) | |
Hypothyroidism | 27 (8.6) | 0 | 47 (15.0) | 1 (0.3) | 13 (4.2) | 0 | |
Colitis | 4 (1.3) | 2 (0.6) | 37 (11.8) | 24 (7.7) | 36 (11.6) | 27 (8.7) | |
Arthralgia | 24 (7.7) | 0 | 33 (10.5) | 1 (0.3) | 19 (6.1) | 0 | |
Headache | 23 (7.3) | 0 | 32 (10.2) | 1 (0.3) | 24 (7.7) | 1 (0.3) | |
Dyspnea | 14 (4.5) | 1 (0.3) | 32 (10.2) | 2 (0.6) | 13 (4.2) | 0 | |
Treatment-related adverse event leading to discontinuation | 24 (7.7) | 16 (5.1) | 114 (36.4) | 92 (29.4) | 46 (14.8) | 41 (13.2) |
The severity of adverse events was graded according to the National Cancer Institute Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events, version 4.0.
The treatment-related adverse events listed here were reported in at least 10% of the patients in any of the three study groups.