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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Dec 18.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer Chemother Pharmacol. 2017 Aug 2;80(3):631–643. doi: 10.1007/s00280-017-3409-3

Table 2.

Grade 3/4 toxicities by dose level.

Schedule 28 days 28 days 28 days 21 days 21 days 21 days 21 days

Veliparib (mg BID)/ gemcitabine (mg/m2) 10 / 750
(n=3)
10 / 500
(n=8)
Total
(n=11)
20 / 500
(n=3)
20 / 750
(n=14)
40 / 750
(n=3)
Total
(n=20)

Grade 3/4 Toxicities Number of Patients (percent)

  Any toxicities 3 (100%) 5 (63%) 8 (73%) 3 (100%) 10 (71%) 2 (67%) 15 (75%)

Grade 3 hematologic 3 (100%) 4 (50%) 7 (64%) 2 (67%) 8 (57%) 2 (67%) 12 (60%)
  Anemia 0 2 (25%) 2 (18%) 1 (33%) 2 (14%) 0 3 (15%)
  Lymphocyte count decreased 0 1 (13%) 1 (9%) 1 (33%) 1 (7%) 0 2 (10%)
  White blood cell decreased 2 (67%) 1 (13%) 3 (27%) 0 4 (29%) 0 4 (20%)
  Neutrophil count decreased 1 (33%) 2 (25%) 3 (27%) 1 (33%) 5 (36%) 2 (67%) 8 (40%)
  Platelet count decreased 2 (67%) 1 (13%) 3 (27%) 0 1 (7%) 0 1 (5%)

Grade 4 hematologic 0 0 0 2 (67%) 2 (14%) 0 4 (20%)
  Lymphocyte count decreased 0 0 0 1 (33%) 1 (7%) 0 2 (10%)
  Neutrophil count decreased 0 0 0 1 (33%) 1 (7%) 0 2 (10%)

Grade 3 non-hematologic 2 (67%) 2 (25%) 4 (36%) 2 (67%) 3 (21%) 0 5 (25%)
  Abdominal pain 0 0 0 0 1 (7%) 0 1 (5%)
  Alanine aminotransferase increased 0 0 0 0 1 (7%) 0 1 (5%)
  Aspartate aminotransferase increase 0 0 0 1 (33%) 1 (7%) 0 2 (10%)
  Fatigue 1 (33%) 0 1 (9%) 0 0 0 0
  Diverticulitis 0 0 0 0 1 (7%) 0 1 (5%)
  Hypokalemia 0 0 0 1 (33%) 0 0 1 (5%)
  Hyponatremia 1 (33%) 0 1 (9%) 0 0 0 0
  Ileus 0 0 0 1 (33%) 0 0 1 (5%)
  Nausea 1 (33%) 1 (13%) 2 (18%) 1 (33%) 0 0 1 (5%)
  Vomiting 0 1 (13%) 1 (9%) 1 (33%) 0 0 1 (5%)

Veliparib dose in mg BID; gemcitabine dose in mg/m2.

Number of patients experiencing adverse event (percentage). Only adverse event possibly, probably, or definitely related to treatment were listed.