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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Feb 3.
Published in final edited form as: N Engl J Med. 2017 Jun 23;377(5):454–464. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1614359

Table 2.

Summary of Grade 3, 4, or 5 Adverse Events.

Adverse Event Midostaurin Group (N = 355) Placebo Group (N = 354) P Value*
no. of patients (%)
Hematologic
Thrombocytopenia 346 (97) 342 (97) 0.52
Neutropenia 338 (95) 339 (96) 0.86
Anemia 329 (93) 311 (88) 0.03
Leukopenia 93 (26) 105 (30) 0.32
Lymphopenia 68 (19) 78 (22) 0.35
Other blood or bone marrow event 1 (<1) 4 (1) 0.22
Bone marrow hypocellularity 0 1 (<1) 0.50
Nonhematologic
Febrile neutropenia 290 (82) 292 (82) 0.84
Infection 186 (52) 178 (50) 0.60
Lymphopenia 68 (19) 78 (22) 0.35
Diarrhea 56 (16) 54 (15) 0.92
Hypokalemia 49 (14) 60 (17) 0.25
Pain 47 (13) 44 (12) 0.82
Increased alanine aminotransferase 45 (13) 33 (9) 0.19
Rash or desquamation 50 (14) 27 (8) 0.008
Fatigue 32 (9) 37 (10) 0.53
Pneumonitis or pulmonary infiltrates 28 (8) 29 (8) 0.89
Nausea 20 (6) 34 (10) 0.05
Hyponatremia 31 (9) 23 (6) 0.32
Hyperbilirubinemia 25 (7) 28 (8) 0.67
Mucositis or stomatitis 22 (6) 28 (8) 0.38
Hypophosphatemia 19 (5) 29 (8) 0.14
Hypocalcemia 24 (7) 21 (6) 0.76
*

P values are two-sided and were calculated with the use of Fisher's exact test.