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. 2017 Nov 9;109(1):174–181. doi: 10.1111/cas.13427

Table 3.

Drug‐related adverse events in the lung subgroup of of patients with advanced, progressive, well‐differentiated, non‐functional neuroendocrine tumors (NET) treated with everolimus or placebo (≥10% incidence in either arm)

Preferred term, n (%) Patients with lung NET (n = 90)
Everolimus n = 62a Placebo n = 27
All grades Grade 3 or 4 All grades Grade 3 or 4
Stomatitisb
Totalc , d 38 (61.3) 7 (11.3) 7 (25.9) 0 (0.0)
Stomatitis 33 (53.2) 7 (11.3) 5 (18.5) 0 (0.0)
Mouth ulceration 4 (6.5) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)
Aphthous stomatitis 2 (3.2) 0 (0.0) 2 (7.4) 0 (0.0)
Glossitis 2 (3.2) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)
Rash 22 (35.5) 0 (0.0) 1 (3.7) 0 (0.0)
Fatigue 20 (32.3) 2 (3.2) 6 (22.2) 0 (0.0)
Peripheral edema 17 (27.4) 2 (3.2) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)
Diarrhea 16 (25.8) 3 (4.8) 2 (7.4) 0 (0.0)
Infectionse 14 (22.6) 5 (7.1) 1 (3.7) 0 (0.0)
Asthenia 14 (22.6) 1 (1.6) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)
Anemia 13 (21.0) 2 (3.2) 1 (3.7) 0 (0.0)
Decreased appetite 13 (21.0) 0 (0.0) 2 (7.4) 0 (0.0)
Nausea 12 (19.4) 2 (3.2) 3 (11.1) 0 (0.0)
Pyrexia 12 (19.4) 2 (3.2) 1 (3.7) 0 (0.0)
Hyperglycemia 11 (17.7) 6 (9.8) 2 (7.4) 0 (0.0)
Dyspnea 9 (14.5) 1 (1.6) 3 (11.1) 1 (3.7)
Non‐infectious pneumonitis 8 (12.9) 1 (1.6) 1 (3.7) 0 (0.0)
Dysgeusia 8 (12.9) 0 (0.0) 1 (3.7) 0 (0.0)
Cough 8 (12.9) 0 (0.0) 1 (3.7) 0 (0.0)
Pruritus 7 (11.3) 1 (1.6) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)
Dry mouth 7 (11.3) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)
Weight decreased 5 (8.1) 1 (1.6) 3 (11.1) 0 (0.0)
a

In the everolimus arm, one patient withdrew consent.

b

Includes stomatitis, aphthous stomatitis, mouth ulceration, and glossitis.

c

Represents the total number of patients with stomatitis that includes mouth and stoma‐derived adverse events.

d

A patient with multiple adverse events within a category is counted only once in the “Total” row.

e

Includes all infections.