Table 3. Adverse events of patients treated with BRAF inhibitor in combination with radiotherapy.
Concomitant vemurafenib (n=59) | Interrupted vemurafenib (n=51) | Concomitant dabrafenib (n=28) | Interrupted dabrafenib (n=17) | |
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Radiation dermatitis | ||||
1° | 11 (19%) | 6 (12%) | 4 (14%) | 2 (12%) |
2° | 15 (25%) | 6 (12%) | 4 (14%) | 0 |
3° | 6 (10%) | 1 (2%) | 2 (7%) | 0 |
Other adverse events | ||||
Follicular cystic proliferation | 10 (17%)a | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Hearing disorder | 4 (7%) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Dysphagia | 2 (3%) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Hyperpigmentation | 1 (2%) | 3 (6%) | 0 | 0 |
Impaired wound healing | 1 (2%) | 0 | 1 (4%) | 0 |
Haemorrhagic intracranial metastasis | 1 (2%) | 0 | 1 (4%) | 0 |
Pneumonitis | 1 (2%) | 0 | 1 (4%) | 0 |
Othersa | 3 (5%)b | 1 (2%)c | 0 | 1 (6%)d |
Adverse events appearing in more than one patient in the entire cohort are listed in the table while adverse events occurring in only one patient are summarised in ‘Others’.
Includes one case of cutis verticis gyrate-like toxicity as the maximal form of follicular cystic proliferation.
One case each of cardiac insufficiency, hand-food syndrome and taste disorder
Radiation recall dermatitis
Pruritus.