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. 2018 Jun 12;119(2):241–247. doi: 10.1038/s41416-018-0129-3

Table 3.

Most common adverse reactions

Adverse event All Serious <75 years (N = 397) ≥75 years (N = 397) P-valuesa P-valuesb
All Serious All Serious
Any, n (%) 766 (96.5) 408 (51.4) 384 (96.7) 193 (48.6) 382 (96.2) 215 (54.2) 0.7004 0.1183
Hand and foot skin reaction, n (%) 463 (58.3) 48 (6.1) 241 (60.7) 26 (6.6) 222 (55.9) 22 (5.5)
Hypertension, n (%) 280 (35.3) 18 (2.3) 132 (33.3) 7 (1.8) 148 (37.3) 11 (2.8)
Rash, n (%) 211 (26.6) 61 (7.7) 116 (29.2) 29 (7.3) 95 (23.9) 32 (8.1)
Lipase/ amylase increase, n (%) 197 (24.8) 5 (0.6) 100 (25.2) 1 (0.3) 97 (24.4) 4 (1.0)
Diarrhoea, n (%) 170 (21.4) 15 (1.9) 93 (23.4) 4 (1.0) 77 (19.4) 11 (2.8)
Alopecia, n (%) 122 (15.4) 0 (0.0) 75 (18.9) 0 (0.0) 47 (11.8) 0 (0.0) 0.0059
Hepatic dysfunction, n (%) 128 (16.1) 44 (5.5) 69 (17.4) 24 (6.1) 59 (14.9) 20 (5.0)
Cytopenia, n (%) 107 (13.5) 42 (5.3) 55 (13.9) 22 (5.5) 52 (13.1) 20 (5.0)
Bleeding, n (%) 84 (10.6) 59 (7.4) 41 (10.3) 26 (6.6) 43 (10.8) 33 (8.3)
Decreased appetite, n (%) 77 (9.7) 15 (1.9) 26 (6.6) 4 (1.0) 51 (12.9) 11 (2.8) 0.0027
Mucositis, n (%) 65 (8.2) 5 (0.6) 30 (7.6) 5 (1.3) 35 (8.8) 0 (0.0)
Hypophosphatemia, n (%) 59 (7.4) 0 (0.0) 38 (9.6) 0 (0.0) 21 (5.3) 0 (0.0) 0.0214
Fatigue, n (%) 14 (1.8) 2 (0.3) 8 (2.0) 2 (0.5) 6 (1.5) 0 (0.0)
Dysphonia, n (%) 52 (6.6) 0 (0.0) 20 (5.0) 0 (0.0) 32 (8.1) 0 (0.0)
Fever, n (%) 45 (5.7) 14 (1.8) 17 (4.3) 3 (0.8) 28 (7.1) 11 (2.8) 0.0310
Renal failure/renal dysfunction, n (%) 23 (2.9) 11 (1.4) 6 (1.5) 2 (0.5) 17 (4.3) 9 (2.3) 0.0199 0.0336

aPooled analysis of all AEs in <75 and ≥75 years old.

bPooled analysis of serious AEs in <75 and ≥75 years old