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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jul 30.
Published in final edited form as: N Engl J Med. 2018 Jun 26;379(2):150–161. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1716435

Table 3.

Adverse Events Attributable to PVSRIPO, According to Grade, in the 52 Patients in the Dose-Expansion Phase.*

Body System and Adverse Event Grade 1 Grade 2 Grade 3 Grade 4 Grade 5
number of patients (percent)
Eye disorder

 Blurred vision 1 (2)

 Diplopia 1 (2)

 Focusing difficulty 1 (2)

 Visual field cut or hemianopia 8 (15) 2 (4)

Gastrointestinal disorder

 Nausea 5 (10)

 Vomiting 3 (6)

General disorder or administration-site condition

 Fatigue 4 (8) 2 (4)

 Gait disturbance 4 (8) 1 (2)

Nervous system disorder

 Cerebral edema 1 (2)

 Cognitive disturbance 12 (23) 1 (2)

 Dysphasia 7 (13) 8 (15)

 Dystonia 1 (2)

 Facial muscle weakness 1 (2)

 Headache 12 (23) 14 (27) 1 (2)

 Intracranial hemorrhage 1 (2)

 Paresthesia 7 (13)

 Pyramidal tract syndrome 14 (27) 8 (15) 4 (8)

 Seizure 19 (37) 2 (4) 1 (2) 1 (2)

Psychiatric disorder

 Confusion 3 (6) 5 (10) 1 (2)

 Delusions 1 (2)

 Hallucinations 1 (2)

Renal and urinary disorder: urinary incontinence 1 (2)

Vascular disorder: hypertension 1 (2)

Total no. of patients with an event 14 (27) 23 (44) 9 (17) 0 1 (2)
*

In the dose-expansion phase, 6 patients received dose level 2 (3.3×108 TCID50), 31 received dose level −1 (5.0×107 TCID50), and 15 received dose level −2 (107 TCID50).

Pyramidal tract syndrome was defined as hemiparesis.

Each patient is included only once in the total row under the grade level that represents their highest-grade event.