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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Lung Cancer. 2018 Jun 22;123:91–98. doi: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2018.06.013

Table 4.

Most common adverse events and treatment-related events

Erlotinib and Fulvestrant
(n=67)
Erlotinib Alone (n=33) *P value
(All
Grades)
Any Adverse Event All Grades (%) Grade 3/4 (%) All Grades (%) Grade 3/4 (%)
Anorexia 22 (33) 2 (3) 10 (30) 1 (3) 0.799
Diarrhea 30 (45) 3 (5) 16 (49) 2 (6) 0.726
Dyspnea 22 (33) 5 (8) 6 (18) 3 (9) 0.125
Fatigue 29 (43) 3 (5) 12 (36) 1 (3) 0.508
Infection 16 (24) 6 (9) 5 (15) 1 (3) 0.314
Nausea 13 (19) 2 (3) 9 (27) 0 (0) 0.372
Pain 38 (57) 7 (10) 15 (46) 2 (6) 0.289
Rash 44 (66) 4 (6) 15 (46) 0 (0) 0.053
Treatment Related
Adverse Event
All Grades (%) Grade 3/4 (%) All Grades (%) Grade 3/4 (%)
Anorexia 17 (25) 2 (3) 9 (27) 1 (3) 0.839
Diarrhea 29 (43) 3 (5) 13 (39) 2 (6) 0.711
Fatigue 22 (33) 3 (5) 6 (18) 0 (0) 0.129
Nausea 10 (15) 1 (2) 8 (24) 0 (0) 0.254
Pain 15 (22) 1 (2) 9 (27) 0 (0) 0.591
Rash 44 (66) 15 (46) 15 (46) 0 (0) 0.053
*

Fisher’s exact test.

Most common adverse events were defined as those that occurred in at least 25% of patients