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. 2018 Dec 27;11:143. doi: 10.1186/s13045-018-0685-2

Table 2.

Rates of selected AEs in key trials of bosutinib treatment of CP-CML

Patients, safety set First-line study [6]
Phase 3 BFORE trial (NCT02130557)
Subsequent-line study [1]
Phase 1/2 study (NCT00261846)
CP-CML, newly diagnosed CP-CML, resistant/intolerant to prior therapy (combined imatinib-only and imatinib plus ≥ 1 additional TKI cohorts)*
n = 268 n = 403
Follow-up Minimum 12 months Minimum 48 months
Adverse events, % of patients All grades Grade ≥ 3 All grades Grade 3/4
Diarrhea 70 8 85 9
Nausea 35 0 47 1
Vomiting 18 1 37 3
Liver enzyme abnormalities
 ALT increased 31 19 20 8
 AST increased 23 10 16 3
Myelosuppression
 Thrombocytopenia 35 14 40 26
 Anemia 19 3 27 11
 Neutropenia 11 7 18 12
 Leukopenia 6 1 10 4

Abbreviations: ALT alanine aminotransferase, AST aspartate aminotransferase, CP chronic-phase, CML chronic myeloid leukemia, TKI tyrosine kinase inhibitor

*Two hundred eighty-four previously treated with imatinib only and 119 treated with both imatinib and ≥ 1 additional tyrosine kinase inhibitor