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. 2019 Feb 12;120(5):475–480. doi: 10.1038/s41416-019-0391-z

Table 2.

Adverse events occurring in 20% or more patients in either group

Adverse events NK105 (N = 214) PTX (N = 213)
Grade Grade
Preferred term Any 3 4 Any 3 4
Haematological, n (%)
Neutropeniaa 109 (50.9) 54 (25.2) 18 (8.4) 103 (48.4) 55 (25.8) 10 (4.7)
Leukopeniab 72 (33.6) 32 (15.0) 2 (0.9) 68 (31.9) 30 (14.1) 0 (0.0)
Non-haematological, n (%)
Alopecia 151 (70.6) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 161 (75.6) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)
Peripheral sensory neuropathy 113 (52.8) 3 (1.4) 0 (0.0) 149 (70.0) 16 (7.5) 0 (0.0)
Rash 62 (29.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 47 (22.1) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)
Nausea 59 (27.6) 5 (2.3) 0 (0.0) 65 (30.5) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)
Nasopharyngitis 49 (22.9) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 46 (21.6) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)
Diarrhoea 47 (22.0) 4 (1.9) 0 (0.0) 41 (19.2) 1 (0.5) 0 (0.0)
Fatigue 45 (21.0) 1 (0.5) 0 (0.0) 36 (16.9) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)
Stomatitis 42 (19.6) 2 (0.9) 0 (0.0) 46 (21.6) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)
Nail discolouration 37 (17.3) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 46 (21.6) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)
Myalgia 32 (15.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 46 (21.6) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)
Dysgeusia 30 (14.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 53 (24.9) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)

aNeutropenia included neutrophil count decreased

bLeukopenia included white blood cell count decreased