Table 2. Adverse events in patients receiving nivolumab with- and without bevacizumab.
| Adverse events | Nivolumab | Comment | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| With bevacizumab | Without bevacizumab | ||||
| No | 5 | 9 | 14 | ||
| Grade | |||||
| 1 | NA | NA | Not systematically reported | NA | |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Pancytopenia (1) and skin rash (1) | 2 | |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Hepatitis (1) and pneumonitis (1) | 2 | |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | NA | 0 | |
| 5 (death) | 1 | 0 | Intestinal perforation causing peritonitis, sepsis and death | 1 | |
All adverse events were treated successfully with steroids. Treatment was discontinued for both patients with grade 3 events. The intestinal perforation was believed to be caused by bevacizumab and not nivolumab.
NA, not applicable.