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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Sep 26.
Published in final edited form as: N Engl J Med. 2016 Dec 6;376(7):629–640. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1612674

Table 3.

Adverse Events.*

Adverse Event Osimertinib
(N = 279)
Platinum-Pemetrexed
(N = 136)
Any Grade Grade ≥3 Any Grade Grade ≥3
number (percent)
Diarrhea 113 (41) 3 (1) 15 (11) 2 (1)
Rash 94 (34) 2 (1) 8 (6) 0
Dry skin 65 (23) 0 6 (4) 0
Paronychia 61 (22) 0 2 (1) 0
Decreased appetite 50 (18) 3 (1) 49 (36) 4 (3)
Cough 46 (16) 0 19 (14) 0
Nausea 45 (16) 2 (1) 67 (49) 5 (4)
Fatigue 44 (16) 3 (1) 38 (28) 1 (1)
Stomatitis 41 (15) 0 21 (15) 2 (1)
Constipation 39 (14) 0 47 (35) 0
Pruritus 35 (13) 0 6 (4) 0
Vomiting 31 (11) 1 (<1) 27 (20) 3 (2)
Back pain 29 (10) 1 (<1) 12 (9) 1 (1)
Thrombocytopenia 28 (10) 1 (<1) 27 (20) 10 (7)
Nasopharyngitis 28 (10) 0 7 (5) 0
Headache 28 (10) 0 15 (11) 0
Dyspnea 24 (9) 3 (1) 18 (13) 0
Neutropenia 22 (8) 4 (1) 31 (23) 16 (12)
Leukopenia 22 (8) 0 20 (15) 5 (4)
Anemia 21 (8) 2 (1) 41 (30) 16 (12)
Asthenia 20 (7) 3 (1) 20 (15) 6 (4)
Pyrexia 18 (6) 0 14 (10) 0
Alanine aminotransferase elevation 18 (6) 3 (1) 15 (11) 1 (1)
Aspartate aminotransferase elevation 14 (5) 3 (1) 15 (11) 1 (1)
Malaise 11 (4) 0 14 (10) 0
*

Listed are adverse events that were reported in at least 10% of the patients in any group. Safety analyses included all the patients who received at least one dose of a trial drug (safety analysis set). Included are adverse events with an on-set date on or after the date of first dose and up to and including 28 days after the discontinuation of the trial drug or the day before the first administration of crossover treatment. Some patients had more than one adverse event.

This category represents a grouped term for the event. If a patient had multiple preferred-term level events within a specific grouped term adverse event, then the maximum grade (according to the Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events) across those events was counted.