TABLE 3.
Cisplatin and Cetuximab Toxicity Outcomes: Cases With 1 Year of Prior Claims Data
| Characteristic | Overall | CDDP | CTX | Carboplatin | P | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | CTX vs CDDP | Carboplatin vs CDDP |
|
| Weight loss | 182 | 44.50 | 70 | 41.92 | 79 | 45.66 | 33 | 47.83 | .486 | .405 |
| Antiemetics | 289 | 70.66 | 154 | 92.22 | 74 | 42.77 | 61 | 88.41 | <.001 | .350 |
| ED visits | 161 | 39.36 | 68 | 40.72 | 66 | 38.15 | 27 | 39.13 | .628 | .821 |
| Hospital/ED visits with nausea/emesis/diarrhea | 108 | 26.41 | 56 | 33.53 | 32 | 18.50 | 20 | 28.99 | .002 | .497 |
| Hospital/ED visits with dehydration | 147 | 35.94 | 75 | 44.91 | 50 | 28.90 | 22 | 31.88 | .002 | .064 |
| Hospital/ED visits with malnutrition | 131 | 32.03 | 45 | 26.95 | 59 | 34.10 | 27 | 39.13 | .152 | .064 |
| Gastrostomy or feeding tube | 255 | 62.35 | 107 | 64.07 | 104 | 60.12 | 44 | 63.77 | .452 | .965 |
| Dysphagia | 283 | 69.19 | 117 | 70.06 | 117 | 67.63 | 49 | 71.01 | .629 | .884 |
| Aspiration pneumonia | 47 | 11.49 | 14 | 8.38 | 22 | 12.72 | 11 | 15.94 | .194 | .086 |
| Pneumonia NOS | 79 | 19.32 | 23 | 13.77 | 37 | 21.39 | 19 | 27.54 | .066 | .012 |
Abbreviations: CDDP, cisplatin; CTX, cetuximab; ED, emergency department; NOS, not otherwise specified.
Acute renal failure rates are not reported because of the low number of events, but they were not significant between groups (P =.274 for CTX vs CDDP; P =.925 for carboplatin vs CDDP).