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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2019 Jul 11;18(4):872–880.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.cgh.2019.06.042

Table 5.

Cancer treatment alterations and complications stratified by IBD activity at cancer diagnosis.

Variable IBD inactive at cancer diagnosis (n=400, 89.5%) IBD active at cancer diagnosis (n=47, 10.5%) p-value
Patients with data for cancer treatment alteration 176 (44.0%) 15 (31.9%) -
 Any treatment alteration 22 (12.5%) 2 (13.3%) 0.720
 Dose modification 10 (5.7%) 1 (6.7%) 0.957
  Reasons noted Neuropathy, diarrhea Diarrhea
 Treatment delay 10 (5.7%) 2 (13.3%) 0.401
  Reasons noted Neuropathy, diarrhea Diarrhea
 Treatment discontinuation 19 (25.0%) 2 (13.3%) 0.717
  Reasons noted Venous thromboembolism, neuropathy, diarrhea, fracture, rash Diarrhea
Patients with data for hospitalization during cancer treatment 334 (83.5%) 42 (89.4%) -
Hospitalization during cancer treatment 59 (17.7%) 17 (40.5%) 0.001
 Reasons noted Venous thromboembolism, diarrhea, fracture, sepsis Diarrhea, sepsis