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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Lancet Oncol. 2019 Dec 11;21(2):271–282. doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(19)30691-6

Table 3:

Treatment-related adverse events

NTRK fusion-positive safety-evaluable population* (n=68) Overall safety-evaluable population (n=355)
Grade 1–2 Grade 3 Grade 4 Grade 1–2 Grade 3 Grade 4
Dysgeusia 32 (47%) 0 0 146 (41%) 1 (<1%) 0
Constipation 19 (28%) 0 0 83 (23%) 1 (<1%) 0
Fatigue 19 (28%) 5 (7%) 0 89 (25%) 10 (3%) 0
Diarrhoea 18 (27%) 1 (2%) 0 76 (21%) 5 (1%) 0
Oedema peripheral 16 (24%) 1 (2%) 0 49 (14%) 1 (<1%) 0
Dizziness 16 (24%) 1 (2%) 0 88 (25%) 2 (1%) 0
Blood creatinine increased 12 (18%) 1 (2%) 0 52 (15%) 2 (1%) 0
Paraesthesia 11 (16%) 0 0 67 (19%) 0 0
Nausea 10 (15%) 0 0 74 (21%) 0 0
Vomiting 9 (13%) 0 0 48 (14%) 0 0
Arthralgia 8 (12%) 0 0 42 (12%) 2 (1%) 0
Myalgia 8 (12%) 0 0 52 (15%) 2 (1%) 0
Weight increased 8 (12%) 7 (10%) 0 51 (14%) 18 (5%) 0
AST increased 7 (10%) 0 1 (2%) 35 (10%) 3 (1%) 1 (<1%)
ALT increased 6 (9%) 0 1 (2%) 30 (9%) 3 (1%) 1 (<1%)
Muscular weakness 6 (9%) 1 (2%) 0 22 (6%) 3 (1%) 0
Anaemia 5 (7%) 8 (12%) 0 27 (10%) 16 (5%) 0
Asthenia 5 (7%) 0 0 28 (8%) 2 (1%) 0
Peripheral sensory neuropathy 4 (6%) 1 (2%) 0 20 (6%) 4 (1%) 0
Neutrophil count decreased 4 (6%) 0 0 13 (4%) 8 (2%) 0
Rash 4 (6%) 0 0 18 (5%) 2 (1%) 0
Disturbance in attention 3 (4%) 0 0 13 (4%) 1 (<1%) 0
Pain of skin 3 (4%) 0 0 9 (3%) 1 (<1%) 0
Neutropenia 3 (4%) 2 (3%) 0 9 (3%) 9 (3%) 0
Localised oedema 2 (3%) 1 (2%) 0 3 (1%) 1 (<1%) 0
Hyperaesthesia 2 (3%) 0 0 22 (6%) 1 (<1%) 0
Ataxia 2 (3%) 0 0 9 (3%) 3 (1%) 0
Platelet count decreased 2 (3%) 0 0 4 (1%) 0 1 (<1%)
Hyperuricaemia 2 (3%) 0 2 (3%) 13 (4%) 0 5 (1%)
Hypophosphataemia 2 (3%) 2 (3%) 0 6 (2%) 4 (1%) 0
Dehydration 2 (3%) 0 0 5 (1%) 2 (1%) 0
Diplopia 1 (2%) 1 (2%) 0 4 (1%) 1 (<1%) 0
Hypotension 1 (2%) 1 (2%) 0 14 (4%) 2 (1%) 0
Pyrexia 1 (2%) 0 0 7 (2%) 1 (<1%) 0
Lymphocyte count decreased 1 (2%) 0 0 4 (1%) 1 (<1%) 0
Pruritus 1 (2%) 0 0 15 (4%) 1 (<1%) 0
Hypoxia 1 (2%) 0 0 1 (<1%) 1 (<1%) 0
Fall 1 (2%) 0 0 6 (2%) 1 (<1%) 0
Osteoarthritis 0 1 (2%) 0 2 (1%) 1 (<1%) 0
Blood uric acid increased 0 0 1 (2%) 3 (<1%) 0 1 (<1%)
Dysarthria 0 0 0 5 (1%) 2 (1%) 0
Anorectal disorder 0 0 0 0 0 1 (<1%)
Generalised oedema 0 0 0 5 (1%) 2 (1%) 0
Electrocardiogram QT prolonged 0 0 0 5 (1%) 1 (<1%) 0
Lipase increased 0 0 0 2 (1%) 2 (<1%) 1 (1%)
Amylase increased 0 0 0 1 (<1%) 3 (1%) 0
Blood creatine phosphokinase increased 0 0 0 2 (<1%) 1 (<1%) 1 (<1%)
Hyponatraemia 0 0 0 3 (1%) 2 (1%) 0
Hypermagnesaemia 0 1 (2%) 0 0 1 (<1%) 0
Hypoalbunimaemia 0 0 0 0 1 (<1%) 0
Pulmonary oedema 0 0 0 0 2 (1%) 0
Mental status changes 0 0 0 0 2 (1%) 0
Agitation 0 0 0 0 1 (<1%) 0
Mood altered 0 0 0 0 1 (<1%) 0
Orthostatic hypotension 0 0 0 2 (1%) 1 (<1%) 0
Hypertension 0 0 0 0 1 (<1%) 0
Cardiac failure 0 1 (2%) 0 0 2 (1%) 0
Cardiac failure congestive 0 1 (2%) 0 0 1 (1%) 0
Myocarditis 0 0 0 0 0 1 (<1%)

Data are n (%). Adverse events were encoded using MedDRA (version 21.0). ALT=alanine aminotransferase. AST=aspartate aminotransferase.

*

All patients with NTRK gene fusions who received ≥1 dose of entrectinib, regardless of dose or duration of follow-up.

All patients from STARTRK-1, STARTRK-2, ALKA-372–001, and STARTRK-NG (regardless of tumour type or gene rearrangement) who received ≥1 dose of entrectinib.No deaths due to adverse events were reported.