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. 2020 Sep 4;10(9):91. doi: 10.1038/s41408-020-00357-4

Table 2.

All-cause adverse events.

ERd (n = 318) Rd (n = 317)
Any grade Grade 3–4 Events/100 PYa Any grade Grade 3–4 Events/100 PYb
Event 316 (99) 244 (77) NR 314 (99) 217 (68) NR
AEs in ≥30% of patients
 Diarrhea 160 (50) 24 (8) NR 125 (39) 17 (5) NR
 Fatigue 155 (49) 32 (10) NR 131 (41) 27 (9) NR
 Anemia 139 (44) 57 (18) NR 120 (38) 53 (17) NR
 Pyrexia 129 (41) 11 (3) NR 81 (26) 11 (3) NR
 Constipation 115 (36) 4 (1) NR 89 (28) 1 (<1) NR
 Neutropenia 114 (36) 86 (27) NR 137 (43) 109 (34) NR
 Cough 109 (34) 1 (<1) NR 62 (20) 0 NR
 Back pain 108 (34) 19 (6) NR 98 (31) 17 (5) NR
 Muscle spasm 100 (31) 2 (1) NR 85 (27) 3 (1) NR
 Peripheral edema 95 (30) 4 (1) NR 78 (25) 1 (<1) NR
AEs/AE categories of special interest
 Infections 267 (84) 112 (35) 199 239 (75) 85 (27) 185
 Pneumonia 69 (22) 48 (15) 13 51 (16) 33 (10) 12
 Herpes zoster 23 (7) 6 (2) 3 7 (2) 2 (1) 1
 Sepsisc 13 (4) 11 (3) NR 13 (4) 6 (2) NR
 Renal and urinary disorders 87 (27) 17 (5) 17 60 (19) 15 (5) 17
 Cardiac disorders 75 (24) 18 (6) 17 59 (19) 24 (8) 18
 Lymphopenia 41 (13) 27 (8) 12 23 (7) 12 (4) 11
 SPMs 39 (12) NR 5d 28 (9) NR 4e
 Basal cell carcinoma 11 (3) NR 1d 6 (2) NR 1e
 Squamous cell carcinoma of the skin 10 (3) NR 1d 6 (2) NR 1e
Total serious AEs 238 (75) 169 (53) NR 194 (61) 127 (40) NR

Data are n (%).

AE adverse event, ERd elotuzumab plus lenalidomide and dexamethasone, NR not reported, PY patient-years, Rd lenalidomide and dexamethasone, SPM second primary malignancy.

a746.70 PY.

b543.77 PY.

cIncludes urosepsis, bacterial, biliary, neutropenic, pneumococcal, pseudomonal, pulmonary, device-related, and staphylococcal sepsis.

dAdjusted based on 1166.98 PY of follow-up.

eAdjusted based on 1050.78 PY of follow-up.