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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Sep 16.
Published in final edited form as: Eur J Cancer. 2017 Dec 21;90:63–72. doi: 10.1016/j.ejca.2017.10.009

Table 4.

Adverse events and haematological laboratory abnormalities of grade ≥3 occurring in >5%, any group (as-treated population).

n (%) USA
EU
Japan
FTD/TPI (n = 64) Placebo (n = 35) FTD/TPI (n = 270) Placebo (n = 131) FTD/TPI (n = 178) Placebo (n = 88)
Abdominal pain 3 (4.7) 4 (11.4) 5 (1.9) 4 (3.1) 1 (0.6) 1 (1.1)
Anaemia 9 (14.1) 2 (5.7) 35 (13.0) 2 (1.5) 41 (23.0) 3 (3.4)
Aspartate aminotransferase increased 2 (3.1) 2 (5.7) 3 (1.1) 1 (0.8) 2 (1.1) 4 (4.5)
Asthenia 0 0 18 (6.7) 8(6.1) 0 0
Blood alkaline phosphatase increased 2(3.1) 4 (11.4) 9 (3.3) 5 (3.8) 7 (3.9) 4 (4.5)
Blood bilirubin increased 2(3.1) 0 13 (4.8) 7 (5.3) 6 (3.4) 2 (2.3)
Decreased appetite 0 1 (2.9) 9 (3.3) 5 (3.8) 10 (5.6) 7 (8.0)
Dyspnoea 1 (1.6) 0 13 (4.8) 7 (5.3) 0 3 (3.4)
Fatigue 3 (4.7) 3 (8.6) 12 (4.4) 6 (4.6) 5 (2.8) 6 (6.8)
Febrile neutropenia 4 (6.3) 0 6 (2.2) 0 10 (5.6) 0
Gamma-glutamyltransferase increased 1 (1.6) 0 9 (3.3) 7 (5.3) 7 (3.9) 3 (3.4)
General physical health deterioration 0 0 15 (5.6) 9 (6.9) 3 (1.7) 3 (3.4)
Hepatic failure 1 (1.6) 2 (5.7) 2 (0.7) 2(1.5) 0 4 (4.5)
Hyperbilirubinaemia 2(3.1) 2 (5.7) 8 (3.0) 2(1.5) 1 (0.6) 0
Hypoalbuminaemia 1 (1.6) 2 (5.7) 2 (0.7) 0 1 (0.6) 0
Hypokalaemia 6 (9.4) 0 5(1.9) 2 (1.5) 1 (0.6) 0
Leukopenia 4 (6.3) 0 9 (3.3) 0 0 0
Neutropenia 20 (31.3) 0 79 (29.3) 0 3 (1.7) 0
Peripheral oedema 0 2 (5.7) 0 0 1 (0.6) 0
Tumour pain 0 0 1 (0.4) 0 2(1.1) 5 (5.7)
Vomiting 3 (4.7) 0 5(1.9) 1 (0.8) 3 (1.7) 0
Haematological laboratory abnormalities
Haemoglobin 15 (23.8) 2 (5.7) 39 (14.6) 3 (2.3) 41 (23.0) 3 (3.4)
Lymphocytes 17 (27.0) 3 (8.6) 41 (15.6) 11 (8.6) 47 (26.4) 11 (12.5)
Neutrophils 28 (44.4) 0 100 (37.3) 0 67 (37.6) 0
Platelets 5 (7.9) 0 11 (4.1) 0 11 (6.2) 1(1.1)
Leukocytes 18 (28.6) 0 50 (18.7) 0 43 (24.2) 0
Hospitalisations
Total hospitalisations 17 (26.6) 12 (34.3) 84 (31.1) 45 (34.4) 52 (29.2) 36 (40.9)
Median total days hospitalised 7.0 10.5 7.5 9.0 13.0 19.5
Median hospitalisation ratioa 0.09 0.19 0.11 0.20 0.19 0.30
Reason for hospitalisation
Serious adverse event 16 (25.0) 10 (28.6) 79 (29.3) 41 (31.3) 45 (25.3) 34 (38.6)
Febrile neutropenia 4 (6.3) 0 4(1.5) 0 6 (3.4) 0
Elective preplanned surgery alone 0 0 3(1.1) 0 1 (0.6) 0
Hospice/palliative care alone 0 1 (2.9) 1 (0.4) 3 (2.3) 2(1.1) 2 (2.3)
Palliative radiation alone 0 1 (2.9) 0 0 0 0
Other 1 (1.6) 2 (5.7) 8 (3.0) 4 (3.1) 5 (2.8) 2 (2.3)

Abbreviation: FTD/TPI, trifluridine/tipiracil.

a

Total days hospitalised divided by total days followed.