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. 2021 Aug 24;9(8):e003154. doi: 10.1136/jitc-2021-003154

Table 1.

FN rates in the main trials of association between chemotherapy and immunotherapy

Trial Cancer type Drugs FN: chemotherapy+immunotherapy arm FN: chemotherapy arm G-CSF or GM-CSF use
KEYNOTE-407 NSCLC squamous Pembrolizumab+carboplatin+(nab)-paclitaxel 5.4% 3.6% Permitted as for guidelines
KEYNOTE-189 NSCLC non-squamous Pembrolizumab+cis- or carboplatin+pemetrexed 5.7% 2.0% Permitted as for guidelines
IMpower133 SCLC Atezolizumab+carboplatin+etoposide 2.5% 4.4% NA
KEYNOTE-048 HNSCC Pembrolizumab+cis- or carboplatin+5-fluorouracil 6.2% 5.2% Permitted as for guidelines
IMpassion130 Breast cancer Atezolizumab+nab-paclitaxel 1.9% 2.2% NA

FN, febrile neutropenia; G-CSF, granulocyte colony-stimulating factor; GM-CSF, granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor; HNSCC, head and neck squamous cell carcinoma; NA, not available; NSCLC, non-small cell lung cancer; SCLC, small cell lung cancer.