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. 2021 Jun 22;125(5):679–686. doi: 10.1038/s41416-021-01415-9

Table 2.

Common all-causality AES ( ≥ 15% in either arm) in MONALEESA-2, -3 and -7 (pooled data, safety set).

n (%) Ribociclib + endocrine therapya, n = 1065 Placebo + endocrine therapy, n = 818
Grade (CTCAE v4.03) All 3 4 All 3 4
Any AE 1052 (99) 699 (66) 158 (15) 782 (96) 245 (30) 26 (3)
Haematologic AEs
 Neutropeniab 788 (74) 550 (52) 91 (9) 43 (5) 12 (1) 1 (<1)
 Leukopeniac 330 (31) 180 (17) 13 (1) 36 (4) 7 (1) 0
 Anaemiad 200 (19) 28 (3) 2 (<1) 51 (6) 12 (1) 0
Non-haematologic AEs
 Nausea 475 (45) 15 (1) 0 219 (27) 4 (<1) 0
 Fatigue 348 (33) 19 (2) 1 (<1) 249 (30) 4 (<1) 0
 Diarrhoea 317 (30) 16 (2) 0 176 (22) 5 (1) 0
 Arthralgia 310 (29) 7 (1) 1 (<1) 243 (30) 8 (1) 0
 Vomiting 284 (27) 21 (2) 0 128 (16) 3 (<1) 0
 Alopecia 256 (24) 0 0 97 (12) 0 0
 Constipation 253 (24) 8 (1) 0 129 (16) 0 0
 Headache 252 (24) 5 (<1) 0 177 (22) 4 (<1) 0
 Hot flush 223 (21) 2 (<1) 0 200 (24) 0 0
 Cough 218 (21) 0 0 132 (16) 0 0
 Back pain 211 (20) 20 (2) 0 153 (19) 7 (1) 0
 Rash 187 (18) 6 (1) 0 63 (8) 0 0
 Pruritus 169 (16) 3 (<1) 0 47 (6) 0 0
 Decreased appetite 163 (15) 6 (1) 0 101 (12) 1 (<1) 0
 Increased ALT 161 (15) 71 (7) 15 (1) 48 (6) 8 (1) 0

AE adverse event, ALT alanine transferase, CTCAE Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events.

aPatients from MONALEESA-2 (ribociclib plus letrozole group), MONALEESA-3 (ribociclib plus fulvestrant group) and MONALEESA-7 (ribociclib plus non-steroidal aromatase inhibitor group).

b“Neutropenia” includes “neutropenia,” “decreased neutrophil count,” “febrile neutropenia,” “granulocytopenia” and “neutropenia sepsis.”

c“Leukopenia” includes “leukopenia,” “decreased white blood cell count,” “lymphopenia” and “decreased lymphocyte count.”

d“Anaemia” includes “anaemia,” “decreased haemoglobin,” “macrocytic anaemia” and “decreased red blood cell count.”