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

Table 3.

Ribociclib dose reductions in patients receiving first-line endocrine therapy (safety set).

MONALEESA-2 MONALEESA-3 MONALEESA-7
Ribociclib 600 mg + letrozole, n = 334 Ribociclib 600 mg + fulvestrant, n = 238 Ribociclib 600 mg + NSAI, n = 246
n % n % n %
Dose reductions
 0 142a 42.5 146 61.3 155 63.0
 1 115 34.4 76 31.9 66 26.8
 2 70 21.0 15 6.3 23 9.3
 ≥3 7 2.1 1 0.4 2 0.8
Reason for dose reductionb
 AE 182 54.5 78 32.8 82 33.3
 Dosing error 8 2.4 7 2.9 6 2.4
 Lack of efficacy 1 0.3 0 0 0 0
 Physician decision 7 2.1 5 2.1 4 1.6
 Patient/guardian decision 8 2.4 1 0.4 1 0.4
 Technical issue 0 0 1 0.4 0 0
Most common all-grade AEs for dose reduction
 Neutropenia 111 33.2 47 19.7 58 23.4

AE adverse event, NSAI non-steroidal aromatase inhibitor.

an = 142 patients with no dose reduction. For the efficacy evaluations data from 165 patients (61.2%) were used. This included 23 patients who had dose interruptions where the dose was reduced from 600 to 0 mg.

bIn MONALEESA-2, more than one reason for dose reduction may have been reported.