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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Nov 19.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Cancer Res. 2008 Jun 1;14(11):3462–3469. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-07-4740

Table 1.

Adverse events experienced by more than two patients

Most frequently reported nonhematologic toxicities (at least two patients) regardless of causality (all cycles, worst toxicity grade by patient)

Adverse event No. patients with grade 1–2/3* adverse events All cohorts

Group A (daily × 5) Group B (weekly)


Dose level (μg/kg)

100 500 1,000 100 1,000 2,000






n = 3 n = 3 n = 3 n = 4 n = 3 n = 3 N = 19
Chills 2/0 3/0 3/0 3/0 2/0 3/0 16/0
Fever 2/0 3/0 1/1 3/0 2/1 2/0 13/2
Headache 1/1 3/0 3/0 2/0 1/0 10/1
Fatigue 1/0 2/0 2/0 2/0 1/0 2/0 10/0
Pain (back/extremity) 3/0 5/0 1/0 1/0 10/0
Pruritus/pruritic rash 1/0 3/0 2/0 2/0 1/0 9/0
Nausea 2/0 2/0 2/0 1/0 1/0 8/0
Pain 1/0 2/0 2/0 2/0 1/0 8/0
Myalgia/arthralgia 2/0 1/0 1/0 1/0 3/0 8/0
Anorexia 1/0 2/0 1/0 2/0 1/0 7/0
Vomiting 1/0 1/0 2/0 1/0 1/0 6/0
Diarrhea 1/0 1/0 2/0 1/0 1/0 6/0
Cough 1/0 1/0 2/0 1/0 1/0 6/0
Dizziness 1/0 2/0 1/0 1/0 1/0 6/0
Insomnia 2/0 2/0 1/0 5/0
Injection site/skin reaction 1/0 3/0 1/0 5/0
Abdominal pain/distension 3/0 1/0 1/0 5/0
Chest pain 1/0 1/0 1/0 2/0 5/0
Rash/urticaria 1/0 2/0 1/0 1/0 5/0
Paresthesia/hypoesthesia 1/0 1/0 1/0 1/0 4/0
Hypotension 1/0 1/0 0/1 1/0 3/1
Hypertension 2/0 2/0
*

No grade 4 adverse events were reported.