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. 2021 Nov 10;11:740796. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2021.740796

Table 3.

Summary of selected AEs recorded in the safety profiles for ASPIRE and ENDEAVOR trial.

Adverse Events ASPIRE trial (93) ENDEAVOR trial (88, 94)
KRd group (N = 392) % Rd group (N = 389) % Kd group (N = 463) % Vd group (N = 456) %
All grades Grade ≥ 3 All grades Grade ≥ 3 All grades Grade ≥ 3 All grades Grade ≥ 3
Acute renal failure1 8.4 3.3 7.2 3.1 10.4 5.6 6.1 3.3
Anaemia 42.6 17.9 39.8 17.2 42.5 16.4 28.3 10.1
Cardiac failure2 6.4 3.8 4.1 1.8 10.8 5.8 3.3 2.0
Constipation 20.2 0.3 17.2 0.5 16.2 0.4 27.6 1.8
Cough 28.8 0.3 17.2 0 27.6 0 15.8 0.2
Diarrhea 42.3 3.8 33.7 4.1 36.3 3.9 40.6 8.6
Dyspnea 19.4 2.8 14.9 1.8 32.2 6.3 13.6 2.2
Fatigue 32.9 7.7 30.6 6.4 32.2 6.7 30.7 7.7
Headache not given not given not given not given 20.5 0.9 10.7 0.7
Hypertension 14.3 4.3 6.9 1.8 32.2 14.5 9.9 3.3
Hypokalemia 27.6 9.4 13.4 4.9 13.0 2.4 11.1 3.7
Lymphopenia not given not given not given not given 6.7 4.8 5.5 3.1
Muscle spasms 26.5 1.0 21.1 0.8 19.9 0.2 6.1 0.7
Nausea not given not given not given not given 23.5 1.9 20.0 0.7
Neutropenia 37.8 29.6 33.7 26.5 6.0 2.4 5.7 2.2
Peripheral Neuropathy 17.1 2.6 17.0 3.1 10.9 1.3 28.5 6.1
Pneumonia not given not given not given not given 11.4 9.1 11.6 8.6
Pyrexia 28.6 1.8 20.8 0.5 32.4 3.0 15.1 0.7
Thrombocytopenia 29.1 16.6 22.6 12.3 21.6 8.9 18.4 9.4
Upper respiratory tract infection 28.6 1.8 19.3 1.0 25.7 1.7 18.2 0.9

KRd, carfilzomib +Rd; Rd, lenalidomide + dexamethasone; Kd, carfilzomib + dexamethasone; Vd, bortezomib + dexamethasone.

1Acute renal failure group includes acute renal failure, renal failure, renal impairment, azotemia, oliguria, anuria, toxic nephropathy, acute pre-renal failure and pre-renal failure.

2Cardiac failure group includes cardiac failure, congestive cardiac failure, pulmonary edema, hepatic congestion, cardiopulmonary failure, acute pulmonary edema, acute cardiac failure and right ventricular failure for ASPIRE trial and cardiac failure, ejection fraction decreased, pulmonary edema, acute cardiac failure, congestive cardiac failure, acute pulmonary edema, acute left ventricular failure, chronic cardiac failure, cardiopulmonary failure, hepatojugular reflex, right ventricular failure, and left ventricular failure for ENDEAVOR trial.