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. 2022 Jan 8;30(4):3389–3399. doi: 10.1007/s00520-021-06734-4

Table 1.

Participant characteristics

Diphenhydramine Cetirizine
n = 13 n = 14
Gender (n (%) women) 13 (100) 13 (93)
Age (mean ± SD) 59 ± 11 59 ± 8
Weight in kg (mean ± SD) 72.5 ± 22.7 71.5 ± 19.8
Height in m (mean ± SD) 1.61 ± 0.09 1.64 ± 0.08
BMI (mean ± SD) 27.8 ± 8.1 26.4 ± 6.3
Ethnicity (n (%) Caucasians) 12 (92) 11 (79)
Degree of education (n (%) university) 7 (54) 7 (50)
Allergies (n (%)) a 4 (31) 6 (43)
Atopy (n (%)) b 6 (46) 2 (14)
Asthma and/or COPD (n (%)) 2 (15) 3 (21)
Menopause (n (%)) 10 (77) 11 (79)
ALT in U/l (mean ± SD) 28 ± 29 28 ± 19
AST in U/l (mean ± SD) 31 ± 37 25 ± 13
Total bilirubin in µmol/l (mean ± SD) 7 ± 6 6 ± 3
Creatinine clearance in ml/min (mean ± SD) 76.1 ± 20.2 77.6 ± 18.9
Type of cancer (n (%))
Breast 8 (61) 10 (72)
Ovarian 1 (8) 1 (7)
Non-small cell lung cancer 0 2 (14)
Endometrial 2 (15) 1 (7)
Thymus 1 (8) 0
Vaginal 1 (8) 0
Metastatic stage (n (%)) 4 (31) 2 (14)
Previous antineoplastic treatment (n (%)) 6 (46) 8 (57)
Dosing regimen (n (%))
Every week 8 (62) 11 (79)
Every 3 weeks 5 (38) 3 (21)
Dose of paclitaxel (n (%))
45 mg/m2 0 1 (7)
67 mg/m2 0 1 (7)
80 mg/m2 8 (62) 9 (64)
175 mg/m2 5 (38) 3 (22)
Other antineoplastic agents simultaneously (n (%)) 8 (61) 7 (50)

BMI, body mass index; COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; ALT, alanine transaminase; AST, aspartate transaminase

a Known hypersensitivity to a drug

b Allergic rhinitis and/or asthma and/or atopic dermatitis