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. 2022 Jun 22;30(10):7913–7922. doi: 10.1007/s00520-022-07226-9

Table 2.

Febrile neutropenia risk of chemotherapy regimens administered to patients

On-body injector Other physician choice All patients
(n = 1624) (n = 951) (N = 2575)
FN risk of chemotherapy regimen—n (%)
  High 1079 (66.4) 493 (51.8) 1572 (61.0)
  Intermediate 545 (33.6) 458 (48.2) 1003 (39.0)
Chemotherapy regimen—n (%)
  High risk for FN (> 20%)
    TC 573 (35.3) 254 (26.7) 827 (32.1)
    TCHP 392 (24.1) 182 (19.1) 574 (22.3)
    TCH 82 (5.0) 32 (3.4) 114 (4.4)
    TAC 23 (1.4) 9 (0.9) 32 (1.2)
    R-da EPOCH 8 (0.5) 15 (1.6) 23 (0.9)
    Dose-adjusted EPOCH 1 (< 0.1) 0 (0.0) 1 (< 0.1)
    R-ICE 0 (0.0) 1 (0.1) 1 (< 0.1)
  Intermediate risk for FN (10–20%)
    R-CHOP 163 (10.0) 89 (9.4) 252 (9.8)
    Etoposide and carboplatin 70 (4.3) 70 (7.4) 140 (5.4)
    AC 63 (3.9) 47 (4.9) 110 (4.3)
    Docetaxel 59 (3.6) 71 (7.5) 130 (5.0)
    Carboplatin and paclitaxel 59 (3.6) 55 (5.8) 114 (4.4)
    Bendamustine and rituximab 53 (3.3) 71 (7.5) 124 (4.8)
    AC → T 47 (2.9) 21 (2.2) 68 (2.6)
    CHOP 10 (0.6) 1 (0.1) 11 (0.4)
    TH 5 (0.3) 1 (0.1) 6 (0.2)
    Cisplatin and docetaxel 4 (0.2) 4 (0.4) 8 (0.3)
    Cabazitaxel 4 (0.2) 1 (0.1) 5 (0.2)
    Paclitaxel 3 (0.2) 2 (0.2) 5 (0.2)
    CMF classic 2 (0.1) 22 (2.3) 24 (0.9)
    Cisplatin and etoposide 2 (0.1) 3 (0.3) 5 (0.2)
    Carboplatin nab-paclitaxel 1 (< 0.1) 0 (0.0) 1 (< 0.1)

AC, doxorubicin, cyclophosphamide; AC → T, doxorubicin, cyclophosphamide → docetaxel; CHOP, cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine, prednisone; CMF, cyclophosphamide, methotrexate, fluorouracil; EPOCH, etoposide, prednisone, vincristine, cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin; FN, febrile neutropenia; ICE, ifosfamide, carboplatin, etoposide; R, rituximab; R-da EPOCH, rituximab, dose-adjusted etoposide, prednisone, vincristine, cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin; TAC, docetaxel, doxorubicin, cyclophosphamide; TC, docetaxel, cyclophosphamide; TCH, docetaxel, carboplatin, trastuzumab; TCHP, docetaxel, carboplatin, trastuzumab, pertuzumab; TH, docetaxel, trastuzumab