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. 2022 Apr 11;27(7):587–594. doi: 10.1093/oncolo/oyac054

Table 4.

Selected adverse reactions in patients with indolent NHL.

Adverse reactions by categorya Result (N = 146)b
Any grade, % Grade 3 or higher, %
Adverse reactions (≥20% any grade 
or ≥5% Grade ≥3), excluding laboratory terms c
 General Fever 85 8
Fatigue 49 0.7
Chills 29 0
 Immune system CRS 84 8
 Cardiac or vascular Hypotension 51 4.1
Tachycardia 44 1.4
Arrhythmia 21 2.1
Hypertension 13 6
 Nervous system or psychiatric Encephalopathy 50 16
Headache 45 1.4
Tremor 31 0.7
Dizziness 20 0
Delirium 16 5
 Infections Infections, pathogen unspecified 42 14
Pneumonia 13 8
 Blood and lymphatic system Febrile neutropenia 41 19
 Gastrointestinal Nausea 40 0
Diarrhea 29 0.7
Constipation 28 0
Vomiting 24 0.7
 Musculoskeletal Musculoskeletal pain 40 1.4
 Metabolism and nutrition Decreased appetite 26 1.4
 Respiratory Cough 25 0
Hypoxia 23 8
New or worsening laboratory abnormalities 
(≥20% Grade 3 or 4) c
 Hematologic Neutrophil count decrease 98 92
Platelet count decrease 79 35
Hemoglobin decrease 81 30
Lymphocyte count decrease 23 23
 Chemistry Phosphate decrease 79 25

Includes grouped preferred terms. Refer to prescribing information for definitions. Toxicities were graded using NCI CTCAE version 4.03.

Includes 4 patients with FL diagnosis at enrollment, who were identified as having transformed lymphoma or DLBCL on central pathology review. These patients were excluded from the efficacy analysis.

Baseline for adverse reactions and laboratory values was assessed immediately prior to axicabtagene ciloleucel infusion.

Abbreviations: DLBCL, diffuse large B-cell lymphoma; FL, follicular lymphoma; NCI, National Cancer Institute Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events; NHL, non-Hodgkin lymphoma.