Table 5.
PES AEs per session in absence of corticosteroid use compared to sessions with corticosteroid use. Data is presented as counts and percentages. Significant differences between categorical data were assessed using Chi-squared test (p values ≤ 0.05 were considered significant).
| PES AE per Session | Grade | No Corticosteroids, n (%) n = 277 |
Corticosteroids + Antiemetic, n (%) n = 74 |
p Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fever | ||||
| G1 | 9 (3) | 0 (0) | ns | |
| G2 | 1 (<1) | 0 (0) | ns | |
| Nausea | ||||
| G1 | 32 (12) | 5 (7) | ns | |
| G2 | 9 (3) | 5 (7) | ns | |
| Vomiting | ||||
| G1 | 36 (13) | 2 (3) | 0.01 | |
| G2 | 6 (2) | 2 (3) | ns | |
| G3 | 8 (3) | 0 (0) | ns | |
| Pain | ||||
| G1 | 76 (27) | 10 (14) | 0.01 | |
| G2 | 22 (8) | 14 (19) | 0.009 | |
| G3 | 3 (1) | 0 | ns |
ns = not significant (i.e., p value >0.05).