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. 2022 Oct 14;28(1):23–32. doi: 10.1093/oncolo/oyac205

Table 3.

Incidence of adverse events of special interest.

AEs Fulvestrant-palbociclib
(n = 241)
Letrozole-palbociclib
(n = 242)
Any grade Grade 3-5 Any grade Grade 3-4
Thromboembolic events 14 (5.8) 13 (5.0) 11 (4.5) 7 (2.9)
 Pulmonary embolism a 12 (5.0) 12 (5.0) 6 (2.5) 6 (2.5)
 Varicose vein 0 0 2 (0.8) 0
 Pelvic venous thrombosis 0 0 1 (0.4) 0
 Jugular vein thrombosis 1 (0.4) 0 0 0
 Ischemic stroke 1 (0.4) 1 (0.4) 0 0
 Ischemic cardiomyopathy 0 0 1 (0.4) 0
 Cerebrovascular accident 0 0 1 (0.4) 1 (0.4)
ILD/pneumonitis b 6 (2.5) 2 (0.8) 6 (2.5) 3 (1.2)

Data are presented as n (%), unless otherwise specified.

aOne patient in the fulvestrant–palbociclib group died due to unrelated pulmonary embolism.

bILD/pneumonitis included any reported preferred terms that were part of the Standardized MedDRA Query (narrow scope) interstitial lung disease.

Abbreviations: AEs, adverse events; ILD, interstitial lung disease.