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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Jul 25.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Cancer Res. 2022 Mar 1;28(5):903–914. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-21-2547

Table 2.

Summary of adverse events.

Pembrolizumab monotherapy (n = 39) Pembrolizumab plus acalabrutinib (n = 37) Total (N = 76)

AEs (all grades) 39 (100) 37 (100) 76 (100)
 Grade 3–4 15 (38.5) 24 (64.9) 45 (59.2)
AEs related to pembrolizumab (all grades) 23 (59.0) 11 (29.7) 36 (47.4)
 Grade 3–4 3 (7.7) 6 (16.2) 11 (14.5)
AEs related to acalabrutinib (all grades) 0 12 (32.4) 18 (23.7)
 Grade 3–4 0 3 (8.1) 5 (6.6)
AEs related to pembrolizumab and acalabrutinib (any grade) 0 19 (51.4) 23 (30.3)
 Grade 3–4 0 6 (16.2) 6 (7.9)
SAEs 12 (30.8) 25 (67.6) 45 (59.2)
 Related to pembrolizumab 1 (2.6) 3 (8.1) 5 (6.6)
 Related to acalabrutinib 0 1 (2.7) 2 (2.6)
 Related to pembrolizumab and acalabrutinib 0 3 (8.1) 3 (3.9)
AEs leading to study drug modification 0 2 (5.4) 4 (5.3)
AEs leading to study drug delay 5 (12.8) 17 (45.9) 26 (34.2)
AEs leading to study drug discontinuation 3 (7.7) 7 (18.9) 16 (21.1)
Fatal/grade 5 AEs 1 (2.6) 3 (8.1) 7 (9.2)

Abbreviations: AE, adverse event; SAE, serious adverse event.

a

Crossover is not the originally randomized group. AEs experienced upto crossover date are summarized for pembrolizumab arm; AEs on or after the crossover date are summarized for the crossover group.