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Table 8 Treatment-related grade ≥ 2 AEs in ≥ 25% of patients in ≥ 1 treatment arms*

From: A new promising way of maintenance therapy in advanced ovarian cancer: a comparative clinical study

Characteristic

Arm 1 (n = 46)

Arm 2 (n = 76)

Arm 3 (n = 42)

Arm 4 (n = 40)

Arm 5 (n = 80)

Hematologic, No. (%)

 Anemia (grades 1–2)

35 (76.1)

56 (73.7)

32 (76.2)

31 (77.5)

63 (78.8)

 Leukopenia

30 (65.2)

51 (67.1)

28 (66.7)

27 (67.5)

52 (65.0)

 Neutropenia

34 (73.9)

54 (71.1)

30 (71.4)

29 (72.5)

59 (73.8)

 Trombocytopenia

38 (82.6)

62 (81.6)

35 (83.3)

32 (80.0)

65 (81.3)

Constitutional symptoms, No. (%)

 Fatigue

41 (89.1)

67 (88.2)

37 (88.1)

35 (87.5)

69 (86.3)

 Insomnia

40 (87.0)

68 (89.5)

35 (83.3)

34 (85.0)

71 (88.8)

 Body weight loss

35 (76.1)

58 (76.3)

32 (76.2)

30 (75.0)

62 (77.5)

 Increased perspiration

39 (84.8)

61 (80.3)

34 (81.0)

32 (80.0)

65 (81.3)

Dermatologic, No. (%)

 Alopecia (partial or total)

46 (100)

76 (100)

42 (100)

40 (100)

80 (100)

 Nail changes

37 (80.4)

61 (80.3)

34 (81.0)

33 (82.5)

65 (81.3)

 Rash

14 (30.4)

23 (30.3)

13 (31.0)

13 (32.5)

27 (33.8)

Gastrointestinal, No. (%)

 Decreased appetite

40 (87.0)

67 (88.2)

37 (88.1)

35 (87.5)

71 (88.8)

 Constipation/Diarrhea

12 (26.1)

19 (25.0)

12 (28.6)

11 (27.5)

23 (28.8)

 Dispepsia

41 (89.1)

67 (88.2)

38 (90.5)

35 (87.5)

73 (91.3)

 Nausea/Vomiting

30 (65.2)

51 (67.1)

27 (64.3)

26 (65.0)

53 (66.3)

 Abdominal pain

19 (41.3)

31 (40.8)

18 (42.9)

17 (42.5)

35 (43.8)

Metabolic, No. (%)

 Hypomagnesemia

13 (28.3)

22 (28.9)

13 (31.0)

12 (30.0)

25 (31.3)

 Hyper/hyponatremia

14 (30.4)

24 (31.6)

12 (28.6)

13 (32.5)

24 (30.0)

 Hypocalcemia

11 (23.9)

17 (22.4)

10 (23.8)

9 (22.5)

20 (25.0)

 Alkaline phosphatase increased

12 (26.1)

19 (25.0)

10 (23.8)

10 (25.0)

19 (23.8)

Neuromuscular & skeletal, central nervous system, otic, ocular, No. (%)

 Peripheral neuropathy

10 (21.7)

18 (23.7)

8 (19.0)

10 (25.0)

18 (22.5)

 Arthralgia/myalgia

28 (60.9)

45 (59.2)

24 (57.1)

23 (57.5)

49 (61.3)

 Dizziness

14 (30.4)

24 (31.6)

13 (31.0)

12 (30.0)

26 (32.5)

 Memory impairment

35 (76.1)

58 (76.3)

33 (78.6)

31 (77.5)

60 (75.0)

 Ototoxicity

14 (30.4)

24 (31.6)

13 (31.0)

12 (30.0)

25 (31.3)

 Retinopathy

11 (23.9)

19 (25.0)

9 (21.4)

9 (22.5)

17 (21.3)

Urogenital, No. (%)

 Pain/difficulty urinating

12 (26.1)

18 (23.7)

11 (26.2)

9 (22.5)

19 (23.8)

 Others

14 (30.4)

23 (30.3)

14 (33.3)

13 (32.5)

25 (31.3)

  1. AEs adverse events
  2. *Chi-square criterion was applied to determine the differences between arms
  3. All differences between maintenance therapy arms 1–3 vs control arms 4 and 5 were statistically insignificant (p > 0.2)