Skip to main content

Table 4 Cumulative toxicity

From: "Poker" association of weekly alternating 5-fluorouracil, irinotecan, bevacizumab and oxaliplatin (FIr-B/FOx) in first line treatment of metastatic colorectal cancer: a phase II study

 

Patients

Cycles

Number

50

247

NCI-CTC Grade

1

2

3

4

1

2

3

4

Nausea (%)

23 (46)

15 (30)

3 (6)

-

81 (33)

23 (9)

4 (2)

-

Vomiting (%)

10 (20)

6 (12)

2 (4)

-

19 (8)

9 (4)

2 (1)

-

Diarrhea (%)

20 (40)

12(24)

14 (28)

-

76 (30)

28 (11)

15 (6)

-

Hypoalbuminemia (%)

2 (4)

1 (2)

-

-

2 (1)

1 (0.5)

-

-

Constipation (%)

17 (34)

1 (2)

-

-

22 (9)

1 (0.5)

-

-

Stomatitis/mucositis (%)

16 (32)

2 (4)

3 (6)

-

29 (12)

3 (1)

3 (1)

-

Erythema (%)

1 (2)

-

1 (2)

-

3 (1)

-

1 (0.5)

-

Asthenia (%)

13 (26)

20 (40)

3 (6)

-

48 (19)

38 (15)

3 (1)

-

Neurotoxicity (%)

36(72)

5 (10)

-

-

126(51)

6 (2)

-

-

Hypertension (%)

15 (30)

4 (8)

1 (2)

-

27 (11)

4 (2)

1 (0.5)

-

Hypotension (%)

1 (2)

-

-

-

1 (0.5)

-

-

-

Hematuria (%)

2 (4)

1 (2)

-

-

3 (1)

1 (0.5)

-

-

Gengival recession/gengivitis (%)

7 (14)

-

-

-

10 (4)

-

-

-

Rhinitis (%)

38 (76)

-

-

-

110(44.5)

-

-

-

Epistaxis (%)

31 (62)

2 (4)

-

-

68 (27.5)

2 (1)

-

-

HFS (%)

2 (4)

-

-

-

2 (1)

-

-

-

Headache (%)

6 (12)

-

-

-

9 (4)

-

-

-

Hypokalemia (%)

3 (6)

-

1 (2)

-

3 (1)

-

1 (0.5)

-

Hypertransaminasemy (%)

3 (6)

2 (4)

1 (2)

1 (2)

9 (4)

6 (2)

1 (0.5)

1 (0.5)

Hyperpigmentation (%)

6 (12)

2 (4)

-

-

14 (6)

5 (2)

-

-

Fever without infection (%)

10 (20)

-

-

-

10 (4)

-

-

-

Alopecia (%)

5 (10)

9 (18)

3 (6)

-

11 (4)

17 (7)

7 (3)

-

Anemia (%)

7 (14)

4 (8)

-

-

16 (6)

4 (2)

-

-

Leucopenia (%)

13 (26)

17 (34)

-

-

49 (20)

26 (10.5)

-

-

Neutropenia (%)

9 (18)

14 (28)

5 (10)

-

35 (14)

32 (13)

8 (3)

-

Thrombocytopenia (%)

7 (14)

1 (2)

-

-

16 (6)

1 (0.5)

-

-

  1. Abbreviation: NCI-CTC, National Cancer Institute Common Toxicity Criteria.