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Table 4 Toxicities

From: The off-label use of targeted therapies in sarcomas: the OUTC’S program

 

Total*

GRADE**

 

N (%)

1 N (%)

2 N (%)

3 N (%)

4 N (%)

SORAFENIB (n = 116)

At least 1 toxicity reported

94 (81)

Intestinal toxicity

63 (54)

26 (22)

27 (23)

13 (11)

0 (0)

Skin toxicity, infections

56 (49)

26 (22)

20 (18)

12 (10)

0 (0)

Hematologic toxicity

18 (16)

5 (4)

10 (9)

5 (4)

0 (0)

Neurologic toxicity

12 (10)

9 (3)

2 (2)

1 (1)

0 (0)

Cardiologic toxicity

10 (9)

4 (3)

4 (3)

2 (2)

0 (0)

Pulmonary toxicity

4 (3)

2 (2)

1 (1)

1 (1)

0 (0)

Renal toxicity

1 (1)

0 (0)

1 (1)

0 (0)

0 (0)

Other toxicities

67 (58)

19 (16)

34 (29)

19 (16)

1 (1)

SUNITINIB (n = 66)

At least 1 toxicity reported

49 (74)

Intestinal toxicity

26 (39)

16 (24)

7 (11)

5 (8)

0 (0)

Hematologic toxicity

21 (32)

5 (8)

11 (17)

3 (5)

4 (6)

Skin toxicity, infections

12 (18)

6 (9)

6 (9)

1 (2)

0 (0)

Neurologic toxicity

6 (9)

2 (3)

1 (2)

2 (3)

1 (2)

Pulmonary toxicity

5 (8)

3 (5)

1 (2)

1 (2)

0 (0)

Cardiologic toxicity

3 (5)

3 (5)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

Renal toxicity

1 (2)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

1 (2)

Other toxicities

38 (58)

15 (23)

14 (21)

13 (20)

2 (3)

IMATINIB (n = 23)

At least 1 toxicity reported

20 (87)

Intestinal toxicity

12 (52)

6 (26)

4 (17)

1 (4)

1 (4)

Hematologic toxicity

6 (26)

2 (9)

2 (9)

2 (9)

0 (0)

Skin toxicity, infections

2 (9)

2 (9)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

Neurologic toxicity

1 (4)

0 (0)

1 (4)

1 (4)

0 (0)

Pulmonary toxicity

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

Cardiologic toxicity

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

Renal toxicity

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

Other toxicities

17 (74)

4 (17)

12 (52)

3 (13)

0 (0)

SIROLIMUS + CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE (n = 18)

At least 1 toxicity reported

9 (50)

Intestinal toxicity

5 (28)

4 (22)

1 (6)

0 (0)

0 (0)

Hematologic toxicity

3 (17)

1 (6)

1 (6)

0 (0)

1 (6)

Pulmonary toxicity

2 (11)

1 (6)

0 (0)

0 (0)

1 (6)

Skin toxicity, infections

1 (6)

1 (6)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

Neurologic toxicity

1 (6)

0 (0)

1 (6)

0 (0)

0 (0)

Renal toxicity

1 (6)

0 (0)

0 (0)

1 (6)

0 (0)

Cardiologic toxicity

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

Other toxicities

7 (39)

3 (17)

4 (22)

0 (0)

0 (0)

  1. *number of lines of treatment.
  2. **below are described the numbers and percentages of patients with at least one toxicity of each grade.
  3. (a patient could have experienced several grades for the same type of toxicity).