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Table 4 Summary of adverse events that significantly differed in incidence between arms by maximum CTCAE grade

From: Cetuximab plus platinum-based chemotherapy in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma: a randomized, double-blind safety study comparing cetuximab produced from two manufacturing processes using the EXTREME study regimen

Event

US commercial cetuximab

Arm A

(N = 77)

n (%)

BI-manufactured cetuximab

Arm B

(N = 71)

n (%)

Arm A vs Arm B

p value (95 % CI)

Regardless of causality

   

Bone pain

2 (2.6)

9 (12.7)

0.020 (0.016, 0.186)

Febrile neutropenia

1 (1.3)

11 (15.5)

0.002 (0.054, 0.230)

Laryngeal hemorrhage

0 (0.0)

6 (8.5)

0.010 (0.020, 0.149)

Somnolence

0 (0.0)

4 (5.6)

0.040 (0.003, 0.110)

Syncope

0 (0.0)

5 (7.0)

0.020 (0.011, 0.130)

Possibly related to study drug

   

Dysgeusia

1 (1.3)

6 (8.5)

0.044 (0.002, 0.141)

Febrile neutropenia

1 (1.3)

8 (11.3)

0.012 (0.022, 0.177)

  1. Abbreviations: BI Boehringer Ingelheim, CI confidence interval, CTCAE Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events, US United States