From: Use and misuse of common terminology criteria for adverse events in cancer clinical trials
Section | Descriptors in the Articles | Correct Form/Comment | Frequency |
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AE terms | Constitutional symptoms Cardiac general Metabolic Hemorrhage | Not AE terms; Category names cannot be reported as AEs | 19 18 14 19 |
Grades | Febrile neutropenia grade 1 or 2 Alopecia grade 3 Dysgeusia grade 3 Dyspepsia grade 4 Hyperpigmentation grade 3 Pruritus grade 4 Renal failure grade 1 or 2 Cough grade 4 Hot flash grade 4 Libido grade 3 | At least grade 3 Maximum grade 2 Maximum grade 2 Maximum grade 3 Maximum grade 2 Maximum grade 3 At least grade 3 Maximum grade 3 Maximum grade 3 Maximum grade 2 | 35/91 19/77 7/23 6/26 5/19 3/18 8/29 4/81 6/33 4/28 |