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Table 4 Most common adverse events that led to treatment discontinuationa

From: Efficacy and safety profile of nab-paclitaxel plus gemcitabine in patients with metastatic pancreatic cancer treated to disease progression: a subanalysis from a phase 3 trial (MPACT)

Adverse event, n (%)

nab-P + Gem

(n = 98)

Gem

(n = 58)

Peripheral neuropathy

17 (17)

0

Fatigue

11 (11)

2 (3)

Thrombocytopenia

7 (7)

7 (12)

Pneumonia

5 (5)

3 (5)

Pulmonary embolism

2 (2)

5 (9)

Vomiting

2 (2)

3 (5)

Cerebrovascular accident

0

3 (5)

  1. Gem gemcitabine, nab-P nab-paclitaxel
  2. aMost frequent was defined as those adverse events occurring in ≥ 5 % of the patients in either treatment arm