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Table 4 Incidence of treatment-emergent drug-related adverse events by worst grade and Child-Pugh class at start of therapy

From: Safety assessment of sorafenib in Chinese patients with unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma: subgroup analysis of the GIDEON study

Drug-related adverse events

Child-Pugh A

Child-Pugh B

Child-Pugh C

(n = 246)

(n = 48)

(n = 2)

Any adverse event

67 (27)

17 (35)

0 (0)

 Cardiac, general

8 (3.3)

1 (2.1)

0 (0)

 Hypertension

7 (2.8)

1 (2.1)

0 (0)

 Hypotension

2 (0.8)

0 (0)

0 (0)

 Constitutional symptoms

2 (0.8)

0 (0)

0 (0)

 Fatigue

1 (0.4)

0 (0)

0 (0)

 Fever

1 (0.4)

0 (0)

0 (0)

 Dermatology/skin

58 (24)

12 (25)

0 (0)

 Alopecia

6 (2.4)

2 (4.2)

0 (0)

 Hand-foot skin reaction

51 (21)

7 (15)

0 (0)

 Rash/desquamation

8 (3.3)

3 (6.3)

0 (0)

 Ulceration

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

 Gastrointestinal

25 (10)

8 (17)

0 (0)

 Diarrhea

25 (10)

7 (15)

0 (0)

 Nausea

0 (0)

1 (2.1)

0 (0)

  1. Data are presented as count (percentage). Percentages are presented to 2 significant figures