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Table 4 Most common adverse events by CTCAE grade (incidence of all grades: ≥ 15%)

From: Induction therapy with paclitaxel and bevacizumab followed by switch maintenance therapy with eribulin in Japanese patients with HER2-negative metastatic breast cancer: a multicenter, collaborative, open-label, phase II clinical study for the SBCCSG 35 investigators

Adverse events

Severity, n (%)

All grades

Grade 1

Grade 2

Grade 3

Hematologic

PB regimen (n = 51)

 Anemia

30 (58.8)

18 (35.3)

9 (17.6)

3 (5.9)

 Leukopenia

21 (41.2)

10 (19.6)

8 (15.7)

3 (5.9)

 Neutropenia

19 (37.3)

2 (3.9)

9 (17.6)

8 (15.7)

Eribulin maintenance therapy (n = 45)

 Anemia

26 (57.8)

21 (46.7)

4 (8.9)

1 (2.2)

 Leukopenia

24 (53.3)

9 (20.0)

10 (22.2)

5 (11.1)

 Neutropenia

23 (51.1)

2 (4.4)

12 (26.7)

9 (20.0)

Nonhematologic

PB regimen (n = 51)

 Alopecia

51 (100.0)

2 (3.9)

49 (96.1)

 Peripheral sensory neuropathy

37 (72.5)

28 (54.9)

8 (15.7)

1 (2.0)

 Increased AST

15 (29.4)

13 (25.5)

1 (2.0)

1 (2.0)

 Dysgeusia

15 (29.4)

15 (29.4)

0 (0.0)

 Epistaxis

15 (29.4)

15 (29.4)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

 Fatigue

12 (23.5)

10 (19.6)

2 (3.9)

0 (0.0)

 Arthralgia

12 (23.5)

12 (23.5)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

 Rash

12 (23.5)

12 (23.5)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

 Increased ALT

10 (19.6)

8 (15.7)

2 (3.9)

0 (0.0)

 Anorexia

10 (19.6)

7 (13.7)

3 (5.9)

0 (0.0)

 Nail discoloration

10 (19.6)

10 (19.6)

 Peripheral motor neuropathy

9 (17.6)

8 (15.7)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

 Myalgia

8 (15.7)

8 (15.7)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

Eribulin maintenance therapy (n = 45)

 Peripheral sensory neuropathy

37 (82.2)

18 (40.0)

17 (37.8)

2 (4.4)

 Increased AST

25 (55.6)

21 (46.7)

3 (6.7)

1 (2.2)

 Dysgeusia

16 (35.6)

13 (28.9)

3 (6.7)

 Increased ALT

16 (35.6)

14 (31.1)

2 (4.4)

0 (0.0)

 Alopecia

15 (33.3)

8 (17.8)

7 (15.6)

 Fatigue

14 (31.1)

10 (22.2)

4 (8.9)

0 (0.0)

 Anorexia

14 (31.1)

11 (24.4)

3 (6.7)

0 (0.0)

 Peripheral motor neuropathy

13 (28.9)

10 (22.2)

3 (6.7)

0 (0.0)

 Increased creatinine

13 (28.9)

12 (26.7)

1 (2.2)

0 (0.0)

 Nausea

11 (24.4)

11 (24.4)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

 Arthralgia

10 (22.2)

9 (20.0)

1 (2.2)

0 (0.0)

 Myalgia

9 (20.0)

7 (15.6)

2 (4.4)

0 (0.0)

 Nail loss

9 (20.0)

4 (8.9)

5 (11.1)

 Constipation

8 (17.8)

5 (11.1)

3 (6.7)

0 (0.0)

 Epistaxis

7 (15.6)

7 (15.6)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

 Nail discoloration

7 (15.6)

7 (15.6)

  1. CTCAE common terminology criteria for adverse events, PB paclitaxel + bevacizumab, AST aspartate transaminase, ALT alanine transaminase; −, no definition