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Table 5 Most common treatment-related adverse events

From: A real-world cohort study of first-line afatinib in patients with EGFR-mutant advanced non-small cell lung cancer in Vietnam

 

All patients a

≤ 40 mg OD b, c

40 mg OD c

p value

(CTCAE grade)

n = 343

n (%)

n = 206

n (%)

n = 137

n(%)

Rash

 • Any grade

178 (51.9)

110 (53.4)

68 (49.6)

0.495d

 • ≥ G 3

11 (3.2)

5 (2.4)

6 (4.4)

0.315d

Dry skin

 • Any grade

51 (14.9)

27 (13.1)

24 (17.5)

0.261d

 • ≥ G 3

0

0

0

-

Paronychia

 • Any grade

121 (35.3)

66 (32)

55 (40.1)

0.124d

 • ≥ G 3

17 (5.0)

7 (3.4)

10 (7.3)

0.103d

Diarrhea

 • Any grade

190 (55.4)

104 (50.5)

86 (62.8)

0.027d

 • ≥ G 3

12 (3.5)

3 (1.5)

9 (6.6)

0.016e

Stomatitis

 • Any grade

88 (22.2)

45 (21.8)

43 (31.4)

0.047d

 • ≥ G 3

4 (1.2)

1 (0.5)

3 (2.2)

0.306e

GOT/GPT increase

 • Any grade

28 (8.2)

16 (7.8)

12 (8.8)

0.742d

 • ≥ G 3

0

0

0

-

  1. OD: once daily
  2. CTCAE: Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events
  3. a: There was no grade 4 adverse event (%)
  4. b: only 5 patients with a starting dose of 20 mg
  5. c: Starting dose
  6. d: Chi-square test
  7. e: Fisher’s exact test