Clinical Study

A Phase IV Clinical Trial of Patients with Solid Tumors Receiving Lenograstim as Primary Prophylaxis for Chemotherapy-Induced Neutropenia, in a Docetaxel-Based Regimen

Table 3

Adverse effects not related to primary and secondary objectives, regardless relationship with chemotherapy.

Adverse effectAll Grades (%)Grade 3 (%)Grade 4 (%)Grade 5 (%)

Embolism1 (0.25) 1 (0.25)
Intracranial haemorrhage1 (0.25)1 (0.25)
Abdominal pain/discomfort69 (17.5)4 (1.0)
Alopecia69 (17.5)1 (0.25)
Arthralgia36 (9.1)2 (0.5)
Back pain56 (14.2)5 (1.2)
Bone pain29 (7.3)4 (1.0)
Constipation88 (22.3)1 (0.25)
Diarrhoea138 (35.0)8 (2.0)1 (0.25)
Disease progression18 (4.6)1 (0.25)2 (0.5)
Dizziness23 (5.8)2 (0.5)1 (0.25)
Drug hypersensitivity10 (2.5)1 (0.25)1 (0.25)
Dyspnoea40 (10.2)5 (1.2)1 (0.25)
Fatigue74 (18.8)3 (0.8)
Flushing37 (9.4)2 (0.5)
Headache71 (18.0)1 (0.25)
Insomnia40 (10.2)1 (0.25)
Nausea130 (33.0)3 (0.8)
Peripheral neuropathy33 (8.4)2 (0.5)
Oedema77 (19.5)1 (0.25)
Oropharyngeal pain31 (7.9)1 (0.25)
Pain57 (14.5)2 (0.5)
Palmar-plantar erythrodysaesthesia syndrome11 (2.8)2 (0.5)
Cough26 (6.6)1 (0.25)
Pyrexia13 (3.3)1
Rash59 (15.0)2 (0.5)
Skin changes25 (6.3)4 (1.0)
Vomiting40 (10.2)5 (1.2)
Decreased white cell count11 (2.8)1 (0.25)

The percentage is calculated out of the 394, the total number of patients in the study’s cohort. Adverse effects are listed which occurred in more than 10 patients and with at least one reported grade 3–5 event.