Review Article

A Systematic Literature Review of Adverse Events Associated with Systemic Treatments Used in Advanced Soft Tissue Sarcoma

Table 5

Patients experiencing selected hematologic AEs.

Studyvan der Graaf et al., 2012 [11, 18]Demetri et al., 2009 [15]García-Del-Muro et al., 2011 [16]

Patient groupTreatedITT (independent review)Treated and analyzed

Treatment groupPlacebo Pazopanib Trabectedin q3wk 24 h IV
Trabectedin weekly 3 h IV
Dacarbazine Gemcitabine + dacarbazine

Hematologic AEs, (%)
 Anemia
  All grades28 (23)65 (27)126 (97)117 (90)34 (65)47 (82)
  Grade 31 (1)11 (5)5 (4)9 (7)4 (8)2 (4)
  Grade 41 (1)4 (2)5 (4)3 (2)2 (4)0 (0)
 Febrile neutropenia
  All grades1 (<1)1 (<1)3 (6)5 (9)
  Grade 32 (4)4 (7)
  Grade 41 (2)1 (2)
 Neutropenia
  All grades8 (7)79 (33)96 (74)64 (49)28 (53)43 (76)
  Grade 30 (0)10 (4)34 (26)15 (12)7 (13)18 (32)
  Grade 40 (0)0 (0)27 (21)2 (2)10 (19)9 (16)
  Grade 3/40 (0)10 (4)61 (47)17 (13)17 (32)27 (48)
 Thrombocytopenia
  All grades7 (6)86 (36)70 (54)36 (28)31 (60)23 (40)
  Grade 30 (0)7 (3)12 (9)6 (5)8 (15)1 (2)
  Grade 40 (0)2 (1)3 (2)1 (<1)6 (12)2 (4)

These data were reported on ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT00753688.
AE: adverse event; ITT: intention to treat; IV: intravenous; q3wk: every 3 weeks.