Table 2.

Rates of blinatumomab-related toxicities in pediatric trials

StudyCRSNeurologic eventsOther notable toxicities
EncephalopathySeizure
Any gradeGrade ≥3Any gradeGrade ≥3Any gradeGrade ≥3
Von Stackelberg et al5  11% 6% Grade 3 neurologic events: 4%  
Locatelli et al6,7  16.4% 1.8% Grade 3 neurologic events: 3.6%  
Locatelli et al8,9  3.7%% 0% 1.9% — 3.7% Grade 4: 1.9% — 
Brown et al10  22% 1% 15% — 5% 1% — 
Hogan et al11  15% 2% 29% — 6% 2% — 
Van der Sluis et al12  3.3% — No neurologic events reported — 
Gupta et al13  — 0.2% — 0.1% — 0.8% Grade ≥3 sepsis and catheter-related infections during overall protocol therapy:
Average risk: with blina 14.8% vs 5.1% chemotherapy only 
Higher risk: 20.9% with blina vs 17% with chemotherapy only 
StudyCRSNeurologic eventsOther notable toxicities
EncephalopathySeizure
Any gradeGrade ≥3Any gradeGrade ≥3Any gradeGrade ≥3
Von Stackelberg et al5  11% 6% Grade 3 neurologic events: 4%  
Locatelli et al6,7  16.4% 1.8% Grade 3 neurologic events: 3.6%  
Locatelli et al8,9  3.7%% 0% 1.9% — 3.7% Grade 4: 1.9% — 
Brown et al10  22% 1% 15% — 5% 1% — 
Hogan et al11  15% 2% 29% — 6% 2% — 
Van der Sluis et al12  3.3% — No neurologic events reported — 
Gupta et al13  — 0.2% — 0.1% — 0.8% Grade ≥3 sepsis and catheter-related infections during overall protocol therapy:
Average risk: with blina 14.8% vs 5.1% chemotherapy only 
Higher risk: 20.9% with blina vs 17% with chemotherapy only 

blina, blinatumomab.

Statistically significant compared with patients randomized to chemotherapy alone.

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