Table 3.

Toxicities observed on BV therapy

DoseGrade 2Grade 3Grade 4Grade 5
0.6 mg/kg weekly Anemia Anemia Thrombocytopenia  
Neutropenia Neutropenia   
Nausea Abdominal pain   
Elevated creatinine Weakness (2)   
Fatigue    
0.9 mg/kg weekly Edema Anemia (2) Neutropenia Sepsis 
 Thrombocytopenia Thrombocytopenia  
 Nausea   
0.6 mg/kg every other week Anemia Neutropenia Thrombocytopenia  
Neutropenia Thrombocytopenia (3)   
 Pneumonia   
0.8 mg/kg every other week Neutropenia Neutropenia Neutropenia  
Thrombocytopenia (2) Headache Thrombocytopenia  
Fatigue (2) Hypoxia Sepsis  
Abdominal distention (2) Ileus   
Hypertension Elevated bilirubin   
Myalgias (2)    
Arthralgias    
DoseGrade 2Grade 3Grade 4Grade 5
0.6 mg/kg weekly Anemia Anemia Thrombocytopenia  
Neutropenia Neutropenia   
Nausea Abdominal pain   
Elevated creatinine Weakness (2)   
Fatigue    
0.9 mg/kg weekly Edema Anemia (2) Neutropenia Sepsis 
 Thrombocytopenia Thrombocytopenia  
 Nausea   
0.6 mg/kg every other week Anemia Neutropenia Thrombocytopenia  
Neutropenia Thrombocytopenia (3)   
 Pneumonia   
0.8 mg/kg every other week Neutropenia Neutropenia Neutropenia  
Thrombocytopenia (2) Headache Thrombocytopenia  
Fatigue (2) Hypoxia Sepsis  
Abdominal distention (2) Ileus   
Hypertension Elevated bilirubin   
Myalgias (2)    
Arthralgias    

Numbers in parentheses refer to the number of patients experiencing each toxicity. Grading of toxicities was done by CTCAE v4.0

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