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Table 5 Adverse events of grade ≥3 with an incidence of ≥3% and serious adverse events in >1 patient, safety population

From: Safety and efficacy of vinorelbine in combination with pertuzumab and trastuzumab for first-line treatment of patients with HER2-positive locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer: VELVET Cohort 1 final results

Adverse event

Cohort 1: pertuzumab, trastuzumab, and vinorelbine N = 106

Any grade ≥3 adverse event

64 (60.4%)

 Neutropenia

33 (31.1%)

 Leukopenia

14 (13 · 2%)

 Diarrhea

7 (6.6%)

 Anemia

6 (5.7%)

 Febrile neutropenia

6 (5.7%)

 Asthenia

5 (4.7%)

 Constipation

4 (3.8%)

 Fatigue

4 (3.8%)

Total number of serious adverse events

44

Number of patients with ≥1 serious adverse event

32 (30.2%)

 Febrile neutropenia

6 (5.7%)

 Hypersensitivity

5 (4.7%)

 Abdominal pain

2 (1.9%)

 Drug hypersensitivity

2 (1.9%)

 Pneumonia

2 (1.9%)

 Pyrexia

2 (1.9%)

 Septic shock

2 (1.9%)a

Adverse events leading to death (grade 5)

2 (1.9%)a–c

  1. Data reported are n (%)
  2. aOne patient died from septic shock while on treatment
  3. bOne patient died of a myocardial infarction while on treatment
  4. cA further 21 deaths were recorded at the end of the study but they did not occur while patients were on study treatment; one death due to pneumonia, two deaths due to unknown causes, and 18 deaths due to disease progression