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Table 2 Actions required because of treatment-emergent diarrhea (safety population)

From: Patterns of occurrence and implications of neratinib-associated diarrhea in patients with HER2-positive breast cancer: analyses from the randomized phase III ExteNET trial

Action

Neratinib

(N = 1408)

Placebo

(N = 1408)

Hospitalization, N (%)

20 (1.4)

1 (0.1)

Withdrawn from study, N (%)

23 (1.6)

0

Discontinued study drug, N (%)

237 (16.8)

3 (0.2)

 Grade 1

60 (4.3)

0

 Grade 2

71 (5.0)

2 (0.1)

 Grade 3

106 (7.5)

1 (0.1)

Median (IQR) time to discontinuation, days

20 (9–56)

241 (147–305)

Dose reduction, N (%)

372 (26.4)

8 (0.6)

 Once

239 (17.0)

6 (0.4)

 Twice

96 (6.8)

1 (0.1)

 Three or more timesa

37 (2.6)

1 (0.1)

Median (IQR) time to dose reduction, days

19 (6–53)

99 (18–252)

Dose hold, N (%)

477 (33.9)

26 (1.8)

 Once

263 (18.7)

22 (1.6)

 Twice

97 (6.9)

2 (0.1)

 Three or more times

117 (8.3)

2 (0.1)

Median (IQR) time to dose hold, days

8 (3–29)

64 (19–239)

  1. IQR interquartile range
  2. aAlso included cases of dosing errors and dosing noncompliance