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Table 3 Incidence of hematologic adverse events before/after palbociclib dose reduction from 100 to 75 mg

From: Hematologic adverse events following palbociclib dose reduction in patients with hormone receptor–positive/human epidermal growth factor receptor 2–negative advanced breast cancer: pooled analysis from randomized phase 2 and 3 studies

Adverse event

Before dose reduction (N = 105)

After dose reduction

Cycle 1 (N = 105)

Cycle 2 (N = 98)

Cycle 3 (N = 94)

Cycle 4 (N = 88)

Cycle 5 (N = 80)

Cycle 6 (N = 73)

Grade, n (%)

Grade, n (%)

Grade, n (%)

Grade, n (%)

Grade, n (%)

Grade, n (%)

Grade, n (%)

All

3

4

All

3

4

All

3

4

All

3

4

All

3

4

All

3

4

All

3

4

Leukopenia*

36 (34.3)

23 (21.9)

0

29 (27.6)

12 (11.4)

0

26 (26.5)

8 (8.2)

0

22 (23.4)

6 (6.4)

0

21 (23.9)

6 (6.8)

0

16 (20.0)

5 (6.3)

0

17 (23.3)

6 (8.2)

0

Thrombocytopenia

15 (14.3)

3 (2.9)

0

12 (11.4)

0

0

11 (11.2)

0

0

6 (6.4)

0

0

6 (6.8)

0

0

6 (7.5)

0

0

6 (8.2)

0

0

Anemia

11 (10.5)

4 (3.8)

0

13 (12.4)

3 (2.9)

0

11 (11.2)

2 (2.0)

0

11 (11.7)

1 (1.1)

0

9 (10.2)

0

0

7 (8.8)

0

0

5 (6.8)

1 (1.4)

0

Febrile neutropenia

1 (1.0)

1 (1.0)

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1 (1.3)

1 (1.3)

0

0

0

0

  1. *Leukopenia includes the following preferred terms: leukopenia or white blood cell count decreased
  2. Thrombocytopenia includes the following preferred terms: platelet count decreased or thrombocytopenia
  3. Anemia includes the following preferred terms: anemia or hematocrit decreased or hemoglobin decreased