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Table 3 Appearance of liver dysfunction and diarrhea within 180 days after treatment

From: Correlation of plasma concentration and adverse effects of bosutinib: standard dose or dose-escalation regimens of bosutinib treatment for patients with chronic myeloid leukemia

Number of patients

Standard dose (n = 10)

Dose escalation (n = 15)

P value

Patient with liver dysfunction (> grade 1) (%)

5 (50.0%)

4 (26.7%)

0.234

Maximum grade (grade 2/3/4)

4/1/0

1/2/1

 

Day of the appearance of liver dysfunction (> grade 1), median (range)

28 (19–57)

53.5 (35–112)

 

Cumulative dose until the appearance of liver dysfunction over grade 2, mg, median (range)

8500 (6500–20,500)

11,300 (5500–36,300)

0.806

Dose at the appearance of liver dysfunction over grade 2, median (range)

400 (400–500)

350 (200–500)

0.241

Discontinuation of bosutinib due to liver dysfunction (%)

0 (0%)

1 (6.6%)

 

Patient with diarrhea (all grade) (%)

10 (100%)

11 (73.3%)

0.075

Maximum grade (grade 0/1/2/3/4)

0/4/3/3/0

4/6/2/3/0

 

Day of the first appearance of diarrhea, median (range)

1 (1–5)

19 (1–148)

< 0.0001

Dose at the first appearance of diarrhea (100/200/300/400/500 mg)

0/0/0/0/10

4/3/1/3/0

 

Cumulative days of diarrhea, median (range)

20.5 (3–47)

6 (1–27)

0.104

Discontinuation of bosutinib due to diarrhea (%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)