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Table 3 Everolimus blood concentration at the time of discontinuation or dose reduction by adverse events

From: Long-term relationship between everolimus blood concentration and clinical outcomes in Japanese patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma: a prospective study

Patient number

Number of measurements

Everolimus blood concentration,

Mean ± SD (ng/mL)

Discontinuation or dose reduction by adverse events

Discontinuation or dose reduction

Date (day)

Everolimus blood concentration (ng/mL)

Adverse events

Pat.1

22

11.2 ± 4.6

    

Pat.2

9

16.4 ± 6.2

Discontinuation

147

17.5

AST (G2), ALT (G2), ALP (G2), Hyperglycemia (G2), Mucosal inflammation (G2), Fatigue (G2),

Pneumonitis (G1), Diarrhea (G1), Leukopenia (G1), Neutropenia (G1)

Pat.3

2

13.1 ± 0.6

Discontinuation

26

12.5

Pneumonitis (G3), Mucosal inflammation (G2)

Pat.4

4

27.9 ± 18.0

Dose reduction

15

58.4

Hyperglycemia (G3), Hypoalbuminemia (G3), γ-GTP (G3), AST (G2), ALP (G2), ALP (G1)

Discontinuation

41

19.1

AST (G1), ALT(G1), ALP(G1)

Pat.5

15

8.4 ± 2.5

    

Pat.6

3

10.2 ± 0.6

    

Pat.7

12

18.8 ± 4.8

Discontinuation

265

20.4

Leukopenia (G3), Thrombocytopenia (G2)

Pat.8

3

8.2 ± 0.5

    

Pat.9

4

27.6 ± 4.9

Discontinuation

98

35.4

Pneumonitis (G3), Mucosal inflammation (G2)

Pat.10

5

18.7 ± 1.3

Dose reduction

16

17.1

Mucosal inflammation (G2), ALP (G1), Nausea (G1), Vomiting (G1)

Discontinuation

93

19.5

ALP (G1), Nausea (G1)

  1. AST: Increased aspartate aminotransferase, ALT: Increased alanine transaminase, ALP: Increased alkaline phosphatase, γ-GTP: Increased γ-glutamyltransferase