Table 5 Grades 3 and 4 toxicities encountered with CAPOX in selected randomised-controlled trials

From: Toxicity associated with capecitabine plus oxaliplatin in colorectal cancer before and after an institutional policy of capecitabine dose reduction

 

NO16968

NO16966

NO16967

AIO

TTD

TREE

Disease setting

Adjuvant

1st line metastatic

2nd line metastatic

1st line metastatic

1st line metastatic

1st line metastatic

Country of origin

Global

Global

Global

Germany

Spain

USA

Number of patients treated with CAPOX

938

655

311

235

171

48

Grades 3 and 4 toxicities

 Diarrhoea

20%

20%

19%

15%

14%

31%

 Nausea and vomiting

9%

10%

7%

13%

8%

38%

 Stomatitis

0.6%

1%

<1%

1%

2%

NR

 Neutropenia

9%

6%

5%

NR

7%

15%

 Hand foot syndrome

6%

6%

4%

10%

2%

19%

 Neurosensory

11%

4%

<1%

25%

18%

21%

  1. Abbreviations: CAPOX=capecitabine plus oxaliplatin; NR=not reported.