Table 3.

Adverse events in induction

EventAll patients (N = 34)
Grade 3/4 infections 23 patients
30 episodes
MDI, n = 10 (gram negative, n = 7*; gram positive, n = 2; candidemia, n = 1)
Febrile neutropenia without MDI or CDI, n = 8
Probable fungal pneumonia, n = 11
Bacterial pneumonia, n = 1 
Pneumothorax 
Pancreatitis 
Grade 3/4 neuropathy 
Cardiac arrhythmia 
Septic cardiomyopathy 
CNS bleed 
GI bleed 
Intestinal obstruction 
Portal vein thrombosis 1 (died during maintenance due to upper GI bleed) 
Infusion reactions (rituximab-related) grade 3/4 
Tumor lysis syndrome 
Death during induction (due to gram-negative sepsis) 
EventAll patients (N = 34)
Grade 3/4 infections 23 patients
30 episodes
MDI, n = 10 (gram negative, n = 7*; gram positive, n = 2; candidemia, n = 1)
Febrile neutropenia without MDI or CDI, n = 8
Probable fungal pneumonia, n = 11
Bacterial pneumonia, n = 1 
Pneumothorax 
Pancreatitis 
Grade 3/4 neuropathy 
Cardiac arrhythmia 
Septic cardiomyopathy 
CNS bleed 
GI bleed 
Intestinal obstruction 
Portal vein thrombosis 1 (died during maintenance due to upper GI bleed) 
Infusion reactions (rituximab-related) grade 3/4 
Tumor lysis syndrome 
Death during induction (due to gram-negative sepsis) 

CDI, clinically documented infection; GI, gastrointestinal; MDI, microbiologically documented infection.

*

Klebsiella pneumoniae, n = 2; Escherichia coli, n = 2; Pseudomonas aeruginosa, n = 2; Burkholderia cepacia, n = 1.

Group A Streptococcus.

Psuedomonas aeruginosa.

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