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Table 2 Overview of treatment-related events, contacts, days in hospital and days in steroid treatment

From: The use of patient-reported outcomes to detect adverse events in metastatic melanoma patients receiving immunotherapy: a randomized controlled pilot trial

 

Control

n

Intervention

n

P-value

All treatment-related events

 Any grade

202

202

0.560

 Grade 3 or 4

20

19

0.983

Events related to PRO-items

 Any grade

129

124

0.779

 Grade 3 or 4

8

6

0.622

Treatment-related contacts

Phone calls

102

163

0.009

 Extra visits/ER visits)

31

44

0.156

Hospitalizations

 Numbers

32

50

0.119

 Days (accumulated)

131

221

0.101

Steroid treatment

 Numbers

28

41

0.629

 Days (accumulated)

714

1133

0.004