Table 4

Incidence of gastrointestinal adverse events occurring in ≥ 10% of patients during the two year treatment period


Percentage of patients with event


Clodronate (n = 530)
Placebo (n = 539)

Nausea
27.0
29.8
Diarrhoea1
19.9
10.0
Dyspepsia
15.6
13.3
Vomiting
14.7
13.1
Abdominal pain
13.6
10.5
Constipation
12.5
12.2
Stomatitis
8.4
10.2

1P < 0.05 versus placebo.

Powles et al. Breast Cancer Research 2006 8:R13   doi:10.1186/bcr1384