Category:CTCAE4 Nervous system disorders
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| Adverse Event | Grade1 | Grade2 | Grade3 | Grade4 | Grade5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abducens nerve disorder | Asymptomatic; clinical or diagnostic observations only; intervention not indicated | Moderate symptoms; limiting instrumental ADL | Severe symptoms; limiting self care ADL | - | - |
| Accessory nerve disorder | Asymptomatic; clinical or diagnostic observations only; intervention not indicated | Moderate symptoms; limiting instrumental ADL | Severe symptoms; limiting self care ADL | - | - |
| Acoustic nerve disorder NOS | Asymptomatic; clinical or diagnostic observations only; intervention not indicated | Moderate symptoms; limiting instrumental ADL | Severe symptoms; limiting self care ADL | - | - |
| Akathisia | Mild restlessness or increased motor activity | Moderate restlessness or increased motor activity; limiting instrumental ADL | Severe restlessness or increased motor activity; limiting self care ADL | - | - |
| Amnesia | Mild; transient memory loss | Moderate; short term memory loss; limiting instrumental ADL | Severe; long term memory loss; limiting self care ADL | - | - |
| Aphonia | - | - | Voicelessness; unable to speak | - | - |
| Arachnoiditis | Mild symptoms | Moderate symptoms; limiting instrumental ADL | Severe symptoms; limiting self care ADL | Life-threatening consequences; urgent intervention indicated | Death |
| Ataxia | Asymptomatic; clinical or diagnostic observations only; intervention not indicated | Moderate symptoms; limiting instrumental ADL | Severe symptoms; limiting self care ADL; mechanical assistance indicated | - | - |
| Brachial plexopathy | Asymptomatic; clinical or diagnostic observations only; intervention not indicated | Moderate symptoms; limiting instrumental ADL | Severe symptoms; limiting self care ADL | - | - |
| Central nervous system necrosis | Asymptomatic; clinical or diagnostic observations only; intervention not indicated | Moderate symptoms; corticosteroids indicated | Severe symptoms; medical intervention indicated | Life-threatening consequences; urgent intervention indicated | Death |
| Cerebrospinal fluid leakage | Post-craniotomy: asymptomatic; Post- lumbar puncture: transient headache; postural care indicated | Post-craniotomy: moderate symptoms; medical intervention indicated; Post- lumbar puncture: persistent moderate symptoms; blood patch indicated | Severe symptoms; medical intervention indicated | Life-threatening consequences; urgent intervention indicated | Death |
| Cognitive disturbance | Mild cognitive disability; not interfering with work/school/life performance; specialized educational services/devices not indicated | Moderate cognitive disability; interfering with work/school/life performance but capable of independent living; specialized resources on part time basis indicated | Severe cognitive disability; significant impairment of work/school/life performance | - | - |
| Concentration impairment | Mild inattention or decreased level of concentration | Moderate impairment in attention or decreased level of concentration; limiting instrumental ADL | Severe impairment in attention or decreased level of concentration; limiting self care ADL | - | - |
| Depressed level of consciousness | Decreased level of alertness | Sedation; slow response to stimuli; limiting instrumental ADL | Difficult to arouse | Life-threatening consequences | Death |
| Dizziness | Mild unsteadiness or sensation of movement | Moderate unsteadiness or sensation of movement; limiting instrumental ADL | Severe unsteadiness or sensation of movement; limiting self care ADL | - | - |
| Dysarthria | Mild slurred speech | Moderate impairment of articulation or slurred speech | Severe impairment of articulation or slurred speech | - | - |
| Dysesthesia | Mild sensory alteration | Moderate sensory alteration; limiting instrumental ADL | Severe sensory alteration; limiting self care ADL | - | - |
| Dysgeusia | Altered taste but no change in diet | Altered taste with change in diet (e.g., oral supplements); noxious or unpleasant taste; loss of taste | - | - | - |
| Dysphasia | Awareness of receptive or expressive characteristics; not impairing ability to communicate | Moderate receptive or expressive characteristics; impairing ability to communicate spontaneously | Severe receptive or expressive characteristics; impairing ability to read, write or communicate intelligibly | - | - |
| Edema cerebral | - | - | - | Life-threatening consequences; urgent intervention indicated | - |
| Encephalopathy | Mild symptoms | Moderate symptoms; limiting instrumental ADL | Severe symptoms; limiting self care ADL | Life-threatening consequences; urgent intervention indicated | Death |
| Extrapyramidal disorder | Mild involuntary movements | Moderate involuntary movements; limiting instrumental ADL | Severe involuntary movements or torticollis; limiting self care ADL | Life-threatening consequences; urgent intervention indicated | Death |
| Facial muscle weakness | Asymptomatic; clinical or diagnostic observations only; intervention not indicated | Moderate symptoms; limiting instrumental ADL | Severe symptoms; limiting self care ADL | - | - |
| Facial nerve disorder | Asymptomatic; clinical or diagnostic observations only; intervention not indicated | Moderate symptoms; limiting instrumental ADL | Severe symptoms; limiting self care ADL | - | - |
| Glossopharyngeal nerve disorder | Asymptomatic; clinical or diagnostic observations only; intervention not indicated | Moderate symptoms; limiting instrumental ADL | Severe symptoms; limiting self care ADL | Life-threatening consequences; urgent intervention indicated | Death |
| Headache | Mild pain | Moderate pain; limiting instrumental ADL | Severe pain; limiting self care ADL | - | - |
| Hydrocephalus | Asymptomatic; clinical or diagnostic observations only; intervention not indicated | Moderate symptoms; intervention not indicated | Severe symptoms or neurological deficit; intervention indicated | Life-threatening consequences; urgent intervention indicated | Death |
| Hypersomnia | Mild increased need for sleep | Moderate increased need for sleep | Severe increased need for sleep | - | - |
| Hypoglossal nerve disorder | Asymptomatic; clinical or diagnostic observations only; intervention not indicated | Moderate symptoms; limiting instrumental ADL | Severe symptoms; limiting self care ADL | - | - |
| IVth nerve disorder | Asymptomatic; clinical or diagnostic observations only; intervention not indicated | Moderate symptoms; limiting instrumental ADL | Severe symptoms; limiting self care ADL | - | - |
| Intracranial hemorrhage | Asymptomatic; clinical or diagnostic observations only; intervention not indicated | Moderate symptoms; medical intervention indicated | Ventriculostomy, ICP monitoring, intraventricular thrombolysis, or operative intervention indicated | Life-threatening consequences; urgent intervention indicated | Death |
| Ischemia cerebrovascular | Asymptomatic; clinical or diagnostic observations only; intervention not indicated | Moderate symptoms | - | - | - |
| Lethargy | Mild symptoms; reduced alertness and awareness | Moderate symptoms; limiting instrumental ADL | - | - | - |
| Leukoencephalopathy | Asymptomatic; small focal T2/FLAIR hyperintensities; involving periventricular white matter or <1/3 of susceptible areas of cerebrum +/- mild increase in subarachnoid space (SAS) and/or mild ventriculomegaly | Moderate symptoms; focal T2/FLAIR hyperintensities, involving periventricular white matter extending into centrum semiovale or involving 1/3 to 2/3 of susceptible areas of cerebrum +/- moderate increase in SAS and/or moderate ventriculomegaly | Severe symptoms; extensive T2/FLAIR hyperintensities, involving periventricular white matter involving 2/3 or more of susceptible areas of cerebrum +/- moderate to severe increase in SAS and/or moderate to severe ventriculomegaly | Life-threatening consequences; extensive T2/FLAIR hyperintensities, involving periventricular white matter involving most of susceptible areas of cerebrum +/- moderate to severe increase in SAS and/or moderate to severe ventriculomegaly | Death |
| Memory impairment | Mild memory impairment | Moderate memory impairment; limiting instrumental ADL | Severe memory impairment; limiting self care ADL | - | - |
| Meningismus | Mild symptoms | Moderate symptoms; limiting instrumental ADL | Severe symptoms; limiting self care ADL | Life-threatening consequences; urgent intervention indicated | Death |
| Movements involuntary | Mild symptoms | Moderate symptoms; limiting instrumental ADL | Severe symptoms; limiting self care ADL | - | - |
| Myelitis | Asymptomatic; mild signs (e.g., Babinski's reflex or Lhermitte's sign) | Moderate weakness or sensory loss; limiting instrumental ADL | Severe weakness or sensory loss; limiting self care ADL | Life-threatening consequences; urgent intervention indicated | Death |
| Nervous system disorders - Other, specify | Asymptomatic or mild symptoms; clinical or diagnostic observations only; intervention not indicated | Moderate; minimal, local or noninvasive intervention indicated; limiting age-appropriate instrumental ADL | Severe or medically significant but not immediately life-threatening; hospitalization or prolongation of existing hospitalization indicated; disabling; limiting self care ADL | Life-threatening consequences; urgent intervention indicated | Death |
| Neuralgia | Mild pain | Moderate pain; limiting instrumental ADL | Severe pain; limiting self care ADL | - | - |
| Nystagmus | - | Moderate symptoms; limiting instrumental ADL | Severe symptoms; limiting self care ADL | - | - |
| Oculomotor nerve disorder | Asymptomatic; clinical or diagnostic observations only; intervention not indicated | Moderate symptoms; limiting instrumental ADL | Severe symptoms; limiting self care ADL | - | - |
| Olfactory nerve disorder | - | Moderate symptoms; limiting instrumental ADL | Severe symptoms; limiting self care ADL | - | - |
| Paresthesia | Mild symptoms | Moderate symptoms; limiting instrumental ADL | Severe symptoms; limiting self care ADL | - | - |
| Peripheral motor neuropathy | Asymptomatic; clinical or diagnostic observations only; intervention not indicated | Moderate symptoms; limiting instrumental ADL | Severe symptoms; limiting self care ADL; assistive device indicated | Life-threatening consequences; urgent intervention indicated | Death |
| Peripheral sensory neuropathy | Asymptomatic; loss of deep tendon reflexes or paresthesia | Moderate symptoms; limiting instrumental ADL | Severe symptoms; limiting self care ADL | Life-threatening consequences; urgent intervention indicated | Death |
| Phantom pain | Mild pain | Moderate pain; limiting instrumental ADL | Severe pain; limiting self care ADL | - | - |
| Presyncope | - | Present (e.g., near fainting) | - | - | - |
| Pyramidal tract syndrome | Asymptomatic; clinical or diagnostic observations only; intervention not indicated | Moderate symptoms; limiting instrumental ADL | Severe symptoms; limiting self care ADL | Life-threatening consequences; urgent intervention indicated | Death |
| Radiculitis | Mild symptoms | Moderate symptoms; limiting instrumental ADL; medical intervention indicated | Severe symptoms; limiting self care ADL | Life-threatening consequences; urgent intervention indicated | Death |
| Recurrent laryngeal nerve palsy | Asymptomatic; clinical or diagnostic observations only; intervention not indicated | Moderate symptoms | Severe symptoms; medical intervention indicated (e.g., thyroplasty, vocal cord injection) | Life-threatening consequences; urgent intervention indicated | Death |
| Reversible posterior leukoencephalopathy syndrome | Asymptomatic; clinical or diagnostic observations only; intervention not indicated | Moderate symptoms; abnormal imaging studies; limiting instrumental ADL | Severe symptoms; very abnormal imaging studies; limiting self care ADL | Life-threatening consequences; urgent intervention indicated | Death |
| Seizure | Brief partial seizure; no loss of consciousness | Brief generalized seizure | Multiple seizures despite medical intervention | Life-threatening; prolonged repetitive seizures | Death |
| Sinus pain | Mild pain | Moderate pain; limiting instrumental ADL | Severe pain; limiting self care ADL | - | - |
| Somnolence | Mild but more than usual drowsiness or sleepiness | Moderate sedation; limiting instrumental ADL | Obtundation or stupor | Life-threatening consequences; urgent intervention indicated | Death |
| Spasticity | Mild or slight increase in muscle tone | Moderate increase in muscle tone and increase in resistance through range of motion | Severe increase in muscle tone and increase in resistance through range of motion | Life-threatening; unable to move active or passive range of motion | Death |
| Stroke | Asymptomatic or mild neurologic deficit; radiographic findings only | Moderate neurologic deficit | Severe neurologic deficit | Life-threatening consequences; urgent intervention indicated | Death |
| Syncope | - | - | Fainting; orthostatic collapse | - | - |
| Transient ischemic attacks | Mild neurologic deficit with or without imaging confirmation | Moderate neurologic deficit with or without imaging confirmation | - | - | - |
| Tremor | Mild symptoms | Moderate symptoms; limiting instrumental ADL | Severe symptoms; limiting self care ADL | - | - |
| Trigeminal nerve disorder | Asymptomatic; clinical or diagnostic observations only; intervention not indicated | Moderate symptoms; limiting instrumental ADL | Severe symptoms; limiting self care ADL | - | - |
| Vagus nerve disorder | Asymptomatic; clinical or diagnostic observations only; intervention not indicated | Moderate symptoms; limiting instrumental ADL | Severe symptoms; limiting self care ADL | Life-threatening consequences; urgent intervention indicated | Death |
| Vasovagal reaction | - | - | Present | Life-threatening consequences; urgent intervention indicated | Death |
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