Efficacy of Curcumin on Treating Cancer Anorexia-Cachexia Syndrome in Locally or Advanced Head and Neck Cancer: A Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Randomised Phase IIa Trial (CurChexia)

Table 4

Summary of adverse events.

Adverse event, n (%)	Curcumin group (N = 10)	Placebo-matched group (N = 10)	values
	Grade I	Grade I
Nausea	4 (40)	2 (20)	0.628
Diarrhoea	0 (0)	3 (30)	0.211
Headache	2 (20)	1 (10)	1.000
Hepatitis^#	0 (0)	0 (0)	—
Acute kidney injury^#	0 (0)	0 (0)	—

^#Defined as a serious adverse event leading to the study’s termination.