[RESULTS] Haematological and non-haematological toxic effects that were significantly more common in the carboplatin group than in the no-carboplatin group included grade 3 or 4 neutropenia ( 192 [ 65 % ] vs 79 [ 27 % ] ) , grade 3 or 4 anaemia ( 45 [ 15 % ] vs one [ < 1 % ] ) , grade 3 or 4 thrombocytopenia ( 42 [ 14 % ] vs one [ < 1 % ] ) , and grade 3 or 4 diarrhoea ( 51 [ 17 % ] vs 32 [ 11 % ] ) ; carboplatin was more often associated with dose discontinuations ( 141 [ 48 % ] with carboplatin and 114 [ 39 % ] without carboplatin ; p = 0031 ) .