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Table 4 Observed and expected IRs of hospitalized infections, and pneumonia, in abatacept CDP and RA cohorts.

From: Infections requiring hospitalization in the abatacept clinical development program: an epidemiological assessment

Data source

Counts

Hospitalized infections*

IR**/100 py (95% CI)

Counts

Hospitalized pneumonia*

IR**/100 py (95% CI)

Observed (Double-blind trial data)

    

Abatacept Population

N = 1,955

51

3.05

(2.3, 4.0)

12

0.71

(0.4, 1.3)

Placebo Population

N = 989

17

2.15

(1.26, 3.45)

4

0.50

(0.14, 1.29)

Observed (Long-term open-label trial data)

    

Cumulative Abatacept Trial Population (DB + OL)

N = 4,134

221

2.72

(2.37,3.10)

54

0.65

(0.47, 0.82)

Expected (Observational cohort data)

    

   BC

252

3.00

(2.65, 3.40)

66

0.79

(0.62, 1.01)

   NDB

NA

NA

110

1.31

(1.09, 1.58)

   PharMetrics

296

3.53

(3.15, 3.96)

106

1.26

(1.04, 1.53)

   NOAR

118

1.41

(1.18, 1.69)

22

0.27

(0.18, 0.40)

   Sweden ERA

154

1.83

(1.57, 2.15)

44

0.53

(0.39, 0.71)

   Sweden INPT

329

3.92

(3.52, 4.37)

87

1.04

(0.84, 1.28)

  1. No cases of coccidioidomycosis, cryptococcus, histoplasmosis, nocardiosis, or Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia were observed. *Rates in external RA cohorts are age-(10-year groups) and sex-adjusted to the abatacept trial population. **Rates are cases per 100 py; †crude, unadjusted rate. BC: British Columbia RA Cohort; NA: not available; NOAR: Norfolk Arthritis Register; NDB: National Data Bank for Rheumatic Diseases; Sweden ERA: Sweden Early Rheumatoid Arthritis Register