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Table 3 Number of adverse events reported between 1 year and 2 years

From: Two-year results of disease activity score (DAS)-remission-steered treatment strategies aiming at drug-free remission in early arthritis patients (the IMPROVED-study)

 

Early remission n = 387

Arm 1 n = 83

Arm 2 n = 78

OOP n = 50

Patients with AE*, n (%)

205/387 (53 %)

53/83 (64 %)

52/78 (67 %)

27/50 (54 %)

Total number of AE

408

129

109

58

Cardiovascular

25

5

8

4

Pulmonary

17

5

2

2

Gastrointestinal

67

16

14

12

GI complaints

8

2

2

 Nausea/emesis

23

2

4

4

 Increased liver enzymes

15

7

3

4

 Other

21

5

5

4

Neuro-psychiatric

37

5

7

3

 Headache

14

4

1

 Dizziness

7

1

1

 Mood disorders

4

1

 Other

12

4

3

Urogenital

7

3

2

3

Skin/mucous membranes

45

18

15

3

 Rash

19

8

5

 Hair loss/thinning

4

1

1

1

 Sicca complaints

3

1

 Eczema

3

1

 Other

16

8

9

1

Infections

106

38

41

18

 Upper airway tract

29

11

16

10

 Gastrointestinal

4

1

2

 Skin/mucosa

14

2

4

2

 Pneumonia/bronchitis

9

1

1

1

 Urinary tract

15

7

5

1

 Influenza/unspecified fever

25

10

6

1

 Other

10

6

9

1

Trauma/injury

13

5

2

3

Infusion reaction

3

1

Malaise

9

5

1

1

Surgical procedures without hospitalization

13

5

4

1

Other

65

23

12

8

  1. *One or more adverse events possible per patient. OOP outside of protocol, AE adverse events, GI gastrointestinal