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Table 3 Adverse events through study completion in patients with RA, PsA, and AS who received ≥ 1 administration of IV golimumab*

From: Pooled safety results across phase 3 randomized trials of intravenous golimumab in rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, and ankylosing spondylitis

 

RA trial

PsA trial

AS trial

Pooled golimumab

Patients, N

584

460

204

1248

Mean follow-up, weeks (SD)

95.9 (25.7)

47.2 (13.0)

51.8 (9.0)

70.7 (30.7)

Patient years of follow-up

1077

417

203

1697

Patients who discontinued due to an AE

41 (7.0)

17 (3.7)

4 (2.0)

62 (5.0)

AEs

 Patients with ≥ 1 AE

462 (79.1)

234 (50.9)

113 (55.4)

809 (64.8)

 Events/100 patient-years (95% CI)

195.4 (187.2, 204.0)

143.5 (132.3, 155.5)

133.0 (117.6, 149.8)

175.2 (169.0, 181.6)

Infections

 Patients with ≥ 1 infection

287 (49.1)

105 (22.8)

67 (32.8)

459 (36.8)

 Events/100 patient-years (95% CI)

59.9 (55.4, 64.7)

34.0 (28.7, 40.1)

49.8 (40.5, 60.5)

52.3 (48.9, 55.9)

SAEs

 Patients with ≥ 1 SAE

106 (18.2)

24 (5.2)

7 (3.4)

137 (11.0)

 Events/100 patient-years (95% CI)

16.1 (13.8, 18.7)

8.2 (5.6, 11.4)

3.9 (1.7, 7.8)

12.7 (11.0, 14.5)

Serious infections

 Patients with ≥ 1 serious infection

36 (6.2)

10 (2.2)

3 (1.5)

49 (3.9)

 Events/100 patient-years (95% CI)

4.0 (2.9, 5.4)

2.6 (1.3, 4.7)

1.5 (0.3, 4.3)

3.4 (2.5, 4.4)

MACE

 Patients with ≥ 1 MACE

9 (1.5)

0

0

9 (0.7)

 Events/100 patient-years (95% CI)

0.8 (0.4, 1.6)

0 (0.0, 0.7)

0 (0.0, 1.5)

0.5 (0.2, 1.0)

Malignancies

 Patients

5 (0.9)

2 (0.4)

0

7 (0.6)

 Events/100 patient-years (95% CI)

0.5 (0.2, 1.1)

0.5 (0.1, 1.7)

0 (0.0, 1.5)

0.4 (0.2, 0.9)

Deaths

 Patients

5 (0.9)

1 (0.2)

0

6 (0.5)

 Events/100 patient-years (95% CI)

0.5 (0.2, 1.1)

0.2 (0.0, 1.3)

0 (0.0, 1.5)

0.4 (0.1, 0.8)

Opportunistic infections

 Patients with ≥ 1 opportunistic infection

4 (0.7)

0

0

4 (0.3)

 Events/100 patient-years (95% CI)

0.4 (0.1, 1.0)

0 (0.0, 0.7)

0 (0.0, 1.5)

0.2 (0.1, 0.6)

Active TB

 Patients

3 (0.5)

2 (0.4)

1 (0.5)

6 (0.5)

 Events/100 patient-years (95% CI)

0.3 (0.1, 0.8)

0.5 (0.1, 1.7)

0.5 (0.0, 2.7)

0.4 (0.1, 0.8)

Infusion reaction

 Patients with ≥ 1 infusion reaction

27 (4.6)

4 (0.9)

3 (1.5)

34 (2.7)

 Events/100 patient-years (95% CI)

3.7 (2.7, 5.1)

1.4 (0.5, 3.1)

2.0 (0.5, 5.0)

3.0 (2.2, 3.9)

  1. AE adverse event, AS ankylosing spondylitis, CI confidence interval, IV intravenous, MACE major adverse cardiovascular event, PsA psoriatic arthritis, RA rheumatoid arthritis, SAE serious adverse event, SD standard deviation, TB tuberculosis
  2. *Data presented as n (%) unless otherwise noted