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Table 6 Incidence rate of selected adverse events by rituximab indication

From: Real-life drug retention rate and safety of rituximab when treating rheumatic diseases: a single-centre Swiss retrospective cohort study

 

Incidence rate [95% CI]

 

Total

RA

CTD

Vasculitis

Other

SAE/100 patient-years

23.3 [19.8, 27.3]

21.8 [17.5, 26.8]

15.3 [10.5, 21.6]

106.9 [71.1, 154.5]

28.6 [9.3, 66.7]

SIE/100 patient-years

8.4 [6.4, 10.9]

8.7 [6.1, 12.1]

4.8 [2.3, 8.8]

34.4 [15.7, 65.2]

5.7 [0.1, 31.8]

IRR/100 patient-years

4.2 [2.8, 6.1]

3.3 [1.9, 5.7]

2.9 [1.1, 6.2]

15.3 [4.2, 39.1]

22.9 [6.2, 58.5]

Malignancies/100 patient-years

0.8 [0.2, 1.8]

0.7 [0.1, 2.1]

1.0 [0.1, 3.5]

0

0

Deaths/100 patient-years

1.50 [0.81, 2.79]

0.97 [0.36, 2.58]

0.96 [0.24, 3.83]

11.5 [3.70, 35.5]

5.71 [0.80, 40.6]

Observation time, patient-years

665.2

412.5

209.0

26.2

17.5

  1. RA Rheumatoid arthritis, CTD Connective tissue disease, SAE Serious adverse event, SIE Serious infectious event, IRR Infusion-related reaction