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Table 1 Overview of adverse events

From: Safety and tolerability of intravenous immunoglobulin in patients with active dermatomyositis: results from the randomised, placebo-controlled ProDERM study

Category of TEAE and intensity

First period

Overall period

IVIg (n = 52a)

Placebo (n = 48)

All IVIg (n = 95)

No. of pts (%)

No. of events

No. of pts (%)

No. of events

No. of pts (%)

No. of events

TEAEs

42 (80.8%)

196

28 (58.3%)

135

84 (88.4%)

545

Infusional TEAEs

34 (65.4%)

139

19 (39.6%)

65

76 (80.0%)

351

Serious TEAEs

3 (5.8%)

5

2 (4.2%)

4

14 (14.7%)

22

TEAEs related to study drug

30 (57.7%)

113

11 (22.9%)

38

62 (65.3%)

282

TEAEs leading to discontinuation of study drug

3 (5.8%)

8

0 (0.0%)

0

13 (13.7%)

25

TEEs

1 (1.9%)

2

0 (0.0%)

0

6 (6.3%)

8

Relatedb TEEs

0 (0.0%)

0

0 (0.0%)

0

5 (5.3%)

6

HTRs

0 (0.0%)

0

0 (0.0%)

0

0 (0.0%)

0

Deaths

0 (0.0%)

0

0 (0.0%)

0

0 (0.0%)

0

  1. HTR haemolytic transfusion reaction, IVIg intravenous immunoglobulin, N number of patients, n number of events, TEAE treatment-emergent adverse event, TEE thromboembolic event
  2. aIncludes five patients that switched from placebo to IVIg during the first period
  3. bIncludes TEAEs deemed possibly or probably related to the infusion by the investigator