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Table 4 Serious TEAEs assessed as at least possibly related to study druga (overall period)

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

Treatment at time of event

Patient

MedDRA preferred term

Intensity

Criteria

Causality

Duration (days)

Outcome

Subsequent study treatment

First period IVIg

Patient 1

Muscle spasms

Severe

Life threatening

Probable

1

Recovered/resolved

Study drug withdrawn

Dyspnoea

Severe

Life threatening

Probable

1

Recovered/resolved

Extension period (all IVIg)

Patient 2

Deep vein thrombosis (TEE)

Severe

Hospitalisation and life threatening

Probable

73

Recovered/resolved

Study drug withdrawn

Pulmonary embolism (TEE)

Severe

Hospitalisation and life threatening

Probable

73

Recovered/resolved

Patient 3

Cerebrovascular accident (TEE)

Moderate

Hospitalisation and medically important

Possible

109

Recovered/resolved with sequelae

Study drug withdrawn

Patient 4

Pulmonary embolism (TEE)

Moderate

Hospitalisation and medically important

Possible

14

Recovered/resolved with sequelae

Study drug withdrawn

Patient 5

Loss of consciousness

Moderate

Hospitalisation

Probable

1

Recovered/resolved

Dose of study drug unchanged

The patient subsequently received a further five cycles of IVIg treatment and did not experience any further serious TEAEs

Patient 6

Cerebral infarction (TEE)

Moderate

Hospitalisation and medically important

Possible

99

Recovered/resolved with sequelae

The serious TEAE occurred 12 days after the last infusion cycle of IVIg

Extension period (all IVIg)

Patient 7

Hypoesthesia (TEE)

Mild

Medically important

Possible

1

Recovered/resolved

Dose of study drug unchanged

The patient subsequently received one further cycle of IVIg treatment

  1. IVIg intravenous immunoglobulin, MedDRA Medical dictionary for regulatory activities, TEE thromboembolic event
  2. aIncludes TEAEs deemed possibly or probably related to the study drug by the investigator