Incidence of [A] deaths,a [B] serious infections,b,c [C] HZ [non-serious and serious],b [D] opportunistic infections,b,d,e and [E] HZ opportunistic infections,b,d by cohort.
aFor the Induction and Maintenance Cohorts, events that occurred >28 days after the last dose of the study drug were excluded; for the Overall [Dec 2016] and Overall plus P3b/4 [2020] Cohorts, all events, including those outside the 28-day risk period, were included.
bEvents that occurred >28 days after the last dose of the study drug were excluded.
cDefined as any infection AE that requires hospitalization or parenteral antimicrobials, or meets other criteria that require the infection to be classified as a serious AE.
dAdjudicated events; for the Overall plus P3b/4 [2020] Cohort, N = 922 and N = 1124 for the PD tofacitinib 10 mg BID and tofacitinib all groups, respectively [excludes phase 2 study data, as the phase 2 induction study took place prior to the establishment of the adjudication committees].
eExcludes tuberculosis and HZ with two adjacent dermatomes.
fIncludes data previously reported by Sandborn et al.7; the previously reported Overall [Dec 2016] Cohort included data from OCTAVE Open up to December 2016 [≤4.4 years of exposure].
gThe Overall plus P3b/4 [2020] Cohort includes final data from OCTAVE Open [final data cut-off: August 24, 2020], and data from RIVETING [interim data cut-off: February 20, 2020; ≤7.8 years of exposure].
hIncludes data previously reported by Winthrop et al.10
iIncludes data previously reported by Winthrop et al.9
AE, adverse event; BID, twice daily; CI, confidence interval; HZ, herpes zoster; IR, incidence rate [unique patients with events/100 PY of exposure]; N, number of patients treated in the treatment group; n, number of unique patients with a particular AE; PD, predominant dose; PY, patient-years.