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. 2023 Jun 20;77(7):1012–1020. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciad366

Table 2.

Adverse Events Overall and Stratified by Study Arm at 192 Weeksa

Overall (n (%)) Current Therapy (n (%)) Monotherapy (n (%)) P value Switchers (n (%))
n 101 33 68 18
Any AE 99 (98.0) 32 (97.0) 67 (98.5) 1 17 (94.4)
Study drug-related AE 24 (23.8) 9 (27.3) 15 (22.1) .743 1 (5.6)
Any SAE 27 (26.7) 10 (30.3) 17 (25.0) .745 1 (5.6)
Antiretroviral therapy switch due to AE 6 (5.9) 5 (15.2) 1 (1.5) .023 0 (0.0)
Intensityb
 Mild 98 (97.0) 31 (93.9) 67 (98.5) .516 17 (94.4)
 Moderate 65 (64.4) 22 (66.7) 43 (63.2) .907 4 (22.2)
 Severe 8 (7.9) 3 (9.1) 5 (7.4) 1 0 (0.0)
Laboratory AE 57 (56.4) 16 (48.5) 41 (60.3) 0.364 7 (38.9)
Laboratory AE, intensityb
 Mild 52 (51.5) 14 (42.4) 38 (55.9) .29 6 (33.3)
 Moderate 5 (5.0) 2 (6.1) 3 (4.4) 1 1 (5.6)
Arthralgia 27 (26.7) 8 (24.2) 19 (27.9) .877 0 (0.0)
Back pain 28 (27.7) 8 (24.2) 20 (29.4) .759 2 (11.1)
Depression 13 (12.9) 6 (18.2) 7 (10.3) .428 0 (0.0)
Diarrhea 11 (10.9) 5 (15.2) 6 (8.8) .537 0 (0.0)
Elective operation or intervention 8 (7.9) 4 (12.1) 4 (5.9) .486 0 (0.0)
Fatigue 7 (6.9) 2 (6.1) 5 (7.4) 1 0 (0.0)
Gastritis/GERD 15 (14.9) 6 (18.2) 9 (13.2) .721 1 (5.6)
Headache 14 (13.9) 5 (15.2) 9 (13.2) 1 2 (11.1)
Headache after lumbar puncture 6 (5.9) 3 (9.1) 3 (4.4) .628 0 (0.0)
Neoplasia 4 (4.0) 2 (6.1) 2 (2.9) .834 1 (5.6)
Psychosocial stress 7 (6.9) 2 (6.1) 5 (7.4) 1 0 (0.0)
Sexually transmitted infection 46 (45.5) 13 (39.4) 33 (48.5) .515 8 (44.4)
Skin rash 24 (23.8) 9 (27.3) 15 (22.1) .743 2 (11.1)
Sleeping disorder 6 (5.9) 1 (3.0) 5 (7.4) .679 0 (0.0)
Trauma 22 (21.8) 7 (21.2) 15 (22.1) 1 3 (16.7)
Viral URTI 59 (58.4) 17 (51.5) 42 (61.8) .444 8 (44.4)
Other infection (mild) 35 (34.7) 11 (33.3) 24 (35.3) 1 3 (16.7)
Other infection (moderate/severe) 43 (42.6) 12 (36.4) 31 (45.6) .506 4 (22.2)
Vitamin deficiency 13 (12.9) 4 (12.1) 9 (13.2) 1 3 (16.7)
Other 72 (71.3) 21 (63.6) 51 (75.0) .342 9 (50.0)

Abbreviations: AE, adverse event; GERD, gastro-esophageal reflux disease; SAE, serious adverse event.

Data up to week 48 previously reported as part of the EARLY-SIMPLFIED interim analysis [12].

Mild indicates causing minimal symptoms and self-limiting, moderate indicates greater than minimal symptoms or requiring physician intervention but not meeting the criteria for SAE, severe indicates meeting the standard criteria for SAE.