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. 2024 Feb 15;41(4):1746–1758. doi: 10.1007/s12325-024-02795-z

Table 2.

Incidence of treatment-emergent adverse events (TEAEs) with onset during the treatment period by specific concomitant antiseizure medication (ASM) at trial drug initiation (safety population)

Concomitant ASM CBZ LTG VPA OXC TPM
PBO BRV PBO BRV PBO BRV PBO BRV PBO BRV
n 183 315 120 201 93 182 64 137 84 89
Any TEAEs, n (%) 121 (66.1) 199 (63.2) 80 (66.7) 138 (68.7) 50 (53.8) 112 (61.5) 36 (56.3) 102 (74.5) 51 (60.7) 62 (69.7)
Drug-related TEAEs, n (%) 60 (32.8) 116 (36.8) 36 (30.0) 88 (43.8) 26 (28.0) 64 (35.2) 19 (29.7) 66 (48.2) 25 (29.8) 43 (48.3)
Discontinuation due to TEAEs, n (%) 8 (4.4) 9 (2.9) 6 (5.0) 16 (8.0) 3 (3.2) 12 (6.6) 3 (4.7) 10 (7.3) 3 (3.6) 8 (9.0)
Serious TEAEs, n (%) 6 (3.3) 5 (1.6) 2 (1.7) 7 (3.5) 3 (3.2) 5 (2.7) 2 (3.1) 3 (2.2) 2 (2.4) 2 (2.2)
Severe TEAEs, n (%) 7 (3.8) 10 (3.2) 3 (2.5) 12 (6.0) 3 (3.2) 6 (3.3) 2 (3.1) 9 (6.6) 3 (3.6) 5 (5.6)
Deaths, n (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Incidence of the most common TEAEsa in ≥ 10% of patients in any subgroup, n (%)
 Somnolence 17 (9.3) 51 (16.2) 11 (9.2) 27 (13.4) 7 (7.5) 18 (9.9) 6 (9.4) 27 (19.7) 9 (10.7) 20 (22.5)
 Dizziness 10 (5.5) 34 (10.8) 8 (6.7) 24 (11.9) 5 (5.4) 13 (7.1) 7 (10.9) 16 (11.7) 8 (9.5) 9 (10.1)
 Headache 21 (11.5) 24 (7.6) 12 (10.0) 17 (8.5) 4 (4.3) 11 (6.0) 4 (6.3) 21 (15.3) 7 (8.3) 5 (5.6)
 Fatigue 5 (2.7) 18 (5.7) 2 (1.7) 17 (8.5) 1 (1.1) 7 (3.8) 1 (1.6) 15 (10.9) 3 (3.6) 7 (7.9)
 Nasopharyngitis 6 (3.3) 14 (4.4) 2 (1.7) 7 (3.5) 2 (2.2) 5 (2.7) 3 (4.7) 3 (2.2) 2 (2.4) 2 (2.2)
Concomitant ASM PHT LCM CLB PHB
PBO BRV PBO BRV PBO BRV PBO BRV
n 46 74 36 72 35 60 22 60
Any TEAEs, n (%) 25 (54.3) 45 (60.8) 23 (63.9) 53 (73.6) 20 (57.1) 39 (65.0) 13 (59.1) 40 (66.7)
Drug-related TEAEs, n (%) 11 (23.9) 33 (44.6) 10 (27.8) 33 (45.8) 13 (37.1) 27 (45.0) 6 (27.3) 26 (43.3)
Discontinuation due to TEAEs, n (%) 1 (2.2) 8 (10.8) 1 (2.8) 4 (5.6) 2 (5.7) 3 (5.0) 0 8 (13.3)
Serious TEAEs, n (%) 2 (4.3) 2 (2.7) 0 2 (2.8) 2 (5.7) 3 (5.0) 1 (4.5) 3 (5.0)
Severe TEAEs, n (%) 3 (6.5) 4 (5.4) 1 (2.8) 4 (5.6) 1 (2.9) 3 (5.0) 2 (9.1) 7 (11.7)
Deaths, n (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Incidence of the most common TEAEsa in ≥ 10% of patients in any subgroup, n (%)
 Somnolence 3 (6.5) 8 (10.8) 4 (11.1) 12 (16.7) 2 (5.7) 9 (15.0) 1 (4.5) 10 (16.7)
 Dizziness 4 (8.7) 9 (12.2) 3 (8.3) 9 (12.5) 1 (2.9) 4 (6.7) 1 (4.5) 6 (10.0)
 Headache 2 (4.3) 5 (6.8) 6 (16.7) 6 (8.3) 2 (5.7) 6 (10.0) 5 (22.7) 9 (15.0)
 Fatigue 4 (8.7) 9 (12.2) 4 (11.1) 13 (18.1) 1 (2.9) 2 (3.3) 0 7 (11.7)
 Nasopharyngitis 1 (2.2) 3 (4.1) 4 (11.1) 3 (4.2) 0 3 (5.0) 2 (9.1) 2 (3.3)

Data are presented as n (%) of patients. BRV denotes BRV 50–200 mg/day

ASM antiseizure medication, BRV brivaracetam, CBZ carbamazepine, CLB clobazam, LCM lacosamide, LTG lamotrigine, MedDRA Medical Dictionary for Regulatory Activities, OXC oxcarbazepine, PBO placebo, PHB phenobarbital, PHT phenytoin, TPM topiramate, TEAE treatment-emergent adverse event, VPA valproate

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