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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jul 13.
Published in final edited form as: JAMA. 2009 Dec 16;302(23):2557–2564. doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.1866

Table 3.

Adverse Events Occurring in at Least 5% of Participants

No. (%) of Participants
Placebo (n = 821)a Tarenflurbil (n = 860)a P Valueb
Adverse events
 ≥1 Event 698 (85.0) 750 (87.2) .19

 Discontinued 95 (11.6) 158 (18.4) <.001

 ≥1 Serious 163 (19.9) 195 (22.7) .16

 Deaths 18 (2.2) 24 (2.8) .43

MedDRA preferred term
 Urinary tract infection 109 (13.3) 111 (12.9) .82

 Fall 83 (10.1) 77 (9.0) .42

 Dizziness 47 (5.7) 73 (8.5) .03

 Diarrhea 60 (7.3) 71 (8.3) .47

 Upper respiratory tract infection 46 (5.6) 60 (7.0) .25

 Depression 70 (8.5) 58 (6.7) .17

 Agitation 57 (6.9) 52 (6.0) .46

 Constipation 35 (4.3) 49 (5.7) .18

 Nasopharyngitis 57 (6.9) 44 (5.1) .12

 Nausea 48 (5.8) 40 (4.7) .27

 Headache 45 (5.5) 40 (4.7) .44

 Back pain 41 (5.0) 30 (3.5) .13

Abbreviation: MedDRA, Medical Dictionary for Regulatory Activities.

a

One participant randomized to placebo and 2 participants randomized to the treatment group discontinued prior to receiving medication and are not included in this table. All percentages and P values are based on the indicated sample sizes.

b

P values were based on the Pearson χ2 test.