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. 2010 Sep 25;50(2):261–270. doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/keq285

Table 4.

Summary of treatment-emergent AEs in RAPID 1, 2 and FAST4WARD (safety populationa) [21]

Pooled data for RAPID 1 and 2 Rate per 100 pt-yrs
FAST4WARD Patients, n%
Adverse events Placebo + MTX (n = 324) CZP 200 mg + MTX (n = 640) CZP 400 mg + MTX (n = 635) Placebo (n = 109) CZP 400 mg (n = 111)
Exposure, n, pt-yrs 132.0 406.7 419.5
Any TEAE 264.4 239.1 221.1 63 (57.8) 84 (75.7)
 Intensity
  Mild 155.5 162.3 156.4 43 (39.4) 62 (55.9)
  Moderate 96.7 79.0 75.6 40 (36.7) 52 (46.8)
  Severe 14.2 12.5 12.9 11 (10.1) 8 (7.2)
TEAE related to study drug 66.9 78.1 74.4 24 (22.0) 27 (24.3)
TEAE leading to withdrawal 3.8 7.2 7.0 2 (1.8) 5 (4.5)
Any TE infection 73.2 80.9 76.7 16 (14.7) 33 (29.7)
Serious TEAEs 11.9 16.3 16.6 3 (2.8) 8 (7.2)
 TEAE leading to death 0.8 0.7 1.2 0 0
 Serious infections 1.5 6.0 7.1 0 2 (1.8)
  Tuberculosis 0 1.2 1.2 0 0
 Malignancy 1.5 2.0 1.2 0 2 (1.8)
 Cardiac disorders 5.3 4.7 4.8 2 (1.8) 0

aAll patients who received at least one dose of study medication. Reproduced from Mease [21] with permission of Future Medicine Ltd.