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. 2011 May 31;105(1):28–37. doi: 10.1038/bjc.2011.185

Table 7. Clinical adverse experience summary (entire study duration).

  Vaccine (N=1908) n (%) Placebo (N=1902) n (%)
Subjects in analysis population 1908 1902
Subjects with follow-up 1890 1888
     
Number (%) of subjects
 With one or more adverse experiences 1645 (87.0) 1535 (81.3)
  Injection-site adverse experiences 1450 (76.7) 1213 (64.2)
  Systemic adverse experiences 1121 (59.3) 1135 (60.1)
 With vaccine-related adverse experiences 1565 (82.8) 1391 (73.7)
  Injection-site adverse experiences 1449 (76.7) 1213 (64.2)
  Systemic adverse experiences 746 (39.5) 697 (36.9)
 With serious adverse experiences 14 (0.7) 16 (0.8)
  With serious vaccine-related adverse experiences 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)
 Discontinued due to an adverse experience 7 (0.4) 2 (0.1)
  discontinued due to a vaccine-related adverse experiencea 5 (0.3) 2 (0.1)
 Discontinued due to a serious adverse experience 2 (0.1) 0 (0.0)
  Discontinued due to a serious vaccine-related adverse experience 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)
 Who diedb 7 (0.4) 1 (0.1)

N=number of subjects receiving at least one dose of vaccine or placebo with non-missing safety data; n=number of subjects contributing to the analysis.

a

Reasons for discontinuation due to a vaccine-related adverse experience in the vaccine group included hypersensitivity, urticaria, mouth ulceration, injection-site swelling, and facial oedema. Reasons for discontinuation due to a vaccine-related adverse experience in the placebo group included fatigue and overdose.

b

Reasons for death in the vaccine group included cardiac arrest secondary to breast cancer metastasis, cardiac arrest secondary to cerebrovascular accident, acute liver disease secondary to nasopharyngeal cancer, breast cancer, tuberculosis, pulmonary embolism, and pericarditis. Reasons for death in the placebo group included pulmonary embolism.