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. 2011 Dec 8;27(2):243–254. doi: 10.1002/jbmr.1494

Table 3.

Adverse Events

Z3P3 (n = 616) Z6 (n = 613)


AE n (%) n (%) p Value
General adverse events
 Total subjects with any AE 552 (89.61) 552 (90.05) 0.85
 Total subjects with any SAE 168 (27.27) 191 (31.16) 0.15
 Total deaths 18 (2.92) 26 (4.24) 0.22
 Total subjects discontinuing because of AE 11 (1.79) 14 (2.28) 0.55
Renal events (n = 615) (n = 612)
 Increase in serum creatinine >0.5 mg/dLa 4 (0.65) 18 (2.94) 0.002
 Urinary protein dipstick >2+a 1 (0.16) 2 (0.33) 0.62
 Calculated creatinine clearance <30 mL/minb 21 (3.60) 28 (4.86) 0.31
Most commonly occurring postdose symptoms (≤3 days)c
 Pyrexia 10 (1.62) 19 (3.10) 0.09
 Myalgia 15 (2.44) 19 (3.10) 0.49
 Influenza-like illness 5 (0.81) 8 (1.31) 0.42
 Headache 16 (2.60) 20 (3.26) 0.50
 Arthralgia 8 (1.3) 10 (1.6) 0.64
 Any of above (after year 4 infusion) 29 (4.7) 36 (5.9) 0.38
 Any of above (after year 5 infusion) 14 (2.3) 24 (3.9) 0.10
 Any of above (after year 6 infusion) 7 (1.1) 14 (2.3) 0.13
Cardiovascular AEs
Arrhythmiad
 Any AE 52 (8.4) 60 (9.8) 0.43
 SAE 11 (1.8) 20 (3.3) 0.11
Atrial fibrillation
 Any AE 13 (2.1) 21 (3.4) 0.17
 SAE 7 (1.1) 12 (2.0) 0.26
Strokee
 SAE 9 (1.5) 19 (3.1) 0.06
 Death from strokef 0 (0.0) 4 (0.7) 0.06
Myocardial infarction
 Any AE 4 (0.6) 6 (1.0) 0.55
 SAE 4 (0.6) 5 (0.8) 0.75
Hypertensiong 93 (15.1) 48 (7.8) 0.0001
Death from cardiovascular causesf 3 (0.5) 8 (1.3) 0.14

AE = adverse event; SAE = serious adverse event.

a

For urinary protein dipstick >2 +, an extension criterion of baseline urinary protein dipstick ≤2+ is required. All increases in creatinine clearance were temporary and resolved with additional remeasurement. All patients with increased levels 9 to 11 days after dose had resolved and could be redosed at next annual visit (years 4 and 5).

b

For creatinine clearance <30 mL/min, an extension criterion of baseline creatinine clearance ≥30 mL/min is required.

c

The five most common AEs reported within 3 days of infusion in the ZOL group in the core study.

d

Arrthymia category includes AEs coded to MedDRA Arrthymia Higher Level Group term.

e

Twenty-eight women with 35 events. Category of stroke includes selected relevant terms within the MedDRA System Organ Classification of nervous system disorders, which had been predefined for reporting strokes for regulatory submissions. Specific MedDRA terms within this set (with ≥2 events): cerebrovascular accident or cerebral infarction (total = 11; Z3P3 = 5, Z6 = 6), transient ischemic attack (TIA) (total = 9; Z3P3 = 2, Z6 = 7), cerebral hemorrhage (total = 2; Z3P3 = 0, Z6 = 2). An analysis of baseline risk factors for stroke did not suggest that the nonsignificant imbalance in strokes during the study was because of an imbalance in any baseline risk factors.

f

Deaths by cause as reported by investigator before adjudication for underlying cause of death. Adjudicated causes could be assigned to 25 (57%) of 44 deaths. Among causes of death after adjudication, those the result of stroke were 1 (Z3P3) and 3 (Z6) and those the result of cardiovascular causes were 1 (Z3P3) and 0 (Z6). Cardiovascular deaths include any death in which the preferred term for the cause was in the MedDRA System Organ Classification of cardiac event.

g

Preferred term of hypertension (does not include related preferred terms).