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. 2011 Jul 20;2011:759051. doi: 10.1155/2011/759051

Table 4.

Incidence of adverse events and serious adverse events among different groups.

Treatment group P valuea
Placebo (n = 253) CVT-E002-400 (n = 249) CVT-E002-800 (n = 246)
Adverse events
Total number of adverse events 215 220 216
Any adverse event 117 (46.3%) 122 (49.0%) 119 (48.4%) 0.811
Adverse event by category
 Allergy 2 (0.8%) 0 (0.0%) 2 (0.8%) 0.478
 Blood 1 (0.4%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) >0.999
 Cardiovascular 17 (6.7%) 6 (2.4%) 9 (3.7%) 0.049
 Constitutional 7 (2.8%) 8 (3.2%) 10 (4.1%) 0.715
 Dermatology 12 (4.7%) 17 (6.8%) 10 (4.1%) 0.353
 Endocrine 0 (0.0%) 2 (0.8%) 1 (0.4%) 0.328
 Gastrointestinal 42 (16.6%) 30 (12.1%) 40 (16.3%) 0.284
 Hemorrhage 1 (0.4%) 4 (1.6%) 3 (1.2%) 0.375
 Infection 5 (2.0%) 5 (2.0%) 3 (1.2%) 0.828
 Metabolic 0 (0.0%) 2 (0.8%) 0 (0.0%) 0.218
 Musculoskeletal 8 (3.2%) 14 (5.6%) 6 (2.4%) 0.147
 Neurology 10 (4.0%) 11 (4.4%) 15 (6.1%) 0.502
 Ocular 1 (0.4%) 2 (0.8%) 2 (0.8%) 0.750
 Oncology 1 (0.4%) 0 (0.0%) 2 (0.8%) 0.437
 Otic 1 (0.4%) 1 (0.4%) 3 (1.2%) 0.461
 Pain 28 (11.1%) 27 (10.8%) 24 (9.8%) 0.879
 Pulmonary 32 (12.7%) 34 (13.7%) 34 (13.8%) 0.917
 Renal/genitourinary 5 (2.0%) 8 (3.2%) 4 (1.6%) 0.460

Serious adverse events
Total number of serious adverse events 13 14 10
Any serious adverse event 12 (4.7%) 14 (5.6.0%) 10 (4.1%) 0.719
Serious adverse event by category
 Cardiovascular 4 (1.6%) 4 (1.6%) 2 (0.8%) 0.784
 Dermatology 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 1 (0.4%) 0.329
 Gastrointestinal 5 (2.0%) 3 (1.2%) 2 (0.8%) 0.623
 Hemorrhage 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 1 (0.4%) 0.329
 Infection 0 (0.0%) 1 (0.4%) 0 (0.0%) 0.662
 Musculoskeletal 1 (0.4%) 2 (0.8%) 1 (0.4%) 0.849
 Neurology 1 (0.4%) 2 (0.8%) 0 (0.0%) 0.550
 Oncology 1 (0.4%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) >0.999
 Pain 1 (0.4%) 0 (0.0%) 1 (0.4%) 0.775
 Pulmonary 0 (0.0%) 1 (0.4%) 0 (0.0%) 0.662
 Renal/genitourinary 0 (0.0%) 1 (0.4%) 2 (0.8%) 0.218

aWhen 50% of the cells have expected cell counts less than 5 Fisher's exact two tailed test was used. Otherwise, comparisons made using chi-square test for comparing proportions.