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. 2013 Nov 13;261(2):267–276. doi: 10.1007/s00415-013-7115-8

Table 3.

Incidence of AVBs on AECG recording: 6 h pre-treatment versus following administration of first dose of fingolimod 0.5 mg by subgroups and by type of AVB (safety set)

Number of patients with eventsa (%) No PCCs (n = 2,120) PCCs (n = 295) BBs/CCBs (n = 120)
Pre-treatment AECG
 Mobitz type I second-degree AVB 0 12 (4.1) 0
 2:1 AV block 0 2 (0.7) 0
Post-dose AECG
 Mobitz type I second-degree AVB 18 (0.9) 12 (4.1) 0
 2:1 AVB 7 (0.3) 6 (2.0) 0
Patients with events both pre-dose and post-dose 0 6 (2.0) 0
Patients with new post-dose events 19 (0.9) 6 (2.0) 0

Safety set includes all patients who received at least one dose of fingolimod

AECG ambulatory electrocardiogram, AVB atrioventricular block, BBs beta blockers, CCBs calcium channel blockers, PCCs pre-existing cardiac conditions or baseline cardiac findings

a Some individuals had two types of second-degree AVB (Mobitz type I and 2:1 AVB)