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. 2014 Jul 12;37(8):2149–2158. doi: 10.2337/dc13-2761

Table 2.

Safety assessments, change from baseline in vital signs, and TE dulaglutide ADAs through 26 and 52 weeks

Variable 26 weeks
52 weeks
DU 1.5 mg (N = 304) DU 0.75 mg (N = 302) SITA (N = 315) PL (N = 177) DU 1.5 mg (N = 304) DU 0.75 mg (N = 302) SITA (N = 315)
Death 1 (<1) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 1 (<1) 0 (0) 2 (<1)
Serious adverse events 17 (6) 10 (3) 11 (4) 6 (3) 26 (9) 16 (5) 17 (5)
Adverse events, (patients with ≥1 event) 208 (68)# 204 (68)# 185 (59) 111 (63) 233 (77) 231 (77) 219 (70)
TE adverse events, (≥5% patients)
 SOC: GI events 116 (38)##,** 97 (32)##,* 55 (18) 41 (23) 126 (41)## 111 (37)## 73 (23)
  Nausea 51 (17)##,** 38 (13)##,* 14 (4) 7 (4) 53 (17)## 42 (14)## 16 (5)
  Vomiting 36 (12)##,** 22 (7)#,** 6 (2) 1 (1) 39 (13)## 23 (8)# 7 (2)
  Diarrhea 39 (13)##,* 27 (9)## 8 (3)* 11 (6) 44 (15)## 30 (10)## 9 (3)
  Abdominal pain 13 (4) 11 (4) 6 (2) 3 (2) 18 (6) 12 (4) 10 (3)
  Dyspepsia 13 (4) 14 (5) 8 (3) 2 (1) 14 (5) 18 (6) 9 (3)
  Abdominal distension 12 (4) 12 (4) 3 (1) 1 (1) 12 (4) 14 (5) 3 (1)
 SOC: infections and infestations 89 (29) 71 (24) 74 (24) 36 (20) 111 (37) 97 (32) 101 (32)
  Nasopharyngitis 25 (8) 24 (8) 26 (8) 13 (7) 35 (12) 35 (12) 36 (11)
  URI 12 (4) 12 (4) 4 (1) 2 (1) 16 (5) 16 (5) 12 (4)
  UTI 11 (4) 16 (5) 11 (4) 9 (5) 15 (5) 18 (6) 15 (5)
 Other adverse eventsa
  Hyperglycemia 4 (1)#,** 5 (2)#,** 14 (4)* 19 (11) 16 (5) 23 (8) 29 (9)
  Decreased appetite 29 (10)##,** 16 (5)# 5 (2) 3 (2) 29 (10)## 17 (6)# 7 (2)
  Back pain 12 (4) 13 (4) 10 (3) 7 (4) 15 (5) 18 (6) 15 (5)
  Headache 20 (7) 20 (7) 19 (6) 9 (5) 26 (9) 23 (8) 23 (7)
  Arthralgia 7 (2) 10 (3) 4 (1) 4 (2) 11 (4) 14 (5) 8 (3)
  Dizziness 3 (1) 13 (4) 8 (3) 4 (2) 5 (2) 14 (5) 10 (3)
Discontinuation due to adverse events 21 (7) 12 (4) 14 (4) 24 (14) 33 (11) 23 (8) 30 (10)
Vital signs
 SBP (mmHg) −1.7 ± 0.7* −1.4 ± 0.7* −1.9 ± 0.7* 1.1 ± 0.9 −0.8 ± 0.7 −0.5 ± 0.7 −0.5 ± 0.7
 DBP (mmHg) −0.4 ± 0.4 −0.2 ± 0.4 −1.1 ± 0.4* 0.7 ± 0.6 0.3 ± 0.5 0.2 ± 0.5 −0.2 ± 0.5
 Pulse rate (bpm) 2.6 ± 0.5##,** 1.9 ± 0.5#,* −0.1 ± 0.5 −0.2 ± 0.7 2.4 ± 0.5## 2.1 ± 0.5## −0.3 ± 0.5
TE dulaglutide ADAs
 Dulaglutide ADAs 2 (<1) 6 (2) 1 (<1) 0 (0) 2 (<1) 7 (2) 2 (<1)
 Neutralizing dulaglutide ADAs 2 (<1) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 2 (<1) 0 (0) 0 (0)

Data are n (%) or LS mean (± SE) unless otherwise indicated.

DU, dulaglutide; PL, placebo; SITA, sitagliptin; SOC, system organ class; URI, upper respiratory infection; UTI, urinary tract infection.

#, *P < 0.05 vs. sitagliptin and placebo, respectively.

##, **P < 0.001 vs. sitagliptin and placebo, respectively.

aMultiple SOCs.