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. 2015 Jul;8(7):17–29.

TABLE 6.

Adverse events leading to study discontinuations, reported by length of exposure in the six pooled studies

ADVERSE EVENT DISCONTINUATIONS, N (%)
≤4 Months ≤12 Months
BIM 0.03% (n=562) VEH (n=379) BIM 0.03% (n=680) VEH (n=379)
Overall subject discontinuations* 17 (3.0) 7 (1.8) 22 (3.2) 9 (2.4)
Erythema of eyelid 1 (0.2) 1 (0.3) 3 (0.4) 1 (0.3)
Conjunctival hyperemia 3 (0.5) 0 3 (0.4) 0
Dry eye 3 (0.5) 0 3 (0.4) 0
Eye irritation 2 (0.4) 0 2 (0.3) 0
Contact dermatitis 2 (0.4) 0 2 (0.3) 0
Metastatic breast cancer 1 (0.2) 0 2 (0.3) 0
IOP decreased 1 (0.2) 1 (0.3) 1 (0.1) 1 (0.3)
Conjunctivitis allergic 1 (0.2) 0 1 (0.1) 0
Enophthalmos 1 (0.2) 0 1 (0.1) 0
Eye pruritus 1 (0.2) 0 1 (0.1) 0
Eye inflammation 1 (0.2) 0 1 (0.1) 0
Eyelid margin crusting 1 (0.2) 0 1 (0.1) 0
Increased lacrimation 0 0 1 (0.1) 0
Eyelid exfoliation 0 0 1 (0.1) 0
Eyelid edema 0 0 1 (0.1) 0
Eyelids pruritus 0 0 1 (0.1) 0
Conjunctival hemorrhage 0 1 (0.3) 0 1 (0.3)
Breast cancer 0 1 (0.3) 1 (0.1) 1 (0.3)
Cardiac arrest 1 (0.2) 0 1 (0.1) 0
Vertigo 1 (0.2) 0 1 (0.1) 0
Ovarian cancer§ 1 (0.2) 0 1 (0.2) 0
Facial pain 1 (0.2) 0 1 (0.1) 0
Pulmonary embolism 1 (0.2) 0 1 (0.1) 0
Eczema 1 (0.2) 0 1 (0.1) 0
Dry mouth 0 1 (0.3) 0 1 (0.3)
Hordeolum 0 1 (0.3) 0 1 (0.3)
Dissociative disorder 0 1 (0.3) 0 1 (0.3)
Type 2 diabetes mellitus 0 0 0 1 (0.3)
Lymphoma 0 0 0 1 (0.3)
*

Some subjects reported more than one AE leading to discontinuation

Subjects in Study 5 are not included in the analysis up to four months.

Up to six months for vehicle group.

§

Percentage was calculated based on the number of females in each group.

BIM=bimatoprost; IOP=intraocular pressure; VEH=vehicle