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. 2015 Jul;8(7):17–29.

TABLE 7.

Most common eye- and skin-related adverse events (≥2% in either treatment group) reported by race through the end of treatment in the six pooled studies

ADVERSE EVENT, N (%) OVERALL CAUCASIAN NON-CAUCASIAN AFRICAN AMERICAN ASIAN
BIM 0.03% (n=680) VEH (n=379) BIM 0.03% (n=444) VEH (n=190) BIM 0.03% (n=236) VEH (n=189) BIM 0.03% (n=75) VEH (n=53) BIM 0.03% (n=135) VEH (n=123)
Overall (all categories) 322 (47.4) 130 (34.3) 208 (46.8) 59 (31.1) 114 (48.3) 71 (37.6) 39 (52.0) 16 (30.2) 62 (45.9) 49 (39.8)
Conjunctival hyperemia 43 (6.3) 5 (1.3) 29 (6.5) 1 (0.5) 14 (5.9) 4 (2.1) 7 (9.3) 2 (3.8) 6 (4.4) 1 (0.8)
Eyelids pruritus 23 (3.4) 8 (2.1) 11 (2.5) 4 (2.1) 12 (5.1) 4 (2.1) 9 (12.0) 4 (7.5) 2 (1.5) 0
Erythema of eyelid 22 (3.2) 3 (0.8) 16 (3.6) 2 (1.1) 6 (2.5) 1 (0.5) 2 (2.7) 0 1 (0.7) 0
Blepharal pigmentation 23 (3.4) 2 (0.5) 4 (0.9) 0 (0.0) 19 (8.1) 2 (1.1) 9 (12.0) 0 9 (6.7) 2 (1.6)
Punctate keratitis 22 (3.2) 6 (1.6) 17 (3.8) 4 (2.1) 5 (2.1) 2 (1.1) 2 (2.7) 1 (1.9) 3 (2.2) 1 (0.8)
Eye pruritus 15 (2.2) 3 (0.8) 10 (2.3) 2 (1.1) 5 (2.1) 1 (0.5) 3 (4.0) 0 2 (1.5) 1 (0.8)
Dry eye 14 (2.1) 3 (0.8) 8 (1.8) 2 (1.1) 6 (2.5) 1 (0.5) 3 (4.0) 0 3 (2.2) 1 (0.8)
Eye discharge 4 (0.6) 2 (0.5) 0 0 3 (1.3) 0 0 0 3 (2.2) 0
Skin hyperpigmentation 4 (0.6) 0 0 0 4 (1.7) 0 4 (5.3) 0 0 0
Radiation skin injury 8 (1.2) 2 (0.5) 2 (0.5) 0 6 (2.5) 2 (1.1) 0 0 4 (3.0) 2 (1.6)

BIM=bimatoprost; URT=upper respiratory tract; VEH=vehicle