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. 2015 Jul 23;26(12):2773–2783. doi: 10.1007/s00198-015-3234-7

Table 3.

Yearly exposure-adjusted subject incidence of adverse events per 100 subject-years for cross-over denosumab participants

FREEDOM (years 1–3)
Placebo
FREEDOM Extension (years 1–5)
Cross-over denosumaba
Denosumab exposure Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5
N = 3883 3687 3454 2206 2105 1965 1756 1646
All adverse events 189.5 156.3 132.8 132.1 112.3 109.8 122.5 100.1
 Infections 38.6 33.9 31.7 30.8 27.5 26.0 27.6 24.7
 Malignancies 1.8 1.6 1.5 1.9 1.6 2.1 2.6 2.1
 Eczema 0.8 0.5 0.6 1.0 0.9 1.1 1.2 1.0
 Hypocalcemia <0.1 0 <0.1 0.2 <0.1 0 <0.1 0.2
 Pancreatitis <0.1 <0.1 0 <0.1 0 <0.1 0 0
Serious adverse events 11.7 11.9 10.8 12.4 12.2 12.3 12.3 12.3
 Infections 1.1 1.4 1.4 1.6 1.5 1.1 1.6 1.3
  Cellulitis or erysipelas 0 0 <0.1 0 <0.1 0 <0.1 0.1
Fatal adverse events 0.8 0.8 1.0 0.9 0.6 0.5 0.7 0.8
Osteonecrosis of the jaw 0 0 0 0 0.1 0 <0.1 0
Atypical femoral fracture 0 0 0 0 0 <0.1 0 0

Analyses were based on the original randomized treatments in FREEDOM. All adverse and serious adverse events were coded using MedDRA v13.0

N number of women who received ≥1 dose of investigational product in FREEDOM or the Extension and were on study at the beginning of the yearly interval

aOne cross-over subject did not receive investigational product in the Extension and therefore was excluded from the safety analysis