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. 2016 Apr 28;7(4):e168. doi: 10.1038/ctg.2016.24

Table 4. Selected safety findings through week 104 of the maintenance study extension from week 0 of an induction study by treatment group.

  Placebo induction
Golimumab induction
Any Golimumaba
  No Maintenance Maintenance
No Maintenance Maintenance
 
    Placebob Golimumabc   Placebod 50 mgd 100 mgc,d 200 mgc,e  
Treated patients 49 358 293 77 157 155 681 22 1,240
Mean weeks of follow-up 12.3 24.0 63.3 11.9 51.1 78.6 67.2 50.4 69.8
Mean exposure (number of administrations) 1.6 6.1 15.1 1.6 12.9 19.9 16.2 13.0 16.9
Total patient-years of follow-up 12 165 356 18 154 234 880 21 1,664
 
Number of specified events per hundred patient-years of follow-up (95% confidence interval)f
 Adverse events 1,024.99 (849.12, 1,226.55) 397.18 (367.34, 428.80) 348.11 (329.01, 368.04) 828.56 (699.62, 974.39) 376.89 (346.86, 408.82) 323.15 (300.53, 347.01) 340.71 (328.62, 353.12) 459.93 (373.39, 560.50) 349.87 (340.94, 358.97)
 Serious adverse events 223.95 (146.29, 328.13) 13.34 (8.36, 20.20) 16.27 (12.35, 21.03) 221.33 (157.39, 302.56) 15.57 (9.98, 23.16) 11.10 (7.25, 16.26) 19.65 (16.83, 22.81) 9.39 (1.14, 33.91) 19.35 (17.29, 21.58)
 Infectionsg 232.56 (153.26, 338.36) 69.13 (57.02, 83.04) 100.42 (90.29, 111.38) 255.38 (186.28, 341.72) 83.03 (69.27, 98.73) 89.22 (77.53, 102.17) 80.77 (74.95, 86.94) 145.49 (98.85, 206.51) 89.06 (84.58, 93.71)
 Serious infectionsg 68.91 (29.75, 135.77) 1.21 (0.15, 4.38) 2.81 (1.35, 5.16) 73.78 (39.28, 126.16) 5.19 (2.24, 10.23) 4.70 (2.34, 8.40) 3.64 (2.49, 5.13) 0.00 (0.00, 14.06) 4.45 (3.49, 5.58)
 Neoplasms (malignant) 0.00 (0.00, 25.80) 0.61 (0.02, 3.38) 0.56 (0.07, 2.03) 11.35 (1.37, 41.00) 0.00 (0.00, 1.94) 0.43 (0.01, 2.38) 0.57 (0.18, 1.33) 0.00 (0.00, 14.06) 0.60 (0.29, 1.11)
 Injection-site reaction 0.00 (0.00, 25.80) 9.10 (5.09, 15.00) 2.24 (0.97, 4.42) 0.00 (0.00, 17.00) 24.00 (16.90, 33.08) 16.22 (11.48, 22.27) 16.81 (14.21, 19.75) 56.32 (29.10, 98.38) 14.60 (12.82, 16.56)
 Adverse events leading to discontinuation of study agent 43.07 (13.98, 100.50) 5.46 (2.50, 10.36) 16.83 (12.84, 21.66) 34.05 (12.50, 74.11) 9.08 (4.97, 15.24) 5.98 (3.27, 10.03) 12.72 (10.48, 15.31) 4.69 (0.12, 26.15) 12.44 (10.80, 14.25)
 Death 0.00 (0.00, 25.80) 0.61 (0.02, 3.38) 0.56 (0.07, 2.03) 5.68 (0.14, 31.62) 0.00 (0.00, 1.94) 0.43 (0.01, 2.38) 0.68 (0.25, 1.48) 0.00 (0.00, 14.06) 0.60 (0.29, 1.11)

Includes data from the time of the first golimumab dose onward.

Includes data up to the time of the first golimumab dose.

Includes data from the time of dose adjustment onward for those who increased to the indicated dose.

Includes data up to the time of dose adjustment for those who increased dose from the indicated dose.

Includes data from the time of dose increase for patients who were dose adjusted to golimumab 200 mg from golimumab 100 mg and subsequently had their dose decreased from 200 mg to 100 mg.

Confidence intervals based on exact method.

Infection as assessed by the investigator.