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. 2016 Nov 11;12:1667–1675. doi: 10.2147/TCRM.S115014

Table 5.

Most commonly reported SAEs

MedDRA SOC Patients with at least one SAE (N=941)
 MedDRA preferred term All causality
Treatment relateda
Missing causality
n (%) n (%) Incidence rateb n (%)
All SOCs 113 (12.0) 24 (2.6) 0.0108 11 (1.2)
Nervous system disorders 34 (3.6) 7 (0.7) 0.0032 3 (0.3)
 Multiple sclerosis 11 (1.2) 0 N/A 1 (0.1)
 Multiple sclerosis relapse 8 (0.9) 1 (0.1) 0.0005 0
Psychiatric disorders 24 (2.6) 6 (0.6) 0.0027 0
 Depression 9 (1.0) 1 (0.1) 0.0005 0
Infections and infestations 22 (2.3) 0 N/A 2 (0.2)
 Pneumonia 8 (0.9) 0 N/A 2 (0.2)
Injury, poisoning, and procedural complications 20 (2.1) 4 (0.4) 0.0018 3 (0.3)
 Fall 18 (1.9) 4 (0.4) 0.0018 2 (0.2)
Neoplasms benign, malignant, and unspecified 14 (1.5) 2 (0.2) 0.0009 0
Gastrointestinal disorders 12 (1.3) 5 (0.5) 0.0023 0

Notes: Showing all SAEs by SOC (≥1% incidence) and preferred term (≥0.5%), and the corresponding treatment-related and missing causality rates.

a

Causality as assigned by prescriber; does not include instances where causality was not provided.

b

Per year of THC:CBD exposure, calculated by dividing the number of patients reporting the SAE by the total patient-years of THC:CBD exposure in the Registry (2,213.98 years). The bold entries denote the SOC, the nonbold text beneath each are preferred terms within that SOC.

Abbreviations: CBD, cannabidiol; MedDRA, Medical Dictionary for Regulatory Activities; N/A, not applicable; SAE, serious adverse event; SOC, system organ class; THC, Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol.