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. 2017 Jan 1;195(1):78–85. doi: 10.1164/rccm.201602-0402OC

Table 4.

Exposure and Adverse Events by Subgroup

  Honeycombing on HRCT and/or Confirmation of UIP by Surgical Lung Biopsy
No Honeycombing or Surgical Lung Biopsy
Nintedanib (n = 425) Placebo (n = 298) Nintedanib (n = 213) Placebo (n = 125)
Exposure, mean (SD) 10.1 (3.5) 10.7 (2.9) 10.7 (3.0) 11.1 (2.6)
Any adverse event(s) 407 (95.8) 268 (89.9) 202 (94.8) 111 (88.8)
Most frequent adverse event(s)*        
 Diarrhea 272 (64.0) 56 (18.8) 126 (59.2) 22 (17.6)
 Nausea 107 (25.2) 23 (7.7) 49 (23.0) 5 (4.0)
 Nasopharyngitis 63 (14.8) 51 (17.1) 24 (11.3) 17 (13.6)
 Cough 58 (13.6) 41 (13.8) 27 (12.7) 16 (12.8)
 Vomiting 53 (12.5) 7 (2.3) 21 (9.9) 4 (3.2)
 Decreased appetite 49 (11.5) 21 (7.0) 19 (8.9) 3 (2.4)
 Bronchitis 39 (9.2) 28 (9.4) 28 (13.1) 17 (13.6)
 Progression of IPF 44 (10.4) 44 (14.8) 20 (9.4) 17 (13.6)
 Weight decreased 39 (9.2) 11 (3.7) 23 (10.8) 4 (3.2)
 Upper respiratory tract infection 36 (8.5) 30 (10.1) 22 (10.3) 12 (9.6)
 Abdominal pain 34 (8.0) 9 (3.0) 22 (10.3) 1 (0.8)
 Dyspnea 31 (7.3) 30 (10.1) 18 (8.5) 18 (14.4)
Severe adverse event(s) 115 (27.1) 72 (24.2) 59 (27.7) 27 (21.6)
Serious adverse event(s) 131 (30.8) 94 (31.5) 63 (29.6) 33 (26.4)
Fatal adverse event(s) 28 (6.6) 23 (7.7) 9 (4.2) 8 (6.4)
Adverse event(s) leading to treatment discontinuation 90 (21.2) 41 (13.8) 33 (15.5) 14 (11.2)
 Diarrhea 19 (4.5) 1 (0.3) 9 (4.2) 0 (0.0)
 Progression of IPF 10 (2.4) 15 (5.0) 3 (1.4) 6 (4.8)
 Nausea 12 (2.8) 0 (0.0) 1 (0.5) 0 (0.0)

Definition of abbreviations: HRCT = high-resolution computed tomography; IPF = idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis; UIP = usual interstitial pneumonia.

Data are n (%) for exposure.

*

Adverse events reported by >10% of patients in any treatment group.

Corresponds to the Medical Dictionary for Regulatory Activities term “IPF,” which included disease worsening and acute exacerbations of IPF.

Adverse events leading to treatment discontinuation in >2% of patients in any treatment group.