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 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.