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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Aug 7.
Published in final edited form as: Antivir Ther. 2015 Aug 11;21(1):55–64. doi: 10.3851/IMP2982

Table 3.

Clinical adverse events and laboratory abnormalities through Week 48

N = 79
Frequency Percent
Clinical adverse events
Rash (any grade)a 5 6.3
Any Grade 2 or higher sign/symptom 18 22.8
Individual Grade 2 or higher signs/symptoms
  Psychiatric symptoms 2 2.5
  Headache 2 2.5
  Nausea/vomiting 1 1.3
  Diarrhea 1 1.3
New/worsened Grade 3 or 4 sign/symptom 10 12.7
  Grade 3 or 4 sign/symptom at least possibly related to ETRb 3 3.8
Laboratory abnormalities
Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) or alanine aminotransferase (ALT) elevation (Grade 2 or higher)c 5 6.3
Grade 2 creatinine elevation 2 2.5
New/worsened grade 3 or 4 laboratory abnormalities 6 7.6
  Grade 3 or 4 lab abnormalities at least possibly related to ETRb 3 3.8
ETR discontinued due to toxicity 3 3.8
Grade 2 rash 1 1.3
Grade 2 rash concurrent with Grade 1 AST elevation 1 1.3
Grade 2 elevations in AST, ALT, and total bilirubin 1 1.3

Number of participants in each event category (and percent among n=79) is displayed; the 1 participant who never started treatment was excluded.

a

All rashes were Grade 2

b

Judged by investigator to be possibly, probably, or definitely related to ETR

c

Four participants had Grade 2 AST/ALT elevations, and 1 had Grade 2 and Grade 3 elevations.