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. 2017 Oct 17;29(1):317–325. doi: 10.1681/ASN.2017060713

Table 4.

Adverse events during the trial

Variable High-GFR Arm Low-GFR Arm
Supportive Care, n=54 Corticosteroid Monotherapy, n=55 Supportive Care, n=26 Immunosuppressive Combination, n=27
Patients with at least one SAE 14 12 6 17
Total no. of SAEs 19 14 9 19
 Total no. of infectious events 69 115 48 59
 Total no. of infectious SAEs 2 4 1 4
Death 1a 0 0 1b
Additional side effects of interestc
 Increase of liver enzymes (i.e., ALT>50 IU/ml) 10 8 2 5
 Leukopenia (i.e., leukocyte count <4000/ml) 3 1 0 1
 Malignancy 0 0 0 2
 Impaired glucose tolerance/diabetes mellitus 1 9 1 1
 Gastrointestinal bleeding 0 0 0 0
 Fracture 0 1 0 0
 Osteonecrosis 0 0 0 0
 Body weight gain (≥5 kg within the first year) 3 9 2 5
 Body weight gain (≥5 kg during the trial phase) 10 13 5 6
 Body weight gain (≥10 kg during the trial phase) 2 3 3 2

ALT, alanine transaminase.

a

One patient died in a motor vehicle accident.

b

One patient died of pneumogenic sepsis.

c

Number of patients with at least one event.