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. 2018 Feb 1;28(1):36–46. doi: 10.1089/cap.2017.0100

Table 3.

Number (%) of Patients Reporting Treatment-Emergent Adverse Events with Incidence ≥5% in Any Group, On-Therapy Period, Safety Population

  Children Adolescents Overall
  Placebo (n = 42) Fluoxetine (n = 45) Desvenlafaxine (n = 43) Placebo (n = 70) Fluoxetine (n = 67) Desvenlafaxine (n = 72) Placebo (n = 112) Desvenlafaxine (n = 112) Desvenlafaxine (n = 115)
Any TEAE 27 (64.3) 29 (64.4) 22 (51.2) 52 (74.3) 43 (64.2) 47 (65.3) 79 (70.5) 72 (64.3) 69 (60.0)
 Headache 8 (19.0) 3 (6.7) 5 (11.6) 13 (18.6) 13 (19.4) 14 (19.4) 21 (18.8) 16 (14.3) 19 (16.5)
 Abdominal pain upper 2 (4.8) 1 (2.2) 6 (14.0) 5 (7.1) 8 (11.9) 9 (12.5) 7 (6.3) 9 (8.0) 15 (13.0)
 Nausea 3 (7.1) 4 (8.9) 2 (4.7) 7 (10.0) 9 (13.4) 6 (8.3) 10 (8.9) 13 (11.6) 8 (7.0)
 Dizziness 3 (7.1) 1 (2.2) 2 (4.7) 3 (4.3) 2 (3.0) 5 (6.9) 6 (5.4) 3 (2.7) 7 (6.1)
 Influenza 0 2 (4.4) 2 (4.7) 0 0 4 (5.6) 0 2 (1.8) 6 (5.2)
 Nasopharyngitis 4 (9.5) 2 (4.4) 1 (2.3) 4 (5.7) 5 (7.5) 5 (6.9) 8 (7.1) 7 (6.3) 6 (5.2)
 Upper respiratory tract infection 2 (4.8) 3 (6.7) 1 (2.3) 4 (5.7) 1 (1.5) 5 (6.9) 6 (5.4) 4 (3.6) 6 (5.2)
 Vomiting 1 (2.4) 5 (11.1) 1 (2.3) 3 (4.3) 2 (3.0) 4 (5.6) 4 (3.6) 7 (6.3) 5 (4.3)
 Diarrhea 1 (2.4) 0 4 (9.3) 2 (2.9) 3 (4.5) 1 (1.4) 3 (2.7) 3 (2.7) 5 (4.3)
 Insomnia 1 (2.4) 1 (2.2) 0 2 (2.9) 4 (6.0) 4 (5.6) 3 (2.7) 5 (4.5) 4 (3.5)
 Fatigue 1 (2.4) 3 (6.7) 0 1 (1.4) 3 (4.5) 2 (2.8) 2 (1.8) 6 (5.4) 2 (1.7)
 Pharyngitis 2 (4.8) 3 (6.7) 1 (2.3) 0 1 (1.5) 1 (1.4) 2 (1.8) 4 (3.6) 2 (1.7)
 Rash 0 3 (6.7) 0 0 1 (1.5) 1 (1.4) 0 4 (3.6) 1 (0.9)
 Arthralgia 3 (7.1) 1 (2.2) 1 (2.3) 1 (1.4) 2 (3.0) 0 4 (3.6) 3 (2.7) 1 (0.9)
 Fall 2 (4.8) 4 (8.9) 0 0 1 (1.5) 0 2 (1.8) 5 (4.5) 0
 Constipation 3 (7.1) 0 0 1 (1.4) 0 0 4 (3.6) 0 0

TEAE, treatment-emergent adverse event.