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. 2017 May 30;72(8):2359–2367. doi: 10.1093/jac/dkx133

Table 3.

Adverse events as assessed by the investigators21

Adverse events, n (%) L-AMB (N= 237) Placebo (N= 118) P valuea
Any treatment-emergentb AE 237 (100) 115 (97.5) 0.036
 pyrexia 67 (28.3) 40 (33.9) 0.33
 hypotension 18 (7.6) 15 (12.7) 0.12
Treatment-emergentb renal AEs
 hypokalaemia, any grade 83 (35.0) 21 (17.8) <0.001
  <LLN (3.0 mmol/L) 45 (19.0) 12 (10.2) 0.03
  <LLN (3.0 mmol/L); symptomatic, intervention indicated 25 (10.5) 6 (5.1) 0.11
  <3.0–2.5 mmol/L 10 (4.2) 2 (1.7) 0.35
  <2.5 mmol/L 3 (1.3) 1 (0.8) 1.00
 creatinine increase, any grade 22 (9.3) 0 <0.001
  >1 to 1.5× baseline; >ULN to 1.5 × ULN 7 (3.0) 0 0.10
  >1.5 to 3.0× baseline; >1.5 to 3.0 × ULN 15 (6.3) 0 0.003
  >3.0× baseline; >3.0 to 6.0 × ULN 0 0 1.00
Other AE categories
 serious adverse events (SAEs) 79 (33.3) 38 (32.2) 0.90
 SAE related to study drug, any grade 20 (8.4) 2 (1.7) 0.02
 AE leading to study drug interruption 48 (20.3) 9 (7.6) 0.002
 AE leading to study drug discontinuation 63 (26.6) 26 (22.0) 0.37
 any grade 3 AE 102 (43.0) 43 (36.4) 0.25
 any grade 4 AE 69 (29.1) 40 (33.9) 0.39
 AE related to death 17 (7.2) 8 (6.8) 1.00
 AE related to ALL or ALL treatments 226 (95.4) 110 (93.2) 0.45
 AE related to IFD 17 (7.2) 10 (8.5) 0.67

LLN, lower limit of normal; ULN, upper limit of normal.

a

Fisher’s exact test.

b

Treatment emergent is defined as started on or after first dose and up to 30 days after last dose of study drug.