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. 2018 Mar 27;62(4):e01989-17. doi: 10.1128/AAC.01989-17

TABLE 6.

Safety analysis (safety population)

Eventa Values for patients receiving:
Plazomicin at 10 mg/kg (n = 22) Plazomicin at 15 mg/kg (n = 74) Levofloxacin at 750 mg (n = 44)
No. (%) of patients with any AE 7 (31.8) 26 (35.1) 21 (47.7)
No. (%) of patients with the following AEs reported in ≥5% of patients in any treatment group:
    Headache 2 (9.1) 6 (8.1) 3 (6.8)
    Diarrhea 0 (0.0) 4 (5.4) 2 (4.5)
    Vomiting 0 (0.0) 4 (5.4) 1 (2.3)
    Nausea 0 (0.0) 4 (5.4) 0 (0.0)
    Dizziness 0 (0.0) 4 (5.4) 0 (0.0)
No. (%) of patients with:
    AE related to renal functionb 0 (0.0) 2 (2.7) 0 (0.0)
    AE related to vestibular or cochlear functionc 0 (0.0) 2 (2.7) 1 (2.3)
    AE related to study drug 2 (9.1) 15 (20.3) 12 (27.3)
    AE leading to study drug discontinuation 0 (0.0) 4 (5.4) 1 (2.3)
    Any serious AE 0 (0.0) 1 (1.4) 2 (4.5)
No. of patients with a ≥0.5-mg/dl increase in serum creatinine concn/total no. of patients tested (%):
    At any time during the study 1/22 (4.5) 4/72 (5.6) 1/41 (2.4)
    While on i.v. study drug 0/22 (0.0) 3/72 (4.2) 0/41 (0.0)
a

AEs were coded according to the preferred terms in version 12.1 of MedDRA.

b

Events include preferred terms of azotemia and acute renal failure.

c

Events include preferred terms of tinnitus and vertigo and worsening of audiometry.