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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ophthalmol Retina. 2018 May;2(5):441–450. doi: 10.1016/j.oret.2017.08.015

Table 4.

A

Study Arm

Sirolimus
(N=27)
Sham
(N=25)
Total
(N=52)
Number of Events/Participants
  Number of Adverse Events 111 42 153
  Participants with at least one AE, N (%) 22 (81) 16 (64) 38 (73)
  Number of SAEs 12 9 21
  Participants with at least one SAE, N (%) 7 (26) 6 (24) 13 (25)
Specific Ocular Events (at least one) Per Participant, N (%)
Drug depot/floater in vitreous related to injection1 12 (44) 0 (0) 12 (23)
Eye Pain related to injection 5 (19) 3 (12) 8 (15)
Anterior Uveitis or Sterile Endophthalmitis2 4 (15) 0 (0) 4 (10)
At least one Reasonable Possibility Study Injection Caused Event, Per Participant, N (%)
  Yes1 17 (63) 5 (20) 22 (42)
Reasonable Possibility Study Injection Caused Event among All AEs, N (%)
  Yes1 46 (41) 5 (20) 51 (33)
Reasonable Possibility Study Injection Caused Event among All SAEs, N (%)
  Yes 4 (33) 0 (0) 4 (19)
Deaths 1 (4) 1 (4) 2 (4)
B

Study Arm

Sirolimus
(N=27)
Sham
(N=25)
Total
(N=52)
Number of Events/Participants
  Number of Adverse Events 111 42 153
  Participants with at least one AE, N (%) 22 (81) 16 (64) 38 (73)
  Number of SAEs 12 9 21
  Participants with at least one SAE, N (%) 7 (26) 6 (24) 13 (25)
Type of Event among All AEs, N (%)
  Non-ocular1 55 (50) 31 (74) 86 (56)
  Non-study eye 2 (2) 1 (1) 3 (2)
  Study eye1 52 (47) 7 (17) 59 (39)
  Both eyes 2 (2) 3 (7) 5 (3)
Severity among All AEs, N (%)
  Mild 76 (68) 22 (52) 98 (64)
  Moderate 31 (28) 12 (29) 43 (28)
  Severe1 4 (4) 8 (19) 12 (8)
Highest Severity Per Participant, N (%)
  Mild 10 (37) 6 (24) 16 (31)
  Moderate 9 (33) 5 (20) 14 (27)
  Severe 3 (11) 5 (20) 8 (15)
1

Fisher exact test p<0.05 (Drug depot/floater: p=0.0001; Study injection, pts: p=0.0023; Study injection, all AEs: p=0.0005)

2

Does not include one case of sterile endophthalmitis event that occurred in a non-study eye that received antivascular endothelial growth factor therapy for neovascular AMD.

1

Fisher exact test p<0.05 (Non-ocular AEs: p=0.0101; Study eye AEs: p=0.0007; Severe AEs: p=0.0037)