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. 2017 Dec 1;67(6):1033–1041. doi: 10.1136/gutjnl-2017-314852

Table 3.

Summary of treatment-emergent adverse events (TEAEs) during both the double-blind and extension studies

Lansoprazole 15 mg (n=217) Vonoprazan 10 mg (n=202) Vonoprazan 20 mg (n=202)
Events, n Patients, n (%) Events, n Patients, n (%) Events, n Patients, n (%)
Summary of TEAEs
 Any adverse event 716 184 (84.8) 650 177 (87.6) 637 176 (87.1)
 Causal relationship to study drug could not be eliminated 73 53 (24.4) 45 33 (16.3) 55 39 (19.3)
 Leading to study discontinuation 21 20 (9.2) 19 16 (7.9) 15 15 (7.4)
Serious adverse events (including deaths) 39 32 (14.7) 43 33 (16.3) 38 32 (15.8)
 Causal relationship to study drug could not be eliminated 3 3 (1.4) 5 4 (2.0) 4 4 (2.0)
Deaths 0 0 1 1 (0.5) 0 0
TEAEs of special interest
 Fracture* 3 3 (1.4%) 7 7 (3.5%) 5 5 (2.5%)
Clostridium difficile infection† 0 0 0 0 0 0
 GI carcinoma‡ 1 1 (0.5%) 3 3 (1.5%) 6 6 (3.0%)
TEAEs reported by ≥5% of patients in any group
 Nasopharyngitis 68 (31.3) 60 (29.7) 63 (31.2)
 Diarrhoea 26 (12.0) 15 (7.4) 19 (9.4)
 Constipation 16 (7.4) 13 (6.4) 17 (8.4)
 Upper respiratory tract inflammation 10 (4.6) 12 (5.9) 13 (6.4)
 Fall 13 (6.0) 11 (5.4) 8 (4.0)
 Back pain 5 (2.3) 8 (4.0) 16 (7.9)
 Elevated creatine phosphokinase 10 (4.6) 8 (4.0) 11 (5.4)
 Contusion 14 (6.5) 7 (3.5) 7 (3.5)
 Hypertension 7 (3.2) 8 (4.0) 10 (5.0)
 Gastroenteritis 6 (2.8) 10 (5.0) 8 (4.0)
 Eczema 7 (3.2) 10 (5.0) 5 (2.5)

*Preferred terms: foot fracture, spinal compression fracture, femur fracture, hand fracture, humerus fracture, lower limb fracture, radius fracture, rib fracture, spinal fracture.

†Preferred terms: Clostridia infections, C. difficile bacillaemia, Clostridium colitis, C. difficile colitis, C. difficile infection, C. difficile sepsis, Clostridia test positive, Clostridia enterogastritis, pseudomembranous colitis.

‡Preferred terms: gastric cancer, oesophageal carcinoma, adenocarcinoma gastric.