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. 2018 Jun 20;13:97. doi: 10.1186/s13023-018-0840-4

Table 3.

Treatment-emergent adverse events

Carglumic acid (n = 38) NH3 scavengers (n = 33) Carglumic acid + NH3 scavengers (n = 27)
Number of TEAEs 54 85 18
Number of drug-relateda TEAEs 18 1 6
Number of serious TEAEs 13 31 7
Number of drug-relatedb serious TEAEs 5 0 1
TEAEs leading to death 3 13 6
TEAEs occurring in ≥10% of episodes in any treatment group, n episodes (%)
 Coagulopathy 1 (2.6)b 5 (15.2) 0
 Thrombocytopenia 2 (5.3)b 7 (21.2) 1 (3.7)
 Hyperglycaemia 1 (2.6) 5 (15.2) 1 (3.7)
 Hypocalcaemia 1 (2.6)b 4 (12.1) 0
 Hypokalaemia 1 (2.6) 6 (18.2) 0
 Respiratory distress 0 4 (12.1) 0

NH3 Ammonia, TEAE Treatment-emergent adverse event

aDrug-relatedness in the combination group refers exclusively to carglumic acid treatment and not NH3 scavenger treatment

bConsidered to be drug-related in one episode/patient. n represents the number of episodes evaluated