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. 2018 Jul 16;20(11):2598–2607. doi: 10.1111/dom.13437

Table 3.

Treatment‐emergent adverse events (safety analysis set; data regardless of rescue therapy)

Adverse event category Number (%) of patients
DAPA + MET
(n = 313)
DAPA + SAXA + MET
(n = 312)
GLIM + MET
(n = 312)
At least 1 AE 188 (60.1) 158 (50.6) 170 (54.5)
AE leading to discontinuation of study medication 27 (8.6) 12 (3.8) 13 (4.2)
Hospitalization for heart failure 0 0 1 (0.3)
AEs of special interest
UTIs 24 (7.7) 13 (4.2) 12 (3.8)
Genital infections 25 (8.0) 15 (4.8) 2 (0.6)
Hypoglycaemia, number of events (proportion of total events in each category, %)a prior to rescue
Overall events
N = 358
10 (2.8) 19 (5.3) 329 (91.9)
Major hypoglycaemiab
N = 0
0 0 0
Episode of hypoglycaemiac
N = 224
1 (0.4) 7 (3.1) 216 (96.4)
Other episode of hypoglycaemiad
N = 65
7 (10.8) 10 (15.4) 48 (73.8)
Confirmed hypoglycaemiae
N = 26
0 1 (3.8) 25 (96.2)
Asymptomatic hypoglycaemiaf
N = 69
2 (2.9) 2 (2.9) 65 (94.2)

Abbreviations: AE, adverse event; DAPA, dapagliflozin; GLIM, glimepiride; MET, metformin; SAE, serious adverse event; SAXA, saxagliptin; UTI, urinary tract infection.

a

Percentages reflect total number of each type of event across all treatment groups.

b

Major hypoglycaemic episode: symptomatic episode requiring external assistance with glucose <3.0 mmol/L (<54 mg/dL).

c

Hypoglycaemia: symptomatic episode with glucose ≤3.9 mmol/L (≤70 mg/dL).

d

Other episode of hypoglycaemia: symptomatic episode, with or without glucose >3.9 mmol/L (>70 mg/dL).

e

Confirmed hypoglycaemia: typical symptoms with glucose ≤2.8 mmol/L (≤50 mg/dL).

f

Asymptomatic hypoglycaemia: event with absence of symptoms but with glucose ≤3.9 mmol/L (≤70 mg/dL).