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. 2018 Dec 11;7:212559. doi: 10.7573/dic.212559

Table 5.

Treatment-emergent adverse events (safety population).

Adverse event, n (%) PWID (n=211) Non-PWID (n=484)

Dalbavancin Single-dose (n=105) Dalbavancin 2-dose (n=106) Dalbavancin Single-dose (n=244) Dalbavancin 2-dose (n=240)
Patients experiencing ≥1
 TEAE 22 (21.0) 23 (21.7) 48 (19.7) 46 (19.2)
 Drug-related TEAE 9 (8.6) 5 (4.7) 16 (6.6) 21 (8.8)
 Serious TEAE 2 (1.9) 1 (0.9) 5 (2.0) 4 (1.7)
 Death 1 (1.0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 1 (0.4)
 TEAE leading to premature discontinuation of study drug 1 (1.0) 0 (0) 5 (2.0) 5 (2.1)

TEAE ≥1%
 Headache 4 (3.8) 3 (2.8) 2 (0.8) 1 (0.4)
 Nausea 3 (2.9) 1 (0.9) 9 (3.7) 6 (2.5)
 Hypersensitivity 2 (1.9) 0 (0) 0 (0) 2 (0.8)
 Infusion site extravasation 2 (1.9) 0 (0) 0 (0) 1 (0.4)
 Skin abrasion 2 (1.9) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0)
 Diarrhea 1 (1.0) 2 (1.9) 3 (1.2) 0 (0)
 Vomiting 1 (1.0) 1 (0.9) 5 (2.0) 2 (0.8)
 Cellulitis 0 (0) 3 (2.8) 1 (0.4) 2 (0.8)
 Chills 0 (0) 2 (1.9) 0 (0) 2 (0.8)
 Dizziness 0 (0) 0 (0) 4 (1.6) 0 (0)
 Localized infection 0 (0) 3 (2.8) 0 (0) 2 (0.8)

Nephrotoxicity on therapya
 48–72 hours 2/98 (2.0) 0/97 (0.0) 3/235 (1.3) 7/234 (3.0)
 Day 14 0/88 (0.0) 3/91 (3.3) 6/219 (2.7) 6/221 (2.7)

PWID, persons who inject drugs; TEAE, treatment-emergent adverse event.

a

Nephrotoxicity defined as a 50% increase from baseline serum creatinine or an absolute increase in serum creatinine of 0.5 mg/dL.