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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Clin Psychopharmacol. 2019 Mar-Apr;39(2):108–116. doi: 10.1097/JCP.0000000000001015

Table 2.

Incidence of the Primary Composite Neuropsychiatric Endpoint and Its Components

Psychotic Disorders (n=386) Anxiety Disorders (n=782) Mood Disorders (n=2882))
Varenicline (n=95) Bupropion (n=96) Nicotine patch (n=99) Placebo (n=96) Varenicline (n=193) Bupropion (n=200) Nicotine patch (n=195) Placebo (n=194) Varenicline (n=731) Bupropion (n=716) Nicotine patch (n=713) Placebo (n=722)
Observed Incidence of the Primary Composite NPS Endpoint 6 (6.3) 6 (6.3) 5 (5.1) 6 (6.3) 11 (5.7) 16 (8.0) 9 (4.6) 11 (5.7) 50 (6.8) 46 (6.4) 40 (5.6) 33 (4.6)
Estimated Primary Composite NPS Endpoint (%[95% CI]) 6.2 (1.6 to 10.8) 8.0 (3.3 to 12.8) 6.4 (2.3 to 10.5) 7.3 (2.8 to 11.8) 6.5 (3.3 to 9.6) 8.7 (4.9 to 12.5) 3.8 (0.8 to 6.8) 6.1 (2.9 to 9.3) 7.7 (5.7 to 9.6) 6.9 (5.0 to 8.7) 6.8 (5.0 to 8.6) 5.9 (4.3 to 7.5)
Observed Events-All Components of Primary Composite NPS Endpoint
 Anxiety 0 0 1 (1.0) 0 1 (0.5) 3 (1.5) 2 (1.0) 0 4 (0.5) 1 (0.1) 3 (0.4) 2 (0.3)
 Depression 1 (1.1) 0 0 1 (1.0) 1 (0.5) 1 (0.5) 1 (0.5) 1 (0.5) 4 (0.5) 3 (0.4) 6 (0.8) 4 (0.6)
 Feeling abnormal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 (0.1) 0 0
 Hostility 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Agitation 2 (2.1) 2 (2.1) 1 (1.0) 1 (1.0) 4 (2.1) 7 (3.5) 2 (1.0) 5 (2.6) 19 (2.6) 20 (2.8) 18 (2.5) 16 (2.2)
 Aggression 2 (2.1) 0 0 2 (2.1) 3 (1.6) 3 (1.5) 2 (1.0) 3 (1.5) 9 (1.2) 6 (0.8) 5 (0.7) 3 (0.4)
 Delusions 1 (1.1) 0 1 (1.0) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 (0.1) 0 0
 Hallucinations 2 (2.1) 2 (2.1) 1 (1.0) 0 1 (0.5) 0 0 1 (0.5) 2 (0.3) 2 (0.3) 1 (0.1) 1 (0.1)
 Homicidal ideation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Mania 0 1 (1.0) 0 1 (1.0) 1 (0.5) 0 1 (0.5) 1 (0.5) 6 (0.8) 8 (1.1) 2 (0.3) 4 (0.6)
 Panic 0 1 (1.0) 1 (1.0) 0 1 (0.5) 6 (3.0) 3 (1.5) 2 (1.0) 6 (0.8) 9 (1.3) 9 (1.3) 5 (0.7)
 Paranoia 1 (1.1) 0 0 1 (1.0) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 (0.1)
 Psychosis 1 (1.1) 1 (1.0) 2 (2.0) 1 (1.0) 0 0 1 (0.5) 0 3 (0.4) 1 (0.1) 0 0
 Suicidal behavior 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 (0.1) 1 (0.1) 0 1 (0.1)
 Suicidal ideation 0 1 (1.0) 1 (1.0) 0 2 (1.0) 1 (0.5) 1 (0.5) 0 3 (0.4) 0 2 (0.3) 2 (0.3)
 Completed suicide 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0