Table 2.
Serious adverse events after gene therapy
|
0–6 months after gene therapy (n=8) |
6–12 months after gene therapy (n=8) |
1–2 years after gene therapy (n=7) |
2–3 years after gene therapy (n=6) |
≥3 years after gene therapy (n=5)* |
Total after gene therapy (n=8) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patients | Events | Patients | Events | Patients | Events | Patients | Events | Patients | Events | Patients | Events | ||
| Any serious adverse event | 6 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 27 | |
| Infection-related event | |||||||||||||
| Pyrexia | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | |
| Device-related infection | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| Acute respiratory distress syndrome† | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Aspergillus infection | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Bacterial sepsis† | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Device-related sepsis | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Disseminated intravascular coagulation† | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Influenza | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Interstitial lung disease | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Gastroenteritis | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Pneumonia aspiration | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Viral infection | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Gastroenteritis rotavirus | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Tooth abscess | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Cellulitis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Pneumonia bacterial | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Other type of event | |||||||||||||
| Electrolyte imbalance | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Food allergy | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Irritability | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Neutropenia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
MedDRA (version 19.0) preferred terms are used. MedDRA=Medical Dictionary for Regulatory Activities.
Range 3·0–5·6 years.
These three events were linked, occurring in patient 2, and were considered to be part of the same condition.