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. 2019 Apr 10;6(5):e239–e253. doi: 10.1016/S2352-3026(19)30021-3

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)
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.