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. 2019 Sep 5;10:313–321. doi: 10.2147/JBM.S191790

Table 3.

Prevalence of adverse events in avatrombopag trials

Study Population and study type Percentage experiencing at least one TEAE (drug vs placebo) Most common TEAEs Percentage experiencing at least one SAE (drug vs placebo) Most common non-thrombocytopenia SAEs Notes
Nomoto et al.29 Healthy subjects PK/PD Japanese: 41.7% vs NRa
White: 20.8% vs NR
Headache 0% vs NRa N/Aa Incidence of TEAEs was not dose dependent
Bussel et al.21 Chronic ITP Phase II 100% vs NR Headache, fatigue, epistaxis, confusion, diarrhea, and arthralgia 19% vs NR N/Aa Four patients reported 5 thrombotic events
Jurczak et al.27 Chronic ITP Phase III 96.9% vs 58.8% Headache, confusion, URTI, arthralgia, epistasis and fatigue 28.1% vs 5.9% Headache, vomiting, severe thrombocytopenia
Terrault et al.26 CLD and thrombocytopenia Phase II 83.8% vs 75.7% Nausea, fatigue, headache 17.2% vs 10.8% Ascites, hepatic encephalopathy, gastrointestinal bleeding, infections
Terrault et al.9 CLD and thrombocytopenia Phase III 54% vs 55% Abdominal pain, dyspepsia, nausea, pyrexia, dizziness, headache 7% vs 9% Hyponatremia and gastrointestinal hemorrhage. 3 thrombotic events were reported, 1 in avatrombopag arm and 2 in placebo arm

Note: aStudies did not report/define SAEs.

Abbreviations: TEAE, treatment-emergent adverse event; SAE, serious adverse event; NR, not reported; N/A, not applicable.