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. 2019 Feb 1;125(8):1301–1312. doi: 10.1002/cncr.31909

Table 2.

Percentages of Participants Reporting Adverse Events (Total Vaccinated Cohort)

Adverse Events RZV (N = 117) Placebo (N = 115)
n % (95% CI) n % (95% CI)
Within 30 days after vaccination
Unsolicited adverse events
Any grade 100 85.5 (77.8‐91.3) 103 89.6 (82.5‐94.5)
Grade 3 18 15.4 (9.4‐23.2) 15 13.0 (7.5‐20.6)
Any grade: related 10 8.5 (4.2‐15.2) 9 7.8 (3.6‐14.3)
Grade 3: related 1 0.9 (0.0‐4.7) 0 0.0 (0.0‐3.2)
MAEs
All 31 26.5 (18.8‐35.5) 33 28.7 (20.6‐37.9)
First vaccination through 30 days after last vaccination
pIMDs
All 0 0
SAEs
All 16 13.7 (8.0‐21.3) 14 12.2 (6.8‐19.6)
Related 0 0
30 days after last vaccination through study end
pIMDs
All 0 0.0 (0.0‐3.1) 1 0.9 (0.0‐4.7)
SAEs
All 30 25.6 (18.0‐34.5) 31 27.0 (19.1‐36.0)
Related 0 0
Entire study
Fatal SAEs 12 10.3 (5.4‐17.2) 11 9.6 (4.9‐16.5)

Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; MAEs, adverse events with medically attended visits; N, total number of participants; n, number of participants with ≥1 documented (solicited adverse events) or administered (other adverse events) dose; pIMDs, potential immune‐mediated diseases; RZV, adjuvanted recombinant zoster vaccine; SAEs, serious adverse events.

Causal relationship to vaccination was assessed by the investigator.