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. 2019 Nov 13;12:3099–3112. doi: 10.2147/JPR.S207010

Table 3.

Treatment-Emergent Adverse Event Profile Of The Trial Population (Safety Set)

Patients 2 to ≤6 Years Patients 6 to ≤12 Years Patients 12 To ≤18 Years Entire patient population
Placebo
N=12
Tapentadol
N=23
Overall
N=35
Placebo
N=15
Tapentadol
N=32
Overall
N=47
Placebo
N=25
Tapentadol
N=53
Overall
N=78
Placebo
N=52
Tapentadol
N=108
Overall
N=160
Any TEAE 5 (41.7%) 9 (39.1%) 14 (40%) 6 (40%) 15 (46.9%) 21 (44.7%) 15 (60%) 38 (71.7%) 53 (67.9%) 26 (50%) 62 (57.4%) 88 (55%)
Any serious TEAE 0 0 0 0 1 (3.1%) 1 (2.1%) 0 1 (1.9%) 1 (1.3%) 0 2 (1.9%) 2 (1.3%)
Any TEAE related to trial medicationa 1 (8.3%) 2 (8.7%) 3 (8.6%) 3 (20%) 10 (31.3%) 13 (27.7%) 7 (28%) 17 (32.1%) 24 (30.8%) 11 (21.2%) 29 (26.9%) 40 (25%)
Any TEAE causing discontinuation of treatment 0 1 (4.3%) 1 (2.9%) 0 2 (6.3%) 2 (4.3%) 2 (8%) 7 (13.2%) 9 (11.5%) 2 (3.8%) 10 (9.3%) 12 (7.5%)
Any TEAE in ≥5% of patients
Vomiting 0 4 (17.4%) 4 (11.4%) 1 (6.7%) 8 (25%) 9 (19.1%) 5 (20%) 13 (24.5%) 18 (23.1%) 6 (11.5%) 25 (23.1%) 31 (19.4%)
Nausea 0 2 (8.7%) 2 (5.7%) 0 2 (6.3%) 2 (4.3%) 4 (16%) 12 (22.6%) 16 (20.5%) 4 (7.7%) 16 (14.8%) 20 (12.5%)
Constipation 0 2 (8.7%) 2 (5.7%) 0 2 (6.3%) 2 (4.3%) 6 (24%) 7 (13.2%) 13 (16.7%) 6 (11.5%) 11 (10.2%) 17 (10.6%)
Pyrexia 0 2 (8.7%) 2 (5.7%) 1 (6.7%) 1 (3.1%) 2 (4.3%) 0 7 (13.2%) 7 (9%) 1 (1.9%) 10 (9.3%) 11 (6.9%)
Somnolence 0 1 (4.3%) 1 (2.9%) 0 1 (3.1%) 1 (2.1%) 2 (8%) 4 (3.9%) 6 (7.7%) 2 (3.8%) 6 (5.6%) 8 (5%)
Pruritus 1 (8.3%) 1 (4.3%) 2 (5.7%) 1 (6.7%) 1 (3.1%) 2 (4.3%) 1 (4%) 2 (3.8%) 3 (3.8%) 3 (5.8%) 4 (3.7%) 7 (4.4%)

Notes: Data are number of patients (%). aAt least possibly related in the opinion of the investigator.

Abbreviation: TEAE, treatment-emergent adverse event.