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. 2019 Jun 29;44(13):2268–2276. doi: 10.1038/s41386-019-0451-3

Table 2.

Summary of adverse events

Patients with event, n (%) No prior exposure to BUP/SAM (n = 929) Prior exposure to BUP/SAM (n = 556) All patients (N = 1485)
Any AE 730 (78.6) 394 (70.9) 1124 (75.7)
Any SAE 33 (3.6) 14 (2.5) 47 (3.2)
Common SAEs (≥2 patients in any treatment group)
 Depression 2 (0.2) 1 (0.2) 3 (0.2)
 Suicidal ideation 3 (0.3) 0 3 (0.2)
 Colitis 2 (0.2) 0 2 (0.1)
 Sepsis 2 (0.2) 0 2 (0.1)
 Pneumonia 2 (0.2) 0 2 (0.1)
 Uterine leiomyoma 2 (0.2) 0 2 (0.1)
 Myocardial infarction 1 (0.1) 1 (0.2) 2 (0.1)
AE leading to study discontinuation 122 (13.1) 32 (5.8) 154 (10.4)
Common AEs (≥5% in any treatment group)
 Nausea 234 (25.2) 88 (15.8) 322 (21.7)
 Headache 103 (11.1) 53 (9.5) 156 (10.5)
 Constipation 112 (12.1) 39 (7.0) 151 (10.2)
 Dizziness 116 (12.5) 34 (6.1) 150 (10.1)
 Somnolence 100 (10.8) 24 (4.3) 124 (8.4)
 Vomiting 83 (8.9) 33 (5.9) 116 (7.8)
 Dry mouth 66 (7.1) 21 (3.8) 87 (5.9)
 Fatigue 62 (6.7) 23 (4.1) 85 (5.7)
 Upper respiratory tract infection 50 (5.4) 33 (5.9) 83 (5.6)
 Insomnia 55 (5.9) 26 (4.7) 81 (5.5)
 Nasopharyngitis 46 (5.0) 34 (6.1) 80 (5.4)
 Sedation 51 (5.5) 15 (2.7) 66 (4.4)
 Hyperhidrosis 48 (5.2) 9 (1.6) 57 (3.8)

AEs were coded by preferred terms and system organ class using the Medical Dictionary for Regulatory Activities, version 19.0

AE adverse event, BUP buprenorphine, SAE serious adverse event, SAM samidorphan