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. 2020 Jun 8;37(8):551–558. doi: 10.1007/s40266-020-00775-w

Table 2.

Incidence rates for deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism in tofacitinib clinical development studies

Adverse event Placebo-controlled cohort Dose-comparison cohort
Tofacitinib
5 mg BID
Tofacitinib
10 mg BID
Placebo Tofacitinib
5 mg BID
Tofacitinib
10 mg BID
Adalimumab
40 mg SC q2w
MTX
20 mg qw
DVT

0/1849

0 (0–0.9)

0/2024

0 (0–0.8)

1/1079

0.4 (0–2.4)

1/1849

0.1 (0–0.3)

1/2024

0.1 (0–0.3)

0/257

0 (0–0.9)

2/220.7 (0.1–2.5)
PE

0/1849

0 (0–0.9)

0/2024

0 (0–0.8)

1/1079

0.4 (0–2.4)

2/1849

0.1 (0–0.4)

3/2024

0.2 (0–0.4)

0/257

0 (0–1.9)

0/223

0 (0–1.3)

The data include 5368 patients with rheumatoid arthritis and 4440 person-years. Data are presented as n/N and incidence rate (95% confidence interval)

BID twice daily, DVT deep vein thrombosis, IR incidence rates, MTX methotrexate, PE pulmonary embolism, q2w every 2 weeks, qw every week, SC subcutaneous