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. 2020 Jul 30;43(10):971–980. doi: 10.1007/s40264-020-00978-5

Table 5.

Incidence of bleeding according to the idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis treatment group

IPF treatment
Pirfenidone Nintedanib Other
Patients, n (PY at risk)
 Group A 589 (549.3) 465 (312.5) 774 (579.9)
 Group B 86 (111.5) 31 (25.3) 110 (97.4)
 Group C 220 (225.9) 161 (166.6) 278 (271.9)
 Group D 38 (63.2) 16 (16.1) 26 (26.2)
 Total 933 (1123.6) 673 (514.7) 1188 (975.5)
Number of bleeding events (% of all bleeding events)
 Group A 0 (0.0) 5 (62.5) 0 (0.0)
 Group B 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)
 Group C 0 (0.0) 1 (12.5) 0 (0.0)
 Group D 1 (12.5) 1 (12.5) 0 (0.0)
 Total 1 (12.5) 7 (87.5) 0 (0.0)
Incidence of bleeding
 Rate/10,000 PY, total (95% CI) 8.9 (1.3–63.0) 136.9 (65.2–287.1)
 Relative incidence ratio nintedanib: pirfenidone (95% CI)

15.4 (2.0–695.3)

P < 0.001

CI confidence interval, IPF idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, PY patient-years