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. 2020 Aug 18;43(10):2528–2536. doi: 10.2337/dc19-1350

Table 3.

Number of patients with AEs in the safety analysis set

Exenatide QW plus dapagliflozin (n = 231) Exenatide QW plus placebo (n = 230) Dapagliflozin plus placebo (n = 233)
Any AE 165 (71.4) 161 (70.0) 156 (67.0)
Any SAE 17 (7.4) 18 (7.8) 18 (7.7)
Any AE with outcome of death 3 (1.3) 1 (0.4) 2 (0.9)
AEs leading to discontinuation of study treatment 16 (6.9) 14 (6.1) 12 (5.2)
AEs leading to study withdrawal 15 (6.5) 10 (4.3) 8 (3.4)
AEs occurring in ≥5% of patients
 Upper respiratory tract infection 15 (6.5) 17 (7.4) 22 (9.4)
 Urinary tract infection 19 (8.2) 15 (6.5) 16 (6.9)
 Nausea 13 (5.6) 26 (11.3) 10 (4.3)
 Injection-site nodule 20 (8.7) 14 (6.1) 13 (5.6)
 Diarrhea 13 (5.6) 17 (7.4) 11 (4.7)
 Headache 16 (6.9) 12 (5.2) 12 (5.2)
 Nasopharyngitis 15 (6.5) 8 (3.5) 12 (5.2)
 Vomiting 8 (3.5) 12 (5.2) 7 (3.0)
Genital infection AEs
 Any genital infection 12 (5.2) 5 (2.2) 18 (7.7)
AEs of special interest
 Gastrointestinal AEs 48 (20.8) 55 (23.9) 38 (16.3)
 Volume depletion–related AEs 3 (1.3) 1 (0.4) 5 (2.1)
 Hematocrit >55% 5 (2.2) 2 (0.9) 5 (2.1)
 Pancreatitis-related AEs 3 (1.3) 1 (0.4) 0
 Pancreatic carcinoma–related AEs 1 (0.4) 0 0
Acute renal failure–related AEs 0 2 (0.9) 3 (1.3)
 Adjudicated CV AEs 4 (1.7) 4 (1.7) 4 (1.7)
 Adjudicated hepatic AEs 0 1 (0.4) 1 (0.4)
 Injection-site–related AEs 32 (13.9) 27 (11.7) 18 (7.7)
 Thyroid neoplasm–related AEs 0 0 0
 Hypoglycemia 16 (6.9) 8 (3.5) 9 (3.9)
 Major 0 0 0
 Minor 4 (1.7) 0 1 (0.4)
 Other 16 (6.9) 8 (3.5) 8 (3.4)
Anti-exenatide antibodies
 Week 104 43 (29.5) 34 (26.0)
Injection-site–related AEs by anti-exenatide antibody levels
 Negative 3 (1.3) 3 (1.3)
 High positive (≥625) 18 (7.8) 10 (4.3)
 Low positive (<625) 11 (4.8) 14 (6.1)
 Any positive 29 (12.6) 24 (10.4)

Data are n (%). AEs occurring in ≥5% of patients are listed by Medical Dictionary for Regulatory Activities–preferred (MedDRA version 20.1) term; preferred terms for remaining AE categories are not listed. SAE, serious AE.