TABLE 4.
Incidence of breast-related adverse events of interest
1 mg E2/100 mg P4 (n = 415) | 0.5 mg E2/100 mg P4 (n = 424) | 0.5 mg E2/50 mg P4 (n = 421) | 0.25 mg E2/50 mg P4 (n = 424) | Placebo (n = 151) | |
AEs, n (%) | |||||
Breast cancera | 2 (0.5) | 2 (0.5) | 1 (0.2) | 1 (0.2) | 0 (0.0) |
[95% CI] | [0.1-1.7] | [0.1-1.7] | [0.0-1.3] | [0.0-1.3] | [0.0-2.4] |
P valueb | >0.9999 | >0.9999 | >0.9999 | >0.9999 | |
Benign breast neoplasm | 4 (1.0) | 5 (1.2) | 4 (1.0) | 3 (0.7) | 1 (0.7) |
[95% CI] | [0.3-2.4] | [0.4-2.7] | [0.3-2.4] | [0.1-2.1] | [0.0-3.6] |
P-valueb | >0.9999 | >0.9999 | >0.9999 | >0.9999 | |
Breast calcifications | 3 (0.7) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.2) | 0 (0.0) |
[95% CI] | [0.1-2.1] | [0.0-0.9] | [0.0-0.9] | [0.0-1.3] | [0.0-2.4] |
P valueb | 0.5685 | >0.9999 | |||
Breast cyst | 1 (0.2) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
[95% CI] | [0.0-1.3] | [0.0-0.9] | [0.0-0.9] | [0.0-0.9] | [0.0-2.4] |
P valueb | >0.9999 | ||||
Breast mass | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.2) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
[95% CI] | [0.0-0.9] | [0.0-1.3] | [0.0-0.9] | [0.0-0.9] | [0.0-2.4] |
P valueb | >0.9999 | ||||
TEAEs, n (%) | |||||
Breast tenderness | 45 (10.8) | 19 (4.5) | 25 (5.9) | 10 (2.4) | 1 (0.7) |
[95% CI] | [8.0-14.2] | [2.7-6.9] | [3.9-8.6] | [1.1-4.3] | [0.0-3.6] |
P-valueb | <0.0001 | 0.0348 | 0.0052 | 0.3035 | |
Breast pain | 9 (2.2) | 2 (0.5) | 1 (0.2) | 2 (0.5) | 0 (0.0) |
[95% CI] | [1.0-4.1] | [0.1-1.7] | [0.0-1.3] | [0.1-1.7] | [0.0-2.4] |
P-valueb | 0.1215 | >0.9999 | >0.9999 | >0.9999 | |
Breast discomfort | 3 (0.7) | 1 (0.2) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
[95% CI] | [0.1-2.1] | [0.0-1.3] | [0.0-0.9] | [0.0-0.9] | [0.0-2.4] |
P valueb | 0.5685 | >0.9999 | |||
Breast swelling | 2 (0.5) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (0.5) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
[95% CI] | [0.1-1.7] | [0.0-0.9] | [0.1-1.7] | [0.0-0.9] | [0.0-2.4] |
P valueb | >0.9999 | >0.9999 |
AE, adverse event; TEAE, treatment-emergent adverse event; E2, 17β-estradiol; P4, progesterone.
Breast cancer includes invasive ductal breast carcinoma.
P value was calculated for active dose versus placebo.