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. 2020 Jul 27;32(1):65–74. doi: 10.1007/s00192-020-04423-0

Table 3.

Adverse events and adverse reactions

Patients Safety population
(N = 504)
Adverse events Adverse reactions
Total number of events, n 57 17
 Number of serious events 17 0
 Number of non-serious events 40 17
Patients with events, n (%) 38 (7.5) 13 (2.6)
 Patients with non-serious events 33 (6.5) 13 (2.6)
 Patients with serious events 9 (1.8) 0
 Deathsa 1 (0.2) 0
Patients with non-serious events(s) by intensity, n (%)
 Mild 13 (2.6) 7 (1.4)
 Moderate 16 (3.2) 5 (1.0)
 Severe 2 (0.4) 1 (0.2)
 Not available 2 (0.4) 0
Urinary-related events with a frequency ≥ 0.4%, n (%)
 Urinary retentionb 5 (1.0)
 Urinary tract infectionc 2 (0.4)

Adverse reactions were defined as events for which a causal relationship to onabotulinumtoxinA treatment was rated as reasonably possible

aCerebrovascular accident

bCIC was initiated in all five patients

cThe two patients with urinary tract infection had received antibiotic prophylaxis orally on the day of injection

CIC clean intermittent catheterization