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. 2021 Jan 6;23:9. doi: 10.1186/s13075-020-02387-6

Table 1.

Summary of treatment-emergent adverse events incidence rate per 100 patient-years in patients who received upadacitinib over 84 weeks (safety analysis set)

AE, incidence (n/100 PY) Upadacitinib 7.5 mg QD (n = 65) Upadacitinib 15 mg QD (n = 64) Upadacitinib 30 mg QD (n = 66)
AEs 64 (316.8) 64 (369.9) 66 (458.3)
Serious AEs 13 (10.8) 17 (15.3) 20 (20.3)
AEs leading to discontinuation of study drug 6 (4.6) 8 (6.4) 20 (18.6)
Deaths 0 0 2 (1.8)
Infection 52 (117.1) 57 (140.0) 58 (167.1)
 Serious infection 6 (4.7) 8 (6.7) 13 (12.7)
 Opportunistic infection 1 (0.8) 4 (3.3) 8 (7.6)
 Herpes zoster 9 (7.3) 14 (12.3) 16 (16.5)
 Active/latent tuberculosis 0 0 1 (0.9)
Malignancy (incl. NMSC) 0 1 (0.8) 1 (0.9)
Hepatic disorder 7 (5.8) 7 (6.1) 8 (8.1)
Gastrointestinal perforation 0 1 (0.8) 1 (0.9)
MACE 1 (0.8) 0 1 (0.9)
Adjudicated VTE 0 0 1 (0.9)
Anemia 0 2 (1.6) 5 (4.9)
Neutropenia 1 (0.8) 2 (1.7) 7 (7.1)
Lymphopenia 5 (3.9) 7 (5.9) 8 (7.8)
CPK elevation 5 (4.0) 7 (6.1) 8 (8.2)
Renal dysfunction 0 0 1 (0.9)

Two subjects treated with placebo in period 1 discontinued treatment and thus were not included in the safety analysis set

AE adverse event, CPK creatine phosphokinase, MACE, major adverse cardiovascular event, NMSC nonmelanoma skin cancer, PY patient-years, QD once daily, VTE, venous thromboembolism

Includes non-treatment-emergent deaths

Defined as cardiovascular death, nonfatal myocardial infarction, and nonfatal stroke