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. 2021 Jan 20;38(2):137–146. doi: 10.1007/s40266-020-00829-z

Table 3.

Summary of adverse events by age subgroup and treatment (safety set)

Safety population Patients aged ≥ 65 years Patients aged ≥ 75 yearsa Overall
Placebo (N = 228) Vibegron (N = 246) Tolterodine (N = 171) Placebo (N = 60) Vibegron (N = 75) Tolterodine (N = 48) Placebo (N = 540) Vibegron (N = 545) Tolterodine (N = 430)
One or more TEAE 85 (37.3) 110 (44.7) 73 (42.7) 24 (40.0) 37 (49.3) 24 (50.0) 180 (33.3) 211 (38.7) 166 (38.6)
AEs occurring in ≥ 2% of patients in the vibegron subgroups
 UTI 18 (7.9) 14 (5.7) 11 (6.4) 4 (6.7) 6 (8.0) 4 (8.3) 33 (6.1) 27 (5.0) 25 (5.8)
 Headache 5 (2.2) 11 (4.5) 4 (2.3) 2 (3.3) 2 (2.7) 1 (2.1) 13 (2.4) 22 (4.0) 11 (2.6)
 Dry mouth 2 (0.9) 8 (3.3) 12 (7.0) 1 (1.7) 1 (1.3) 2 (4.2) 5 (0.9) 9 (1.7) 28 (6.5)
 URTI 2 (0.9) 8 (3.3) 1 (0.6) 1 (1.7) 3 (4.0) 0 4 (0.7) 11 (2.0) 2 (0.5)
 Nasopharyngitis 5 (2.2) 6 (2.4) 6 (3.5) 2 (3.3) 2 (2.7) 1 (2.1) 9 (1.7) 15 (2.8) 11 (2.6)
 Diarrhea 2 (0.9) 6 (2.4) 6 (3.5) 2 (3.3) 3 (4.0) 2 (4.2) 6 (1.1) 12 (2.2) 9 (2.1)
 Nausea 3 (1.3) 5 (2.0) 1 (0.6) 2 (3.3) 2 (2.7) 0 6 (1.1) 12 (2.2) 5 (1.2)
 Dyspnea 0 4 (1.6) 0 0 3 (4.0) 0 1 (0.2) 4 (0.7) 1 (0.2)
 Back pain 3 (1.3) 3 (1.2) 2 (1.2) 2 (3.3) 2 (2.7) 1 (2.1) 5 (0.9) 3 (0.6) 4 (0.9)
 Urinary retention 1 (0.4) 3 (1.2) 2 (1.2) 0 2 (2.7) 2 (4.2) 2 (0.4) 3 (0.6) 3 (0.7)
 Rash 1 (0.4) 3 (1.2) 1 (0.6) 1 (1.7) 2 (2.7) 0 4 (0.7) 4 (0.7) 1 (0.2)
 Flatulence 2 (0.9) 2 (0.8) 1 (0.6) 0 2 (2.7) 0 3 (0.6) 2 (0.4) 1 (0.2)
 Somnolence 1 (0.4) 2 (0.8) 1 (0.6) 0 2 (2.7) 1 (2.1) 2 (0.4) 2 (0.4) 2 (0.5)
Select cardiovascular AEs
 Hypertensionb 7 (3.1) 3 (1.2) 5 (2.9) 2 (3.3) 1 (1.3) 1 (2.1) 9 (1.7) 9 (1.7) 11 (2.6)
 Blood pressure increased 2 (0.9) 2 (0.8) 6 (3.5) 1 (1.7) 0 4 (8.3) 5 (0.9) 4 (0.7) 8 (1.9)
 Dizziness 2 (0.9) 2 (0.8) 2 (1.2) 1 (1.7) 0 1 (2.1) 6 (1.1) 5 (0.9) 4 (0.9)
 Hypotension 1 (0.4) 1 (0.4) 1 (0.6) 0 1 (1.3) 1 (2.1) 1 (0.2) 1 (0.2) 1 (0.2)
 Atrial fibrillation 1 (0.4) 1 (0.4) 1 (0.6) 0 1 (1.3) 1 (2.1) 1 (0.2) 1 (0.2) 1 (0.2)
 Syncope 2 (0.9) 0 1 (0.6) 0 0 1 (2.1) 2 (0.4) 0 1 (0.2)

Data are presented as n (%) unless otherwise indicated

AE adverse event, TEAE treatment-emergent AE, URTI upper respiratory tract infection, UTI urinary tract infection

aA subset of the group aged ≥ 65 years

bHypertension was defined as follows: for patients without baseline hypertension, an average of three systolic blood pressure readings ≥ 140 mmHg and/or diastolic blood pressure readings ≥ 90 mmHg at two consecutive visits; for patients with baseline hypertension, an average of three readings showing increases from baseline of ≥ 20 mmHg systolic blood pressure or ≥ 10 mmHg diastolic blood pressure at two consecutive visits; for any patients, increased dosing or initiation of any medication to treat hypertension