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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Jul 19.
Published in final edited form as: N Engl J Med. 2018 Jun 28;378(26):2465–2474. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1800536

Table 3.

Adverse Events.

Event Enzalutamide Group (N = 930) Placebo Group (N = 465)
All Grades Grade ≥3 All Grades Grade ≥3
number of patients (percent)
Any adverse event 808 (87) 292 (31) 360 (77) 109 (23)
Any serious adverse event* 226 (24) 85 (18)
Adverse event leading to discontinuation of trial regimen 87 (9) 28 (6)
Adverse event leading to death 32 (3) 3 (1)
Most common adverse events, occurring in ≥5% of patients
 Fatigue 303 (33) 27 (3) 64 (14) 3 (1)
 Hot flush 121 (13) 1 (<1) 36 (8) 0
 Nausea 106 (11) 3 (<1) 40 (9) 0
 Diarrhea 91 (10) 3 (<1) 45 (10) 2 (<1)
 Hypertension 111 (12) 43 (5) 24 (5) 10 (2)
 Fall 106 (11) 12 (1) 19 (4) 3 (1)
 Constipation 85 (9) 2 (<1) 32 (7) 2 (<1)
 Dizziness 91 (10) 4 (<1) 20 (4) 0
 Arthralgia 78 (8) 1 (<1) 32 (7) 1 (<1)
 Asthenia 82 (9) 11 (1) 28 (6) 1 (<1)
 Decreased appetite 89 (10) 2 (<1) 18 (4) 1 (<1)
 Back pain 73 (8) 2 (<1) 33 (7) 1 (<1)
 Headache 85 (9) 2 (<1) 21 (5) 0
 Hematuria 62 (7) 16 (2) 36 (8) 13 (3)
 Urinary tract infection 38 (4) 7 (1) 30 (6) 3 (1)
 Weight loss 55 (6) 2 (<1) 7 (2) 0
 Urinary retention 20 (2) 4 (<1) 28 (6) 5 (1)
Adverse events of special interest
 Hypertension 114 (12) 43 (5) 25 (5) 11 (2)
 Major adverse cardiovascular event§ 48 (5) 34 (4) 13 (3) 8 (2)
 Mental impairment disorders 48 (5) 1 (<1) 9 (2) 0
 Hepatic impairment 11 (1) 5 (1) 9 (2) 2 (<1)
 Neutropenia 9 (1) 5 (1) 1 (<1) 1 (<1)
 Convulsion 3 (<1) 2 (<1) 0 0
 Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome 0 0 0 0
*

Serious adverse events were events that resulted in death, were life-threatening, resulted in or prolonged hospitalization, resulted in inability to conduct normal life functions, or led to a congenital anomaly or birth defect. A full definition is provided in the protocol.

Listed in descending order are the adverse events that were reported in at least 5% of the patients in either group.

This adverse event includes increased blood pressure.

§

This adverse event includes acute myocardial infarction, hemorrhagic cerebrovascular conditions, ischemic cerebrovascular conditions, and heart failure.

This adverse event includes memory impairment, disturbance in attention, cognitive disorders, amnesia, Alzheimer’s disease, senile dementia, mental impairment, and vascular dementia.