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. 2021 Dec 25;13(12):e20691. doi: 10.7759/cureus.20691

Table 8. Adverse effects in proxalutamide and placebo groups in the South arm and in the North arm.

TEAE = Treatment emergent adverse effect; n/a = non-applicable; ALT = Alanine transferase

Adverse effect South Active N=106 Male (n=76) Female (n=30) North Active N=317 Male (n=184) Female (n=133) South Placebo N=27 Male (n=22) Female (n=5) North Placebo N=328 Male (n=182) Female (n=146) South between active versus placebo (p-value) North between active versus placebo (p-value) Active between regions (p-value) Placebo between regions (p-value)
Number of subjects with 1 or more TEAE 38 (35.8%) 109 (34.4%) 15 (55.5%) 225 (68.6%) 0.042 <0.001 0.78 0.23
Grade 5 – n (%)                
Death, Day 14 7 (6.6%) 27 (8.5%) 8 (29.6%) 130 (39.6%) 0.001 <0.001 0.68 0.34
Females 7 (7.9%) 11 (8.3%) 6 (27.3%) 53 (36.3%) 0.03 <0.001 0.22 1.00
Males 0 (0.0%) 16 (8.7%) 2 (40.0%) 77 (42.3%) 0.028 <0.001 1.00 0.52
Death, Day 28 10 (9.4%) 35 (11.0%) 9 (33.3%) 162 (49.4%) 0.002 <0.001 0.72 0.11
Females 8 (10.5%) 12 (9.0%) 7 (31.8%) 71 (48.6%) 0.016 <0.001 1.00 1.00
Males 2 (6.7%) 23 (12.5%) 2 (40.0%) 91 (50.0%) 0.041 <0.001 0.83 0.12
Grades 4 or 3 – n (%)                
Shock, requiring vasopressors 12 (11.3%) 37 (11.7%) 10 (37.0%) 168 (51.2%) 0.001 <0.001 0.92 0.21
Mechanical ventilation, Day 14 3 (2.8%) 4 (1.3%) 4 (14.8%) 37 (11.3%) 0.024 0.038 0.29 0.58
Females 2 (6.7%) 1 (0.8%) 1 (20.0%) 20 (13.7%) 0.42 0.089 0.071 0.83
Males 1 (1.3%) 3 (1.6%) 3 (13.6%) 17 (9.3%) 0.038 0.28 0.85 0.52
Mechanical ventilation, Day 28 0 5 (1.6%) 2 (7.4%) 41 (12.5%) 0.055 <0.001 0.37 0.71
Females 0 1 (0.8%) 0 22 (15.1%) n/a <0.001 0.82 0.66
Males 0 4 (2.2%) 2 (9.1%) 19 (10.4%) 0.066 0.001 0.37 0.85
Disease progression 17 (16.0%) 36 (11.4%) 14 (51.9%) 168 (51.2%) 0.0001 <0.001 0.20 0.95
Females 3 (10.0%) 12 (9.0%) 4 (80.0%) 74 (50.7%) 0.0009 <0.001 0.87 0.055
Males 14 (18.4%) 24 (13.0%) 10 (45.5%) 94 (51.6%) 0.007 <0.001 0.26 0.60
Renal failure (creatinine increase > 100%) 1 (0.9%) 5 (1.6%) 2 (7.4%) 21 (6.4%) 0.087 0.29 1.00 0.69
Females 0 (0.0%) 1 (0.8%) 0 (0.0%) 11 (7.5%) n/a 0.33 1.00 1.00
Males 1 (1.3%) 4 (2.2%) 2 (9.1%) 10 (5.5%) 0.11 0.58 1.00 0.62
Liver damage (ALT > 250 U/L or >100% increase) 4 (3.8%) 4 (1.3%) 3 (11.1%) 19 (5.8%) 0.14 0.32 0.11 0.23
Females 1 (3.3%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 10 (6.8%) 0.73 0.37 0.18 1.00
Males 3 (3.9%) 4 (2.2%) 3 (13.6%) 9 (4.9%) 0.11 0.65 0.42 0.20
Grades 2 or 1 – n (%)                
Diarrhea 26 (24.5%) 51 (16.1%) 1 (3.7%) 11 (3.4%) 0.058 0.005 0.059 1.00
Females 7 (23.3%) 22 (16.5%) 0 (0.0%) 7 (4.8%) 0.44 0.091 0.43 1.00
Males 19 (25.0%) 29 (15.8%) 1 (4.5%) 4 (2.2%) 0.087 0.025 0.11 0.44
Abdominal pain 2 (1.9%) 3 (0.9%) 1 (3.7%) 1 (0.3%) 0.58 0.89 0.60 0.15
Females 0 (0.0%) 1 (0.8%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) n/a 0.91 1.00 n/a
Males 2 (2.6%) 2 (1.1%) 1 (4.5%) 1 (0.5%) 0.65 0.93 0.58 0.20
Irritability 5 (4.7%) 4 (1.3%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 0.47 0.78 0.048 n/a
Females 0 (0.0%) 1 (0.8%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) n/a 0.91 1.00 n/a
Males 5 (6.6%) 3 (1.6%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 0.41 0.79 0.049 n/a
Spontaneous erection (Males) 3 (3.9%) 4 (2.2%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 0.62 0.73 0.42 n/a
Vomiting, dyspepsia, or palpitations 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) n/a n/a n/a n/a