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. 2021 Nov 5;81(2):184–192. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2021-221051

Table 3.

Exposure to study drug and rates of safety events

PBO-controlled analysis set Long term, as-treated analysis set
FIL 200 mg
N=777
FIL 100 mg
N=788
PBO
N=781
FIL 200 mg
N=2267
PYE=4047.7
FIL 100 mg
N=1647
PYE=2032.9
Exposure to study drug, years
 Mean±SD 0.4±0.1 0.4±0.1 0.4±0.1 1.8±1.2 1.2±0.7
 Median (Q1, Q3) 0.5 (0.5, 0.5) 0.5 (0.5, 0.5) 0.5 (0.3, 0.5) 1.6 (1.0, 2.1) 1.3 (0.5, 1.8)
Cumulative n (%) exposed to study drug
 Week 12 748 (96.3) 754 (95.7) 649 (83.1) 2165 (95.5) 1547 (93.9)
 Week 52 NA NA NA 1731 (76.4) 1001 (60.8)
 Week 96 NA NA NA 799 (35.2) 360 (21.9)
Rates of safety events EAIR (95% CI) per 100 PYE EAIR (95% CI) per 100 PYE
TEAE 195.4
(173.7 to 219.8)
n=354
176.3
(156.0 to 199.2)
n=323
175.9
(155.5 to 198.9)
n=316
40.4 (38.3 to 42.7)
n=1771
64.2 (58.9 to 69.9)
n=1140
 TEAE Grade ≥3 12.0 (7.4 to 19.5)
n=31
11.5 (7.0 to 18.7)
n=30
10.6 (6.4 to 17.5)
n=27
6.4 (5.6 to 7.4)
n=309
7.6 (5.3 to 10.8)
n=206
 TE SAE 10.9 (6.7 to 17.8)
n=21
12.8 (8.1 to 20.4)
n=25
8.9 (5.2 to 15.2)
n=17
6.1 (5.4 to 7.0)
n=254
7.5 (5.6 to 10.1)
n=166
 TEAE leading to premature discontinuation 8.7 (4.9 to 15.3)
n=15
6.3 (3.3 to 12.0)
n=11
8.8 (5.0 to 15.4)
n=15
6.0 (5.3 to 6.9)
n=239
6.8 (5.4 to 8.6)
n=93
 TEAE leading to temporary interruption 27.3 (19.7 to 37.8)
n=58
25.6 (18.3 to 35.6)
n=55
21.9 (15.4 to 31.1)
n=46
12.5 (11.3 to 13.8)
n=576
14.8 (11.9 to 18.5)
n=364
All deaths 0.6 (0.1 to 3.9)
n=1
0.6 (0.1 to 3.9)
n=1
0.6 (0.1 to 4.0)
n=2
0.5 (0.3 to 0.7)
n=19
0.3 (0.1 to 0.7)
n=6
Infectious AEs 76.9 (63.7 to 92.9)
n=139
67.3 (55.2 to 82.1)
n=123
58.0 (47.0 to 71.7)
n=104
24.8 (23.1 to 26.5)
n=1074
34.4 (30.4 to 38.8)
n=648
 Serious infectious AEs 3.9 (1.6 to 9.1)
n=8
3.3 (1.4 to 8.2)
n=7
2.4 (0.9 to 6.7)
n=5
1.6 (1.2 to 2.1)
n=67
3.1 (2.1 to 4.5)
n=51
 Opportunistic infections 0 0 0 0.1 (0.1 to 0.3)
n=5*
0.2 (0.1 to 0.5)
n=4†
Active TB 0 0 0 0 0.1 (0.0 to 0.5)
n=3
 Herpes zoster 0.6 (0.1 to 3.9)
n=1
1.1 (0.3 to 4.4)
n=2
1.1 (0.3 to 4.5)
n=2
1.8 (1.4 to 2.3)
n=74
1.1 (0.8 to 1.7)
n=23
 Herpes simplex virus 1 (0.1) 1 (0.1) 2 (0.3) 0.6 (0.4 to 1.1)
n=33
0.9 (0.6 to 1.4)
n=18
Adjudicated MACE 0 1.7 (0.3 to 4.8)
n=3
1.1 (0.1 to 4.0)
n=2
0.4 (0.2 to 0.7)
n=19
0.6 (0.4 to 1.1)
n=13
 CV death 0 0.6 (0.0 to 3.1)
n=1
0 0.1 (0.1 to 0.3)
n=6
0.2 (0.1 to 0.5)
n=4
 Nonfatal MI 0 1.1 (0.1 to 4.0)
n=2
0.6 (0.0 to 3.1)
n=1
0.1 (0.0 to 0.3)
n=4
0.2 (0.1 to 0.6)
n=5
 Nonfatal stroke 0 0 0.6 (0.0 to 3.1)
n=1
0.2 (0.1 to 0.5)
n=10
0.2 (0.1 to 0.5)
n=4
Adjudicated ATE 0 0 0 0.0 (0.0 to 0.2)
n=1
0
Adjudicated VTE 0 0 0 0.2 (0.1 to 0.4)
n=8
0.0 (0.0 to 0.3)
n=1
 PE 0 0 0 0.1 (0.1 to 0.3)
n=6
0.0 (0.0 to 0.3)
n=1
 DVT 0 0 0 0.1 (0.1 to 0.3)
n=6
0
Malignancy excluding NMSC 0 0.6 (0.0 to 3.1)
n=1
0.6 (0.0 to 3.1)
n=1
0.6 (0.4 to 0.9)
n=22
0.5 (0.3 to 1.0)
n=11
NMSC 0 0 0 0.2 (0.1 to 0.4)
n=9
0.1 (0.0 to 0.5)
n=3
Gastrointestinal perforations 0 0 0 0.1 (0.0 to 0.2)
n=3
0

The PBO-controlled analysis set only included data up to 12 weeks.

*Two patients reported oesophageal candidiasis, one patient reported pneumonia cryptococcal, one patient reported herpes zoster disseminated and one patient reported both oesophageal candidiasis and pneumonia cryptococcal.

†One patient reported oesophageal candidiasis, one patient reported TB, one patient reported lymph node TB, one patient reported meningitis TB and one patient reported pulmonary TB.

AE, adverse event; ATE, arterial thrombotic event; CV, cardiovascular; DVT, deep vein thrombosis; EAIR, exposure-adjusted incidence rate; FIL, filgotinib; MACE, major adverse cardiovascular event; MI, myocardial infarction; NA, not applicable; NMSC, non-melanoma skin cancer; PBO, placebo; PE, pulmonary embolism; PYE, patient-years exposure; SAE, serious adverse event; TB, tuberculosis; TE, treatment-emergent; TEAE, treatment-emergent adverse event; VTE, venous thromboembolism.