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. 2022 Jan 10;7(4):307–317. doi: 10.1016/S2468-1253(21)00397-6

Table 2.

Unplanned visits and adverse events occurring from enrolment through week 28 (n=397)

Overall (n=397) United States (n=129) Brazil (n=131) Thailand (n=110) Uganda (n=15) South Africa (n=12)
Unplanned visits*
Participants reporting at least one unplanned visits* 15 (4%) 3 (2%) 3 (2%) 4 (4%) 3 (20%) 2 (17%)
Total number of unplanned visits 21 3 5 4 3 6
Reason for unplanned visits
Lab evaluations 8 1 0 3 0 4
Adverse event 3 1 1 0 0 1
Clinical event (non-AE) 6 0 3 0 3 0
Other 4 1 1 1 0 1
Serious adverse events (primary safety outcome)
Total number of participants reporting at least one SAE 14 (4%) 7 (5%) 0 5 (5%) 0 2 (17%)
Toxicity grade
Grade 3 12 7 0 4 0 1
Grade 4 2 0 0 1 0 1
SAE occurring while on study medication 5 1 0 3 0 1
SAE leading to discontinuation of study drug 0 0 0 0 0 0
SAE related to study medication 0 0 0 0 0 0
Death 0 0 0 0 0 0
Adverse events (excluding serious adverse events) (secondary safety outcome)
Participants reporting at least one AE (excluding SAEs) 23 (6%) 7 (5%) 8 (6%) 7 (6%) 0 1 (8%)
Total number of adverse events 28 12 8 7 0 1
AE occurred while on study medication 8 7 1 0 0 0
AE related to study medication 5 4 1 0 0 0
AE leading to discontinuation of study drug 1 1 0 0 0 0

Data are n or n (%). AE=adverse event. SAE=serious adverse event.

*

All participants who initiated treatment were included in the denominator for unplanned visits (n=399).

Other included unscheduled study visit outside of window (n=1), visited site to clarify query on study treatment (n=1), visited site for counseling and collect vitamin B12 for management of pernicious anaemia (n=1), participant newly diagnosed with HIV and wanted to initiate antiretroviral therapy (n=1).

One case of abdominal distension attributed to study product resulted in discontinuation.