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. 2022 May 16;31(5):698–705. doi: 10.1089/jwh.2021.0152

Table 4.

Summary of Adverse Events

Characteristic Responders
Nonresponders
Placebo (n = 16) Elagolix+add-back therapy (n = 278) Placebo (n = 166) Elagolix+add-back therapy (n = 89)
All AEs 12 (75.0) 193 (69.4) 112 (67.5) 68 (76.4)
Severe AE 2 (12.5) 23 (8.3) 8 (4.8) 10 (11.2)
Serious AE 0 9 (3.2) 5 (3.0) 0
AE leading to treatment discontinuation 1 (6.3) 1 (0.4) 12 (7.2) 26 (29.2)
Most common AEs with elagolix+add-back therapy
 Hot flush 3 (18.8) 56 (20.1) 10 (6.0) 18 (20.2)
 Nausea 1 (6.3) 21 (7.6) 18 (10.8) 12 (13.5)
 Headache 0 22 (7.9) 13 (7.8) 11 (12.4)
 Fatigue 0 17 (6.1) 6 (3.6) 7 (7.9)
 Night sweats 1 (6.3) 25 (9.0) 7 (4.2) 6 (6.7)

Data are n (%).

AE, adverse event.