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. 2022 Jan 13;75(6):1006–1013. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciac019

Table 6.

Incidence Rate of Clinically Relevant Adverse Events of Special Interest Among Patients During Exposure to a Drug of Interest

Clinically Relevanta Adverse Event of Interest Drug of Interest Person-Months of Exposure to Drug of Interest Patients With at Least 1 Occurrence of a Clinically Relevant AESI,a (n/N, %) Incidence of Clinically Relevant AESI/1000 Person-Monthsa
(95% Confidence Interval)
QT prolongation Bedaquiline or delamanid 19 543 50/2296 (2.2) 2.6 (1.9–3.4)
Hearing loss Kanamycin, amikacin,
capreomycin
4936 182/925 (19.7) 36.9 (31.9–42.6)
Hearing loss or acute renal failure or electrolyte depletion Kanamycin, amikacin,
capreomycin
5864 340/925 (36.8) 72.8 (66.0–80.0)
Peripheral neuropathy or optic neuritis or myelosuppression Linezolid 23 660 507/1826 (27.8) 22.8 (20.9–24.8)

Abbreviation: AESI, adverse event of special interest.

Events that occurred at or above the clinically relevant severity threshold, as defined in Table 2, include those reported as serious adverse events.