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. 2022 Oct 13;4(4):133–143. doi: 10.1007/s44228-022-00020-8

Table 3.

Treatment-emergent adverse events (TEAE) of interest

n (%) Retrospective
n = 153
Prospective
n = 73
Before inclusiona After inclusion
Patients with TEAEs (any grade)
  ≥ 1 TEAE 128 (83.7) 73 (100)
  ≥ 1 TEAE related to ibrutinib 114 (74.5) 99 (64.7) 62 (84.9)
  ≥ 1 severe TEAEb 61 (39.9) 44 (60.3)
  ≥ 1 serious TEAEc 67 (43.8) 43 (58.9)
  ≥ 1 serious TEAE related to ibrutinib 16 (10.5) 36 (23.5) 15 (20.5)
  ≥ 1 TEAE leading to drug withdrawald 30 (19.6) 19 (26.0)
  ≥ 1 TEAE leading to death 19 (12.4) 14 (19.2)
Patients with treatment-emergent bleeding events
  ≥ 1 bleeding event 46 (30.1) 36 (49.3)
  ≥ 1 major bleeding eventc 5 (3.3) 4 (5.5)
  ≥ 1 bleeding event while on antithrombotic treatmentd 18 (42.9) 22 (78.6)
  ≥ 1 bleeding event while not on antithrombotic treatmente 28 (25.2) 14 (31.1)
  ≥ 1 major bleeding event while on antithrombotic treatmente,f 0 3 (10.7)
  ≥ 1 major bleeding event while not on antithrombotic treatmente,f 4 (3.6) 0
Patients with ≥ 1 TEAE of interest (any grade)
 Infectiong 92 (60.1) 49 (67.1)
 Hypertension 15 (9.8) 12 (16.4)
 Arrhythmiag 15 (9.8) 16 (21.9)
  Atrial fibrillation 11 (7.2) 9 (12.3)
  Arrhythmia 0 4 (5.5)
 Arthralgia/Myalgiag 12 (7.8) 18 (24.7)
  Arthralgia 7 (4.6) 15 (20.5)
  Myalgia 5 (3.3) 7 (9.6)
 Diarrhea 16 (10.5) 15 (20.5)
 Rashg 12 (7.8) 11 (15.1)

TEAE treatment-emergent adverse event

aFor retrospectively included patients, only reported ibrutinib-related adverse events were recorded from the period prior to inclusion in the study

bSevere TEAE: on a scale of mild/moderate/severe and usually requires medical assistance/intervention/therapy and may require hospitalization

cSerious TEAE: life threatening or causing death

dWithdrawal includes any discontinuations that are related or unrelated to ibrutinib therapy, including death, toxicity, comorbidities, progressive disease and physician preference

eMajor bleeding is a severe/serious bleeding event

fPercentages are calculated based on the numbers of patients with and without concomitant antithrombotic therapy in the retrospective group (42 and 111, respectively) and in the prospective group (28 and 45, respectively)

gGrouped terms