Table 2.

Overview of safety-related treatment emergent adverse events (TEAE) by number (%) of patients and TEAE per 100 patient-years (PY).

Treatment Emergent EventsaAny Adalimumab, n = 697, n (%)PY = 3708.3 E (E/100 PY)
Any AE678 (97.3)12,979 (350)
Any serious AE320 (45.9)729 (19.7)
Any AE leading to discontinuation157 (22.5)230 (6.2)
Any severe AE300 (43.0)669 (18.0)
Infectious AE554 (79.5)3077 (83)
Serious infections78 (11.2)98 (2.6)
Opportunistic infection (excluding oral candidiasis and TB)1 (0.1)1 (< 0.1)
TB6 (0.9)6 (0.2)
Lymphoma6 (0.9)6 (0.2)
NMSC28 (4.0)45 (1.2)
Malignancy other than lymphoma, leukemia, NMSC, or melanoma29 (4.2)30 (0.8)
Demyelinating disorder2 (0.3)2 (< 0.1)
Deaths (including non-treatment emergent events)22 (3.2)b22 (0.6)
Injection site reaction81 (11.6)186 (5.0)
  • * Events with unknown relationship to study drug are counted as drug related. Any TEAE is defined as any AE with an onset date on or after the day of the first ADA dose through 70 days after the last ADA dose in year 10.

  • b Standard mortality ratio (95% CI) = 0.75 (0.51, 1.07). E: events; AE: adverse event; TB: tuberculosis; NMSC: nonmelanoma skin cancer; ADA: adalimumab.