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Table 4 Serious adverse events during the phase III study and 5-year follow-up observational study

From: Long-term observational study in Japanese hemodialysis patients who completed a 3-year clinical study of lanthanum carbonate

 

Patients who continue LC

Patients who did not continue LC

 

Patients with events 2/30 (6.7 %)

Patients with events 5/18 (27.8 %)

Patients with events 3/12 (25.0 %)

 

Number of patients

Number of events

Number of patients

Number of events

Number of patients

Number of events

Infections and infestations

 Gangrene

  

1

1

  

 Pneumonia

    

1a

1

 Pyelonephritis acute

1

1

    

Neoplasms benign, malignant, and unspecified (including cysts and polyps)

 Colon cancer

    

1

1

Nervous system disorder

 Cerebral haemorrhage

    

1

1

Cardiac disorders

 Myocardial ischaemia

  

1

1

  

 Tachycardia

  

1

1

  

 Cardiac valve disease

  

1

1

  

 Cardiac failure

  

1

1

  

 Cardiac failure acute

    

1a

1

Vascular disorders

 Peripheral arterial occlusive disease

  

2

2

1

1

Gastrointestinal disorders

 Constipation

1

1

    

 Upper gastrointestinal haemorrhage

  

1

1

  

Surgical and medical procedures

 Foot amputation

  

1

1

  

General disorders and administration site conditions

 Death

  

1a

1

  
  1. aOutcome was death