Table 3

Clinical adverse experience summary


Sitagliptin 100 mg
n (%)
(N = 3415)
Non-Exposed
n (%)
(N = 2724)
Difference in Sitagliptin
and Non-Exposed
% (95% CI)*

With one or more adverse experiences
2150 (63.0)
1711 (62.8)
0.1 (-2.3, 2.6)

With drug-related adverse experiences
440 (12.9)
483 (17.7)
-4.8 (-6.7, -3.0)

With serious adverse experiences
230 (6.7)
184 (6.8)
-0.0 (-1.3, 1.2)

With serious drug-related adverse experiences
8 (0.2)
8 (0.3)
-0.1 (-0.4, 0.2)

Who died
11 (0.3)
16 (0.6)
-0.3 (-0.7, 0.1)

Discontinued due to adverse experiences
106 (3.1)
101 (3.7)
-0.6 (-1.5, 0.3)

Discontinued due to drug-related adverse experiences
30 (0.9)
40 (1.5)
-0.6 (-1.2, -0.1)

Discontinued due to serious adverse experiences
51 (1.5)
47 (1.7)
-0.2 (-0.9, 0.4)

Discontinued due to serious drug-related adverse experiences
4 (0.1)
4 (0.1)
-0.0 (-0.3, 0.2)

CI = confidence interval

*Positive differences indicate that the incidence rate for the sitagliptin group is higher than the incidence rate for the non-exposed group. "0.0" and "-0.0" represent rounding for values that are slightly greater and slightly less than zero, respectively.

Determined by the investigator to be possibly, probably, or definitely drug-related.

Williams-Herman et al. BMC Endocrine Disorders 2008 8:14   doi:10.1186/1472-6823-8-14