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Table 2 Patients Experiencing TEAEs During Long-term Treatment With GXR

From: Safety and efficacy of guanfacine extended-release in adults with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: an open-label, long-term, phase 3 extension study

Variable

Former placebo patients

(N = 88)

Former GXR patients

(N = 62)

New patients

(N = 41)

All patients

(N = 191)

All TEAEs, n (%)

82 (93.2)

58 (93.5)

40 (97.6)

180 (94.2)

 Related

74 (84.1)

49 (79.0)

37 (90.2)

160 (83.8)

 Milda

46 (52.3)

39 (62.9)

20 (48.8)

105 (50.0)

 Moderatea

35 (39.8)

17 (27.4)

20 (48.8)

72 (37.7)

 Severea

1 (1.1)

2 (3.2)

0

3 (1.6)

Leading to study discontinuation, n (%)

22 (25.0)

6 (9.7)

10 (24.4)

38 (19.9)

Serious TEAEs, n (%)

0

1 (1.6)

1 (2.4)

2 (1.0)

Death, n (%)

0

0

0

0

TEAEs occurring in ≥10% of all patients, n (%)

 Somnolence

34 (38.6)

27 (43.5)

19 (46.3)

80 (41.9)

 Thirst

34 (38.6)

13 (21.0)

12 (29.3)

59 (30.9)

 Nasopharyngitis

19 (21.6)

20 (32.3)

14 (34.1)

53 (27.7)

 Blood pressure decrease

16 (18.2)

11 (17.7)

11 (26.8)

38 (19.9)

 Postural dizziness

18 (20.5)

8 (12.9)

10 (24.4)

36 (18.8)

 Bradycardia

16 (18.2)

10 (16.1)

7 (17.1)

33 (17.3)

 Malaise

17 (19.3)

6 (9.7)

7 (17.1)

30 (15.7)

 Constipation

8 (9.1)

7 (11.3)

6 (14.6)

21 (11.0)

 Dizziness

13 (14.8)

5 (8.1)

2 (4.9)

20 (10.5)

  1. GXR Guanfacine extended-release, TEAE Treatment-emergent adverse event
  2. a For patients experiencing the same coded event more than once, the severest category was reported