ISSN:
1432-1041
Schlagwort(e):
Adverse events
;
Phase I studies
;
healthy volunteers
Quelle:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Thema:
Chemie und Pharmazie
,
Medizin
Notizen:
Summary All the clinical, laboratory and electrocardiographic adverse events detected during 24 Phase I studies in the same unit over a 5 y period are reported here. 430 healthy male volunteers were involved, corresponding to 5488 days of follow-up. The overall incidence of adverse events was 13.5%, with a significant difference between active drug (15.3%) and placebo (7.4%) treatments. There were 69 distinct types of adverse events. Headache was the most frequent symptom (2%). There were severe adverse events in 20 cases (0.36%), with an incidence of 20/430 per subject (4.6%). There were no deaths or life-threatening events. Although the main objective of Phase I studies is to determine the maximum dose tolerated, cause-effect relationships with adverse events are hard to establish, because of the frequency of adverse events with placebo, and because of the limited number of subjects included such studies.
Materialart:
Digitale Medien
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00280124
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