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Table 5 Incidence and Rate per 1,000 Women-Years (95% CI) of VTEs (Adjudicated Data)

From: Safety of bazedoxifene in a randomized, double-blind, placebo- and active-controlled phase 3 study of postmenopausal women with osteoporosis

 

Bazedoxifene

Raloxifene

Placebo

 

20 mg

(n = 1886)

40 mg

(n = 1872)

60 mg

(n = 1849)

(n = 1885)

Any VTE

    

n

13

13

9

8

Year 1

8

4

2

3

Year 2

4

6

4

2

Year 3

1

3

3

3

Rate

2.8 (1.49, 4.79)

2.9 (1.54, 4.94)

2.0 (0.90, 3.74)

1.7 (0.74, 3.39)

Year 1

4.6 (2.00, 9.14)

2.4 (0.65, 6.09)

1.2 (0.14, 4.29)

1.7 (0.36, 5.05)

Year 2

2.7 (0.73, 6.83)

4.2 (1.53, 9.05)

2.7 (0.74, 6.93)

1.3 (0.16, 4.82)

Year 3

0.7 (0.02, 3.94)

2.2 (0.45, 6.38)

2.1 (0.44, 6.22)

2.1 (0.44, 6.20)

DVT

    

n

8

9

7

1

Rate

1.7 (0.74, 3.40)

2.0 (0.92, 3.80)

1.5 (0.62, 3.15)

0.2 (0.01, 1.20)

   PE

    

n

3

3

4

4

Rate

0.7 (0.13, 1.89)

0.7 (0.14, 1.95)

0.9 (0.24, 2.24)

0.9 (0.23, 2.20)

   RVT

    

n

2

1

0

3

Rate

0.4 (0.05, 1.56)

0.2 (0.01, 1.24)

0 (0.00, 0.66)

0.7 (0.13, 1.89)

Superficial thrombophlebitis

    

n

11

18

13

8

Rate

2.4 (1.19, 4.25)

4.0 (2.38, 6.34)

2.9 (1.52, 4.87)

1.7 (0.74, 3.40)

  1. CI, confidence interval; VTE, venous thromboembolic event; DVT, deep vein thrombosis; PE, pulmonary embolism; RVT, retinal vein thrombosis.