Table 4

Most frequent adverse events by preferred term (≥5% of total number of events)

CDPI (n=186*)TIS (n=193)Total (n=379)
Patients experiencing an AE175 (93.6)172 (89.1)347 (91.3)
Patients experiencing a treatment-related AE153 (81.8)90 (46.6)243 (63.9)
Withdrawals due to an AE22 (11.8)5 (2.6)27 (7.1)
Severity
 Mild159 (85.0)165 (85.5)324 (85.3)
 Moderate123 (65.8)97 (50.3)220 (57.9)
 Severity48 (25.7)13 (6.7)61 (16.1)
Total number of adverse events123211942426
Preferred term
 Cough193 (15.7)123 (10.3)316 (13.0)
 Abnormal taste132 (10.7)62 (5.2)194 (8.0)
 Dyspnoea81 (6.6)98 (8.2)179 (7.4)
 Lower respiratory tract infection79 (6.4)85 (7.1)164 (6.8)
 Throat irritation94 (7.6)63 (5.3)157 (6.5)
Productive cough62 (5.0)76 (6.4)138 (5.7)
  • Data presented as n (%), safety population.

  • *One patient was randomised but received no treatment.

  • AE, adverse event; CDPI, Colobreathe dry powder for inhalation; TIS, tobramycin inhaler solution.