Research Article

A Real-World Safety Analysis of Upadacitinib Based on FDA Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS)

Table 1

Clinical characteristics of reports with upadacitinib from the FAERS database.

Number of events23683

Gender
 Female17202 (72.63%)
 Male5260 (22.21%)
 Unknown1221 (5.16%)
Age (years)
 <20112 (0.47%)
 20≤ and <40733 (3.10%)
 ≥409478 (40.02)
 Unknown13360 (56.41%)
Indications (top four)
 Rheumatoid arthritis21085 (63.45%)
 COVID-19 immunisation7172 (21.58%)
 Psoriatic arthropathy1154 (3.47%)
 Dermatitis atopic1012 (3.05%)
Serious outcome
 Other serious medical events8707 (36.76%)
 Hospitalization4872 (20.57%)
 Death773 (3.26%)
 Disability226 (0.95%)
 Life-threatening140 (0.59%)
 Required intervention to prevent permanent impairment/damage13 (0.05%)
 Congenital anomaly4 (0.02%)
Reported countries (top five)
 US (America)17626 (74.42%)
 CA (Canada)1681 (7.10%)
 BR (Brazil)650 (2.74%)
 DE (Germany)626 (2.64%)
 JP (Japan)412 (1.74%)
 FR (France)144 (0.61%)
Reported person
 Consumer18097 (76.41%)
 Physician2398 (10.13%)
 Pharmacist2039 (8.61%)
 Other health-professional11 (0.05%)
 Lawyer1 (<0.01%)
Reporting year
 202215864 (66.98%)
 20215351 (22.59%)
 20202302 (9.72%)
 2019164 (0.69%)