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Table 1 Characteristics of reports from the FAERS database (January 2012 to December 2022)

From: A disproportionality analysis of adverse events associated to pertuzumab in the FDA Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS)

 

Pertuzumab,  N (%)

Gender

 

 Female

12,903 (87.7)

 Male

246 (1.7)

 Unknown

1558

Age

 

 Median (Q1,Q3)

56.4 (48,65)

Country of the report

 

 United States

4696 (31.9)

 Canada

1574 (10.7)

 Germany

1360 (9.2)

 China

870 (5.9)

 Great Britain

839 (5.7)

Reporter

 

 Physician

7408 (50.4)

 Consumer

2583 (17.6)

 Other health-professional

1703 (11.6)

 Pharmacist

1293 (8.8)

Indications

 

 Breast cancer

5682 (38.6)

 HER-2 positive breast cancer

3238 (22.0)

 Breast cancer metastatic

2159 (14.9)

 Invasive ductal breast carcinoma

226 (1.5)

 Premedication

216 (1.5)

Outcome

 

 Other Serious (Improtant Medical Event)

2247 (15.3)

 Hospitalization-Initial or Prolonged

1787 (12.2)

 Death

630 (4.3)

 Life-Threatening

250 (1.7)

 Disability

70 (0.5)

Reporting year (5 years)

 

 2022

2673

 2021

2615

 2020

2107

 2019

1650

 2018

1537

  1.  N The number of reports, Q Quarter, HER-2 Human epidermal growth factor receptor