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Table 1 General characteristics per drug associated with hyperammonaemia

From: Drug-associated hyperammonaemia: a Bayesian analysis of the WHO Pharmacovigilance Database

Drug

Cases

IC025

Age distribution

Median time to onset (days)

Female (%)

Death (%)

Valproic acid

1722

7.0

41.1 (0–93)

9

46.4

3.2

Fluorouracil

301

4.4

64.3 (7–86)

2

33.3

4.3

Topiramate

154

4.7

32.2 (2–90)

16

51.1

0.0

Oxaliplatin

133

3.0

62.6 (7–85)

2

34.6

6.0

Asparaginase

87

5.2

20.7 (2–70)

8

35.8

6.9

Tacrolimus

60

2.2

52.1 (10–72)

122

53.8

56.7

Bevacizumab

58

2.0

62.3 (9–81)

10

27.3

5.2

Irinotecan

56

2.8

60.0 (8–79)

13

35.2

3.6

Levetiracetam

56

2.6

40.7 (2–83)

13

57.7

8.9

Paracetamol

52

0.7

32.5 (2–85)

12

62.7

17.3

Methotrexate

50

0.7

26.4 (2–80)

21

45.8

42.0

Mycophenolic acid

50

2.2

52.0 (15–72)

367

55.8

44.0

Phenobarbital

48

4.0

39.7 (4–78)

14

51.2

4.2

Olanzapine

45

1.7

46.5 (1–88)

17

46.2

0.0

Carbamazepine

43

1.6

37.8 (3–71)

73

48.8

0.0

Risperidone

39

0.7

33.6 (11–81)

17

42.9

2.6

Vincristine

39

2.1

20.1 (2–69)

15

52.8

38.5

Dexamethasone

38

1.2

33.8 (2–81)

2

54.3

44.7

Phenytoin

38

1.6

44.4 (4–81)

13

38.9

5.3

Cytarabine

36

2.2

24.8 (2–70)

24

58.8

61.1

Basiliximab

35

4.7

52.8 (6–72)

NA

56.7

60.0

Folinic acid

35

2.7

55.4 (7–84)

2

35.5

2.9

Deferasirox

34

2.6

14.1 (2–65)

9

61.8

5.9

Pegaspargase

33

4.0

18.9 (2–57)

14

48.3

45.5

Capecitabine

30

1.1

64.3 (24–85)

70

59.3

6.7

Cyclophosphamide

30

0.3

24.6 (2–69)

28

53.6

43.3

Quetiapine

28

0.6

42.7 (13–77)

36

40.7

0.0

Prednisone

27

0.8

40.1 (15–66)

13

52.0

37.0

Ribavirin

27

0.3

48.5 (5–76)

43

29.6

3.7

Valpromide

27

4.6

45.1 (20–68)

7

51.9

0.0

Methylprednisolone

26

1.3

49.1 (16–63)

1

68.4

42.3

Lamotrigine

24

0.7

44.3 (5–79)

49

66.7

12.5

Etoposide

23

1.1

29.2 (2–69)

5

63.6

52.2

Oxcarbazepine

20

2.2

30.9 (4–75)

5

42.1

0.0

Gemcitabine

19

0.3

49.7 (31–76)

8

23.5

0.0

Lacosamide

19

2.4

22.9 (4–65)

3

50.0

15.8

Sorafenib

18

1.2

55.0 (22–70)

20

29.4

11.1

Ciclosporin

16

0.1

27.1 (6–67)

NA

40.0

56.3

Clobazam

15

2.4

32.3 (8–82)

25

42.9

6.7

Clonazepam

15

0.7

37.8 (5–82)

19

64.3

6.7

Lithium

15

0.9

47.5 (11–71)

15

35.7

6.7

Lorazepam

15

0.8

46.9 (17–79)

8

46.2

6.7

Mitoxantrone

15

2.7

29.0 (2–69)

13

53.3

40.0

Citalopram

14

0.4

46.6 (18–83)

4

61.5

0.0

Daunorubicin

14

2.2

13.6 (3–22)

21

69.2

42.9

Haloperidol

14

0.5

37.4 (11–76)

16

58.3

0.0

Sofosbuvir

13

1.0

57.0 (42–76)

46

23.1

7.7

Sunitinib

13

0.3

63.1 (51–78)

14

58.3

15.4

Zonisamide

12

2.5

21.3 (5–58)

220

50.0

8.3

Propofol

11

0.4

47.8 (7–93)

1

20.0

9.1

Regorafenib

11

1.3

59.8 (39–73)

7

0.0

18.2

Hydrocortisone

10

1.0

24.4 (13–66)

9

55.6

70.0

Lenvatinib

10

1.8

67.1 (54–85)

18

20.0

0.0

Tolvaptan

10

1.6

77.8 (60–89)

8

20.0

30.0

Amphotericin b

9

0.4

30.3 (2–82)

15

87.5

22.2

Melphalan

9

1.1

22.4 (2–62)

NA

11.1

22.2

Eltrombopag

8

0.6

32.7 (2–84)

61

62.5

25.0

Ondansetron

8

0.1

19.1 (2–56)

4

12.5

12.5

Stiripentol

8

2.7

8.8 (3–19)

234

75.0

0.0

Crisantaspase

7

2.5

24.8 (3–77)

2

28.6

0.0

Ramucirumab

7

1.2

63.9 (27–80)

35

50.0

0.0

Acetazolamide

6

1.0

65.8 (48–73)

141

33.3

0.0

Antithymocyte immunoglobulin

6

0.4

24.4 (21–45)

NA

55.6

33.3

Cannabidiol

6

1.2

7.3 (5–10)

32

0.0

0.0

Oxazepam

6

0.6

54.8 (41–83)

12

33.3

0.0

Dactinomycin

4

0.7

9.0 (2–23)

38

50.0

25.0

Rovalpituzumab tesirine

4

1.4

49.7 (32–32)

NA

23.5

0.0

Trihexyphenidyl

4

0.3

64.3 (48–80)

40

50.0

0.0

Ethosuximide

3

0.3

10.0 (9–11)

0

0.0

0.0

Gemtuzumab

3

0.1

14.5 (13–16)

23

100.0

33.3

Glycine

3

0.7

54.0 (32–88)

0

66.7

0.0

  1. Cases represents the number of reported cases of each drug, IC025 the information component. Age is given in years (means, maximal range) at onset of hyperammonaemia. The time to onset column represents the median time to onset between the introduction of the drug and the occurrence of hyperammonaemia. The female column indicates the proportion of females in cases of hyperammonaemia for each drug studied. Death represents the percentage of death according to each drug. Numbers available to compute those data can be found in Additional file 2: Table S2
  2. NA, not available; IC, information component