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Comparison · NCT00415194-sae

Pemetrexed/Cisplatin vs Placebo/Cisplatin: serious adverse events

Calculated by ConductScience from the counts the trial posted to ClinicalTrials.gov.

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Measures6

Calculated by ConductScience from the counts the trial posted to ClinicalTrials.gov.

MeasureValue95% interval, lower95% interval, upperMethodNote
Risk in group 10.4720.4230.521wilson
Risk in group 20.3430.2970.392wilson
Risk difference, group 1 minus group 20.1290.060.196newcombe hybrid score
Risk ratio, group 1 over group 21.381.161.64log
Odds ratio, group 1 over group 21.711.282.29log
Number needed to harm, for one more participant with a serious adverse event on Pemetrexed/Cisplatin than on Placebo/Cisplatin7.755.0916.7from the risk difference interval

Groups2

Group 2 names the comparator: placebo.

GroupTitleDescriptionWith the outcomeAnalysedClinicalTrials.gov code
Group 1Pemetrexed/Cisplatin
Pemetrexed 500 milligrams per meter square (mg/m2) administered intravenously (IV) plus cisplatin 75 mg/m2 IV on Day 1 every 21 days. Pretreatment - Both Treatment Arms: Dexamethasone administered orally (po): 4 milligrams (mg) twice daily (BID) taken on the day before, the day of, and day after study treatment. Vitamin B12 administered intramuscularly (im): 1000 micrograms (μg) taken 1 to 2 weeks before treatment and every 9 weeks until 3 weeks after last treatment dose. Folic Acid administered orally (po): 350 μg to 1000 μg taken 1 to 2 weeks before treatment and continue daily until 3 weeks after last treatment dose.
185392EG000
Group 2Placebo/Cisplatin
Placebo (approximately 100 mL normal saline) administered IV plus cisplatin 75 mg/m2 on Day 1 every 21 days. Pretreatment - Both Treatment Arms: Dexamethasone administered orally (po): 4 milligrams (mg) twice daily (BID) taken on the day before, the day of, and day after study treatment. Vitamin B12 administered intramuscularly (im): 1000 micrograms (μg) taken 1 to 2 weeks before treatment and every 9 weeks until 3 weeks after last treatment dose. Folic Acid administered orally (po): 350 μg to 1000 μg taken 1 to 2 weeks before treatment and continue daily until 3 weeks after last treatment dose.
132385EG001

Harm

What it counts
Total, serious adverse events
Time frame

Source ClinicalTrials.gov

Trial

Title
A Study for Patients With Head and Neck Cancer
NCT number
NCT00415194
Phases
PHASE3
Conditions
Head and Neck Neoplasms
Interventions
pemetrexed, cisplatin, placebo
Lead sponsor
Eli Lilly and Company
Results first posted
2011-04-06

Source ClinicalTrials.gov

Source

Release
trial-comparisons-2026-03-23-0.1.0
Release manifest SHA-256
f66225897fbf258b57ea10bdacfd0347d3cdfda93f7f5685234b7e06ea36fa57
AACT copy
2026-03-23
Tables read
outcome_counts.parquet, outcome_measurements.parquet, outcomes.parquet, reported_event_totals.parquet, reported_events.parquet, result_groups.parquet, studies.parquet, ctgov_trial.parquet

Source ClinicalTrials.gov

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  • ClinicalTrials.gov's posted results, through CTTI's AACTFreely available. Acknowledgement requested
  • ClinicalTrials.govNo license stated
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  • ClinicalTrials.gov's posted results, through CTTI's AACTClinicalTrials.gov data via Aggregate Analysis of ClinicalTrials.gov (AACT), CTTI. CTTI makes its materials freely available and requests acknowledgement. https://aact.ctti-clinicaltrials.org/documentation/299
  • ClinicalTrials.govnone stated

ClinicalTrials.gov's data carry an international copyright outside the United States: https://clinicaltrials.gov/about-site/terms-conditions. The measures are ConductScience's calculation from them.

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