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Vorinostat + Paclitaxel + Carboplatin vs Placebo + Paclitaxel + Carboplatin: 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 10.5080.4210.594wilson
Risk in group 20.3630.2840.45wilson
Risk difference, group 1 minus group 20.1450.02180.262newcombe hybrid score
Risk ratio, group 1 over group 21.41.051.87log
Odds ratio, group 1 over group 21.811.093.01log
Number needed to harm, for one more participant with a serious adverse event on Vorinostat + Paclitaxel + Carboplatin than on Placebo + Paclitaxel + Carboplatin6.893.8145.9from the risk difference interval

Groups2

Neither group, or both, names a comparator, so the groups keep ClinicalTrials.gov's order.

GroupTitleDescriptionWith the outcomeAnalysedClinicalTrials.gov code
Group 1Vorinostat + Paclitaxel + Carboplatin
Experimental arm: Vorinostat capsules (400 mg) once daily on Days -4 through 10 of Cycle 1 (25 day treatment cycle) and Days 1 through 14 of each subsequent 21 day treatment cycle; paclitaxel (200 mg/m2) and carboplatin (area under concentration/time curve of 6 mg/min/mL) administered by intravenous (IV) infusion on Day 1 of each treatment cycle.
63124EG000
Group 2Placebo + Paclitaxel + Carboplatin
Placebo Comparator arm: Placebo capsules once daily on Days -4 through 10 of Cycle 1 (25 day treatment cycle) and Days 1 through 14 of each subsequent 21 day treatment cycle; paclitaxel (200 mg/m2) and carboplatin (area under concentration/time curve of 6 mg/min/mL) administered by intravenous (IV) infusion on Day 1 of each treatment cycle.
45124EG001

Harm

What it counts
Total, serious adverse events
Time frame
Adverse Events were collected from the time the patient signed the informed consent form until 30 days after the last dose of study medications. Serious Adverse Events were followed until resolution.

Source ClinicalTrials.gov

Trial

Title
A Clinical Trial of Vorinostat (MK0683, SAHA) in Combination With FDA Approved Cancer Drugs in Patients With Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC)(0683-056)
NCT number
NCT00473889
Phases
PHASE2, PHASE3
Conditions
Stage IIIB or IV Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
Interventions
vorinostat, Comparator: paclitaxel, Comparator: carboplatin, Comparator: placebo
Lead sponsor
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
Results first posted
2009-10-12

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
Each source's terms
  • 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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