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Table 6 Safety information for patients continuously treated with miglustat before miglustat initiation and during NPC Registry follow-up (N = 241)

From: Treatment outcomes following continuous miglustat therapy in patients with Niemann-Pick disease Type C: a final report of the NPC Registry

Safety information/event

Time period

Patient, N

Patient with events, n (%e)

Seizures

Pretreatment: present

241

81 (33.6)

During follow-up: new or worsenedd

103

48 (46.6)

Thrombocytopeniaa

Pretreatment: present

241

49 (20.3)

During follow-up: present

211

109 (51.7)

Tremor

Pretreatment: present

241

86 (35.7)

During follow-up: new or worsenedd

241

37 (15.4)

Neuropathy

Pretreatment: present

240

18 (7.5)

During follow-up: new or worsenedd

241

19 (7.9)

Chronic diarrheab

Pretreatment: present

241

11 (4.6)

During follow-up: new or worsenedd

241

27 (11.2)

Otherc

Pretreatment: present

231

13 (5.6)

  1. a101 patients had mild thrombocytopenia (101–150 × 109/L) and 32 had moderate thrombocytopenia (51–100 × 109/L)
  2. bDiarrhea lasting > 3 months
  3. cAny other possibly related adverse event not considered as thrombocytopenia, neuropathy, seizure, tremor, or gastrointestinal-related event
  4. dEvent occurred at least once during follow-up
  5. ePercentages based on patients with available data; for some patients this information is unknown or missing