Table 1 Clinical characteristics of reports with sonidegib and vismodegib from the FAERS database (Q1 2012 to Q3 2024).

From: Disproportionality analysis comparing safety profiles of sonidegib and vismodegib based on the FAERS database

characteristics

sonidegib

vismodegib

total

1020(100%)

7650(100%)

age_yr

73.00(63.00,83.00)

72.00(61.00,83.00)

age_yrQ

  

<18

5(0.49%)

24(0.31%)

18 ~ 65

148(14.51%)

1090(14.25%)

>=65

385(37.75%)

2284(29.86%)

unknow

482(47.25%)

4252(55.58%)

Indications

  

basal cell carcinoma

606(58.83%)

4895(63.87%)

small cell lung cancer

 

34(0.44%)

squamous cell carcinoma of skin

 

31(0.40%)

others

141(13.69%)

548(7.15%)

basal cell naevus syndrome

 

89(1.16%)

product used for unknown indication

240(23.30%)

1403(18.31%)

congenital anomaly

 

42(0.55%)

unknown

43(4.17%)

43(0.56%)

malignant melanoma

 

30(0.39%)

medulloblastoma

 

45(0.59%)

neoplasm malignant

 

101(1.32%)

skin cancer

 

403(5.26%)

Reporter (Top 5)

  

Consumer

440(43.14%)

3941(51.52%)

Pharmacist

220(21.57%)

731(9.56%)

Physician

207(20.29%)

2261(29.56%)

unknown

91(8.92%)

144(1.88%)

Other health-professional

62(6.08%)

570(7.45%)

Outcomes (Top 5)

  

other serious

316(51.89%)

1444(42.81%)

hospitalization

188(30.87%)

929(27.54%)

death

78(12.81%)

843(24.99%)

disability

17(2.79%)

70(2.08%)

life threatening

9(1.48%)

85(2.52%)

Reported countries (Top 5)

  

United States

714(70.00%)

6882(89.96%)

other

136(13.33%)

354(4.63%)

Germany

92(9.02%)

77(1.01%)

France

 

159(2.08%)

Italy

78(7.65%)

56(0.73%)

Canada

 

71(0.93%)

route

  

oral

610(59.80%)

5584(72.99%)

other

410(40.20%)

2066(27.01%)

sex

  

female

343(33.63%)

2821(36.88%)

male

557(54.61%)

4316(56.42%)

unknown

120(11.76%)

513(6.71%)

weight

70.31(60.00,85.00)

73.48(62.10,86.26)

Year

  

2012

 

69(0.90%)

2013

 

187(2.44%)

2014

 

245(3.20%)

2015

8(0.78%)

402(5.25%)

2016

22(2.16%)

591(7.73%)

2017

25(2.45%)

1401(18.31%)

2018

69(6.76%)

794(10.38%)

2019

77(7.55%)

745(9.74%)

2020

69(6.76%)

692(9.05%)

2021

71(6.96%)

635(8.30%)

2022

109(10.69%)

694(9.07%)

2023

121(11.86%)

667(8.72%)

2024

449(44.02%)

528(6.90%)