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. 2023 Apr 27;270(8):3862–3875. doi: 10.1007/s00415-023-11699-x

Table 4.

Safety outcomes

AEs Patients treated with ravulizumab during the RCP or OLEa Patients treated with placebo during the RCP
n = 169, PY = 141.6 n = 89, PY = 43.0
Patients, n (%) Events, n (rate per 100 PY) Patients, n (%) Events, n (rate per 100 PY)
Any AE 150 (88.8) 881 (622.0) 77 (86.5) 341 (793.1)
 Related to trial agentb 58 (34.3) 146 (103.1) 30 (33.7) 61 (141.9)
Any AE, by severityc
 Grade 1 127 (75.1) 577e 66 (74.2) 250e
 Grade 2 82 (48.5) 210e 30 (33.7) 70e
 Grade 3 39 (23.1) 81e 14 (15.7) 20e
 Grade 4 9 (5.3) 9e 1 (1.1) 1e
 Grade 5 4 (2.4) 4e 0 0
Any SAE 41 (24.3) 75 (53.0) 14 (15.7) 16 (37.2)
 Related to trial agentb 5 (3.0) 6e 4 (4.5) 4e
 Deathd 4 (2.4) 4e 0 0
AE reported in > 5% of patients in either group
 Headache 28 (16.6) 43 (30.4) 23 (25.8) 27 (62.8)
 Diarrhea 23 (13.6) 26 (18.4) 11 (12.4) 15 (34.9)
 Nausea 16 (9.5) 25 (17.7) 9 (10.1) 10 (23.3)
 Fatigue 16 (9.5) 19 (13.4) 6 (6.7) 6 (14.0)
 Back pain 16 (9.5) 16 (11.3) 5 (5.6) 5 (11.6)
 Arthralgia 15 (8.9) 23 (16.2) 7 (7.9) 8 (18.6)
 Nasopharyngitis 15 (8.9) 17 (12.0) 5 (5.6) 7 (16.3)
 Urinary tract infection 15 (8.9) 17 (12.0) 4 (4.5) 5 (11.6)
 Dizziness 14 (8.3) 19 (13.4) 3 (3.4) 3 (7.0)
 COVID-19 9 (5.3) 13 (9.2) 3 (3.4) 4 (9.3)
 Abdominal pain 9 (5.3) 11 (7.8) 0 0
 Upper respiratory tract infection 9 (5.3) 10 (7.1) 2 (2.2) 2 (4.7)
 Pyrexia 6 (3.6) 6 (4.2) 5 (5.6) 6 (14.0)
 Infusion-related reaction 1 (0.6) 2 (1.4) 5 (5.6) 5 (11.6)

AE, adverse event; COVID-19, coronavirus disease 2019; OLE, open-label extension; PY, patient-years; RCP, randomized controlled period; SAE, serious adverse event

aSafety set: includes data available for all patients who received ≥ 1 dose of ravulizumab in the RCP or the OLE, up to Week 60 at data cut-off (9 November 2021)

bAs determined by the investigator

cGraded according to National Cancer Institute Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events version 4.03

dTwo deaths occurred during the RCP and two during the OLE (see text for details)

eRate not calculated