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Published in final edited form as: Ophthalmology. 2023 Oct 16;131(4):458–467. doi: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2023.10.018

Table 4:

A comparison of the incidence of AEs in the RCTs with AEs in this study.

Our Data Clinical Trial Data: Teprotumumab-Relateda,b
Adverse Event Affected Patients Percent Affected Patients Percent
Any AE 107 82% 47 56%
Muscle Spasm 76 58% 16 19%
Fatigue 36 27% 3 4%
Diarrhea 36 27% 7 8%
Alopecia 35 27% 8 10%
Nausea 18 14% 8 10%
None 24 18% 37 44%
Hearing Change 40 31% 4 5%
Headache 15 11% 5 6%
Menstrual 14 11% 4 10%c
Dysgeusia 11 8% 4 5%
Hyperglycemia 14 11% 7 8%
Skin Rash 10 8% 3 4%
Dry Skin 11 8% 4 5%
Onychoclasis 10 8% 4 5%
AEs resulting in discontinuation of treatmentd 16 12.2% 3 4%
a

Probably or possibly related to teprotumumab as assessed by investigator.

b

Source: Kahaly et. Al. Teprotumumab for patients with active thyroid eye disease: a pooled data analysis, subgroup analyses, and off-treatment follow-up results from two randomised, double-masked, placebo-controlled, multicentre trials. Lancet Diabetes Endocrinol. 2021.

c

Only reported in Phase II clinical trial, 4/42 patients with reproductive AEs

d

Hearing impairment, IBD, hyperglycemia, and severe muscle cramps and nausea led to discontinuation in our study cohort. IBD, infusion reaction, and Hashimoto’s encephalopathy led to discontinuation in the clinical trials.