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. 2024 Jul 10;16:159. doi: 10.1186/s13195-024-01507-7

Table 2.

Adverse events and ARIA in Clarity Core and Core + OLE

Core Core + OLE
Placebo (N = 897) n/N (%) Lecanemab (N = 898) n/N (%) Lecanemab (N = 1612) n/N (%)
Any adverse event 735 (81.9) 798 (88.9) 1389 (86.2)
   Deaths 7 (0.8) 6 (0.7) 16 (1.0)*
   Serious adverse event (SAE) 101 (11.3) 126 (14.0) 241 (15.0)
      SAE with ARIA-E 0 7 (0.8) 18 (1.1)
      SAE with ARIA-H 0 2 (0.2) 10 (0.6)
      SAE with infusion-related reactions 0 11 (1.2) 20 (1.2)
   Treatment-related adverse event 197 (22.0) 401 (44.7) 721 (44.7)
   Adverse event leading to drug withdrawal 26 (2.9) 62 (6.9) 124 (7.7)
ARIA-E 15/897 (1.7) 113/898 (12.6) 219/1612 (13.6)
   ARIA-E by ApoE4 genotype
      ApoE4 noncarrier 1/286 (0.3) 15/278 (5.4) 32/496 (6.5)
      ApoE4 carrier 14/611 (2.3) 98/620 (15.8) 187/1116 (16.8)
         ApoE4 heterozygote 9/478 (1.9) 52/479 (10.9) 101/867 (11.6)
         ApoE4 homozygote 5/133 (3.8) 46/141 (32.6) 86/249 (34.5)
   Symptomatic ARIA-E 0 25/898 (2.8) 54/1612 (3.3)
      ApoE4 noncarrier 0 4/278 (1.4) 8/496 (1.6)
      ApoE4 carrier 0 21/620 (3.4) 46/1116 (4.1)
         ApoE4 heterozygote 0 8/479 (1.7) 18/867 (2.1)
         ApoE4 homozygote 0 13/141 (9.2) 28/249 (11.2)
Recurrent ARIA-E 1 (0.1) 28 (3.1) 46/1612 (2.9)
   ApoE4 noncarrier 0/286 (0) 1/278 (0.4) 4/496 (0.8)
   ApoE4 carrier 1/611 (0.2) 27/620 (4.4) 42/1116 (3.8)
      ApoE4 heterozygote 0/478 (0) 7/479 (1.5) 18/867 (2.1)
      ApoE4 homozygote 1/133 (0.8) 20/141 (14.2) 24/249 (9.6)
ARIA-H 80 (8.9) 152 (16.9) 298/1612 (18.5)
   Microhemorrhage 68 (7.6) 126 (14.0) 258/1612 (16.0)
   Superficial siderosis 21 (2.3) 50 (5.6) 96/1612 (6.0)
Intracerebral hemorrhage 1 (0.1) 5 (0.6) 8/1612 (0.5)
   Symptomatic ARIA-H 2 (0.2) 11 (1.2) 27/1612 (1.7)
   ARIA-H by ApoE4 genotype
      ApoE4 noncarrier, n/N (%) 11/286 (3.8) 32/278 (11.5) 59/496 (11.9)
      ApoE4 carrier, n/N (%) 69/611 (11.3) 120/620 (19.4) 239/1116 (21.4)
         ApoE4 heterozygote, n/N (%) 41/478 (8.6) 66/479 (13.8) 140/867 (16.1)
         ApoE4 homozygote, n/N (%) 28/133 (21.1) 54/141 (38.3) 99/249 (39.8)
   Isolated ARIA-H 69 (7.7) 78 (8.7) 146 (9.1)
      Microhemorrhage 63 (7.0) 60 (6.7) 119 (7.4)
      Superficial siderosis 13 (1.4) 23 (2.6) 39 (2.4)
   Isolated intracerebral hemorrhage 1 (0.1) 4 (0.4) 5 (0.3)
      Symptomatic isolated ARIA-H 2 (0.2) 4 (0.4) 6 (0.4)
   Isolated ARIA-H by ApoE4 genotype
      ApoE4 noncarrier, n/N (%) 10/286 (3.5) 22/278 (7.9) 38/496 (7.7)
      ApoE4 carrier, n/N (%) 59/611 (9.7) 56/620 (9.0) 108/1116 (9.7)
         ApoE4 heterozygote, n/N (%) 35/478 (7.3) 39/479 (8.1) 76/867 (8.8)
         ApoE4 homozygote, n/N (%) 24/133 (18.0) 17/141 (12.1) 32/249 (12.9)

*The 16 deaths included 6 from Core, 9 from OLE, and one death that occurred > 30 days after last dose