Table 3.
Summary of the reports of extrapyramidal symptoms.
| Number of participants experiencing symptoms at week 4 and week 8* | Cumulative number of participants experiencing symptoms during the study† | ||||
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| Extrapyramidal symptom | Baseline (N = 96) | Week 4 (N = 63) | Week 8 (N = 55) | Weeks 1–4 after baseline | Weeks 1–8 after baseline |
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| Akathisia | 3 (3.1%) | 4 (6.4%) | 1 (1.8%) | 13 | 13 |
| Mild | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Moderate | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
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| Hypokinesia | 2 | 2 | |||
| Mild | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Moderate | 1 | 1 | |||
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| Rigidity | 2 (2.1%) | 11 (17.5%) | 11 (20%) | 31 | 34 |
| Mild | 2 | 8 | 10 | 24 | 26 |
| Moderate | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 8 |
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| Tremor | 3 (3.1%) | 2 (3.2%) | 5 (9.1%) | 15 | 18 |
| Mild | 2 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 16 |
| Moderate | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
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| Acute dystonia | |||||
| Mild | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Moderate | |||||
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| Dyskinesia | 1 | ||||
| Mild | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Moderate | 0 | ||||
*Extrapyramidal symptoms could be reported as mild, moderate, or severe; there were no reports of a severe reaction.
†Patients who experienced symptoms at least once during the study period.