Table 5.
Most frequent adverse events observed during the study
| Adverse event | No. (%) of subjects having adverse event by group |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Secukinumab (n = 25) | Control (n = 25) | Total (n = 50) | |
| Headache | 6 (24.0) | 2 (8.0) | 8 (16.0) |
| Injection site pain | 3 (12.0) | 4 (16.0) | 7 (14.0) |
| Oropharyngeal pain | 1 (4.0) | 2 (8.0) | 3 (6.0) |
| Urinary tract infection | 3 (12.0) | 0 (0.0) | 3 (6.0) |
| Nasopharyngitis | 2 (8.0) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (4.0) |
| Tonsillitis | 2 (8.0) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (4.0) |
| Toothache | 1 (4.0) | 1 (4.0) | 2 (4.0) |
| Diarrhea | 1 (4.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (2.0) |
| Fatigue | 1 (4.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (2.0) |
| Oral herpes | 1 (4.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (2.0) |
| Procedural pain | 1 (4.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (2.0) |
| Pyrexia | 0 (0.0) | 1 (4.0) | 1 (2.0) |
| Tracheitis | 1 (4.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (2.0) |
| Vomiting | 0 (0.0) | 1 (4.0) | 1 (2.0) |