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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Aug 26.
Published in final edited form as: Lancet. 2017 Jul 14;390(10097):849–860. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(17)31868-8

Table 4.

Treatment-emergent ocular adverse events in the intervention group in 1 year (mITT)

Participants (n=20) Number of events Severity Outcome
Elevated intraocular pressure 4 (20%) 5 Mild Recovered or resolved
Cataract 3 (15%) 4 Mild Ongoing in two participants; recovered or resolved in one participant (following extraction)
Retinal tear 2 (10%) 2 Mild to moderate Recovered or resolved (following laserpexy)
Eye inflammation 2 (10%) 6 Mild Recovered or resolved
Conjunctival cyst 1 (5%) 1 Mild Recovered or resolved
Conjunctivitis viral 1 (5%) 1 Mild Recovered or resolved
Eye irritation 1 (5%) 1 Moderate Recovered or resolved
Eye pain 1 (5%) 1 Mild Recovered or resolved
Eye pruritus 1 (5%) 1 Moderate Ongoing
Eye swelling 1 (5%) 1 Mild Recovered or resolved
Foreign body sensation in eyes 1 (5%) 1 Mild Recovered or resolved
Iritis 1 (5%) 1 Mild Recovered or resolved
Macular hole/degeneration 1 (5%) 2* Mild to moderate Recovered or resolved with sequelae; recovered or resolved
Maculopathy/epiretinal membrane 1 (5%) 2 Mild Ongoing
Pseudopapilledema 1 (5%) 1 Mild Recovered or resolved
Retinal hemorrhage 1 (5%) 1 Mild Recovered or resolved

One participant in the control group experienced 1 event of photopsia, which was classified as mild and resolved without sequelae. mITT=modified intention to treat.

*

In the same eye of a single subject, a full-thickness macular hole spontaneously resolved (with sequelae) to thinning, which subsequently resolved (without sequelae). This was classified as two adverse events, but occurred in the same clinical course of events.

Disc elevation unrelated to increased intracranial pressure or optic nerve oedema.