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. 2018 Sep 7;4(2):e000692. doi: 10.1136/rmdopen-2018-000692

Table 2.

Safety overview of ixekizumab after 24 weeks of treatment when subdivided according to background cDMARD or MTX use at baseline

Any background cDMARD Background MTX only No background cDMARDs
PBO n=52 IXEQ4W n=60 IXEQ2W n=73 PBO n=40 IXEQ4W n=48 IXEQ2W n=61 PBO n=66 IXEQ4W n=62 IXEQ2W n=50
TEAE (≥1), n (%) 33 (63.5) 43 (71.7) 51 (69.9) 25 (62.5) 35 (72.9) 40 (65.6) 43 (65.2) 40 (64.5) 39 (78.0)
TEAE (≥1), by severity, n (%)
 Mild 18 (34.6) 27 (45.0) 27 (37.0) 13 (32.5) 21 (43.8) 23 (37.7) 14 (21.2) 21 (33.9) 16 (32.0)
 Moderate 15 (28.8) 15 (25.0) 20 (27.4) 12 (30.0) 13 (27.1) 14 (23.0) 27 (40.9) 16 (25.8) 18 (36.0)
 Severe 0 1 (1.7) 4 (5.5) 0 1 (2.1) 3 (4.9) 2 (3.0) 3 (4.8) 5 (10.0)
Serious AE, n (%) 2 (3.8) 1 (1.7) 4 (5.5) 2 (5.0) 1 (2.1) 3 (4.9) 2 (3.0) 2 (3.2) 4 (8.0)
Serious infections, n (%)* 0 0 2 (2.7) 0 0 2 (3.3) 0 0 1 (2.0)
Discontinuations due to AE, n (%) 4 (7.7) 3 (5.0) 3 (4.1) 4 (10.0) 1 (2.1) 3 (4.9) 2 (3.0) 2 (3.2) 5 (10.0)

*None of the reported serious infections were related to Candida or Tuberculosis.

AE, adverse event; cDMARD, conventional disease-modifying antirheumatic drug; IXEQ2W, ixekizumab every 2 weeks;IXEQ4W, ixekizumab every 4 weeks; MTX, methotrexate; n, number of patients; PBO, placebo; TEAE, treatment-emergent adverse event.