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. 2019 Nov 12;10:141–146. doi: 10.2147/PHMT.S220817

Table 1.

Adverse Events In POMS Gilenya® (Novartis International AG, Basel, Switzerland) (Fingolimod) Experience

Study Study Design And Number Of Fingolimod-Treated Patients All AE Incidence Serious AE Incidence
PARADIGMS18 Phase 3 RCT, 107 patients 88.8% Seizures (1.9%)
Elevated ALT and ALT levels (3.7%)
Leukopenia (1.9%)
Agranulocytosis, arthralgia, autoimmune uveitis, bladder spasm, dyspepsia, dysuria, elevated ALT level, elevated GGT level, gastrointestinal necrosis (intussusception or necrotic bowel), head injury, humerus fracture, hypersensitivity vasculitis, migraine, migraine without aura, multiple sclerosis plaque, muscular weakness, rectal tenesmus, 2° atrioventricular block, and small-intestinal obstruction (0.9%)
Huppke et al19 Observational, 27 patients 25.9% None
Fragoso et al20 Observational, 17 patients 17.6% None
Hamdy et al21 Observational, 8 patients 50% None

Abbreviations: POMS, pediatric-onset multiple sclerosis; AE, adverse events; RCT, randomized controlled trial; ALT, alanine aminotransferase; GGT, gamma-glutamyltransferase.