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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Apr 22.
Published in final edited form as: N Engl J Med. 2020 Oct 22;383(17):1624–1634. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2012047

Table 3.

Adverse Events (Safety Population).

Adverse Event AK002 (N = 43) Placebo (N = 22)
no. of patients (%)
Any serious event 4 (9)* 3 (14)
Any event during treatment that occurred in ≥5% of patients in either group 39 (91) 18 (82)
 Infusion-related reaction 26 (60) 5 (23)
 Headache 4 (9) 2 (9)
 Upper respiratory tract infection 4 (9) 2 (9)
 Urinary tract infection 4 (9) 1 (5)
 Nausea 3 (7) 3 (14)
 Fatigue 3 (7) 2 (9)
 Diarrhea 2 (5) 2 (9)
 Nasopharyngitis 2 (5) 2 (9)
 Abdominal pain 1 (2) 2 (9)
 Dehydration 1 (2) 2 (9)
 Viral gastroenteritis 1 (2) 2 (9)
 Pyrexia 1 (2) 2 (9)
 Sinusitis 1 (2) 2 (9)
 Cough 0 2 (9)
 Influenza 0 2 (9)
 Increase in white-cell count 0 2 (9)
*

The serious adverse events that occurred in the combined AK002 group were moderate hypoxia and moderate chest pain (classified as a serious adverse event because the patient was hospitalized) in 1 patient, abdominal pain in 1 patient, dehydration in 1 patient, and anemia and a grade 4 infusion-related reaction in 1 patient. The only serious adverse event that was deemed to be related to AK002 was the infusion-related reaction.

The serious adverse events that occurred in the placebo group were mild dehydration in 1 patient (classified as a serious adverse event because the patient was hospitalized), severe anemia in 1 patient, and a change in mental status in 1 patient.

Infusion-related reactions included flushing, a feeling of warmth, headache, nausea, or dizziness. Infusion-related reactions predominantly occurred on the first or second infusions, in which patients in both AK002 groups received identical doses, and the number of infusion-related reactions was numerically higher in the low-dose group (Table S10).