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. 2021 Aug 18;22(5):693–707. doi: 10.1007/s40257-021-00618-3

Table 2.

Overall safety summary and frequent treatment-emergent adverse events (all causalities) for the placebo-controlled cohort

Placebo
N = 342
n (%)
Abrocitinib 100 mg
N = 608
n (%)
Abrocitinib 200 mg
N = 590
n (%)
Patients evaluable for AEs 342 608 590
Number of AEs 360 816 921
Patients with AEs 188 (55.0) 371 (61.0) 403 (68.3)
Patients with SAEs 11 (3.2) 19 (3.1) 11 (1.9)
Patients with severe AEs 20 (5.8) 29 (4.8) 19 (3.2)
Deaths 0 1 (0.2) 2 (0.3)
Most frequent adverse events
 Nausea 7 (2.0) 37 (6.1) 86 (14.6)
 Nasopharyngitis 27 (7.9) 75 (12.3) 51 (8.6)
 Headache 12 (3.5) 36 (5.9) 46 (7.8)
 Upper respiratory tract infection 19 (5.6) 40 (6.6) 30 (5.1)
 Acne 0 10 (1.6) 28 (4.7)
 Dermatitis atopic 37 (10.8) 45 (7.4) 24 (4.1)
 Vomiting 3 (0.9) 9 (1.5) 19 (3.2)
 Blood creatine phosphokinase increased 5 (1.5) 14 (2.3) 17 (2.9)
 Dizziness 3 (0.9) 11 (1.8) 17 (2.9)
 Herpes simplex 3 (0.9) 10 (1.6) 17 (2.9)
 Diarrhea 10 (2.9) 10 (1.6) 16 (2.7)
 Urinary tract infection 4 (1.2) 10 (1.6) 13 (2.2)
 Folliculitis 7 (2.0) 6 (1.0) 10 (1.7)

AE adverse event, SAE serious adverse event