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. 2021 Aug 25;8(9):ofab439. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofab439

Table 4.

Event-Level Summary of Injection Site Reactions Through Week 256

Outcome ITT, Maintenance-Exposed, Randomized Population Extension-Switch Population
Q8W IM
(n = 115)
Q4W IM
(n = 115)
Q8W IM
(n = 34)
Q4W IM
(n = 10)
Injection, No. 7673 13 506 1503 816
ISR event, No. 3373 4702 429 182
Grade, No. (% of ISR events)
 1 2772 (82) 4151 (88) 358 (83) 143 (79)
 2 571 (17) 527 (11) 64 (15) 36 (20)
 3 24 (<1) 22 (<1) 7 (2) 3 (2)
 4 0 0 0 0
Most common ISR event, No. (% of ISR events)
 Pain 2265 (67) 2936 (62) 368 (86) 166 (91)
 Nodule 238 (7) 557 (12) 26 (6) 13 (7)
 Pruritis 230 (7) 222 (5) 8 (2) 0
 Swelling 200 (6) 248 (5) 9 (2) 2 (1)
Duration, d
 ≤7 2964 (88) 3992 (85) 399 (93) 167 (92)
 8–14 263 (8) 300 (6) 12 (3) 9 (5)
 ≥15 137 (4) 398 (8) 17 (4) 5 (3)
 Median, d 3.0 3.0 3.0 2.0
Participants with ISR leading to withdrawal, No. (% of participants)a 2 (2)b 2 (2)c 0 1 (10)d

Abbreviations: IM, intramuscular; ISR, injection site reaction; ITT, intention to treat; Q4W, every 4 weeks; Q8W, every 8 weeks.

aParticipants could have >1 ISR event leading to withdrawal.

bInjection site pain (n = 2), injection site induration (n = 1), injection site pruritis (n = 1), and injection site swelling (n = 1).

cInjection site nodule (n = 1) and injection site pain (n = 1).

dInjection site pain.