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. 2021 Dec 15;81(2):225–231. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2021-221019

Table 3.

Safety summary

Patients, n (%) RZB 150 mg
N=483
Placebo
N=481
TEAE 195 (40.4) 186 (38.7)
COVID-19-related TEAE 1 (0.2) 2 (0.4)
Serious AE* 12 (2.5) 18 (3.7)
Severe TEAE* 10 (2.1) 9 (1.9)
TEAE leading to discontinuation of study drug 4 (0.8) 4 (0.8)
Death 1 (0.2)† 0
Serious infections‡ 5 (1.0) 6 (1.2)
Active tuberculosis 0 0
Herpes zoster§ 2 (0.4) 1 (0.2)
Any other opportunistic infections 0 0
Malignancy 0 2 (0.4)
Anaphylactic reactions 0 0
Injection site reactions¶ 3 (0.6) 0
MACE 0 0

*Except for pneumonia, which was reported for two patients (0.4%) in the placebo group, no serious AE or severe TEAE was reported for >1 patient in either group.

†One death (urosepsis) in an 81-year-old male patient.

‡RZB: urosepsis (one patient, resulting in death), cellulitis (one patient), gastroenteritis (one patient), COVID-19 pneumonia (one patient) and viral upper respiratory tract infection leading to pneumonia (one patient); placebo: pneumonia (two patients), oral bacterial infection (one patient), dysentery (one patient), appendicitis (one patient) and cellulitis (one patient).

§All non-serious, resolved with oral antiviral agents and did not result in discontinuation of the study drug.

¶All non-serious and did not result in discontinuation of the study drug.

AE, adverse event; MACE, major adverse cardiovascular event; RZB, risankizumab; TEAE, treatment-emergent AE.