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. 2022 Jan 4;36(1):114–125. doi: 10.1177/02698811211064720

Table 2.

Most frequently reported TEAEs (occurring in >15% of participants in any treatment arm and ordered according to incidence in the 25 mg psilocybin arm) and summary of TEAEs of special interest (Safety Population).

Psilocybin 25 mg
(N = 30)
Psilocybin 10 mg
(N = 30)
Placebo
(N = 29)
n (%) Events n (%) Events n (%) Events
Most frequently reported TEAE (MedDRA Preferred Term)
 Hallucination, visual 21 (70.0) 22 18 (60.0) 20 2 (6.9) 2
 Illusion 18 (60.0) 26 19 (63.3) 25 4 (13.8) 5
 Mood altered 15 (50.0) 25 13 (43.3) 23 6 (20.7) 9
 Headache 15 (50.0) 16 9 (30.0) 12 5 (17.2) 5
 Fatigue 8 (26.7) 8 9 (30.0) 10 3 (10.3) 3
 Euphoric mood 7 (23.3) 8 7 (23.3) 7 0 0
 Tension headache 6 (20.0) 6 3 (10.0) 3 3 (10.3) 3
 Time perception altered 6 (20.0) 6 2 (6.7) 2 3 (10.3) 3
 Emotional disorder 5 (16.7) 6 2 (6.7) 2 0 0
 Somatic hallucination 5 (16.7) 6 8 (26.7) 8 4 (13.8) 5
 Affect lability 3 (10.0) 3 5 (16.7) 5 1 (3.4) 1
TEAEs of special interest (MedDRA System Organ Class/Preferred Term)
 Any TEAE of special interest 26 (86.7) 80 25 (83.3) 81 10 (34.5) 19
 Nervous system disorders 0 0 2 (6.7) 2 0 0
  Memory impairment 0 0 1 (3.3) 1 0 0
  Psychomotor skills impaired 0 0 1 (3.3) 1 0 0
 Psychiatric disorders 26 (86.7) 80 25 (83.3) 79 10 (34.5) 19
  Affect lability 3 (10.0) 3 5 (16.7) 5 1 (3.4) 1
  Change in sustained attention 0 0 2 (6.7) 2 0 0
  Depressed mood 2 (6.7) 2 1 (3.3) 1 1 (3.4) 1
  Dissociative identity disorder 2 (6.7) 2 1 (3.3) 2 0 0
  Euphoric mood 7 (23.3) 8 7 (23.3) 7 0 0
  Hallucination a 2 (6.7) 2 3 (10.0) 3 0 0
  Hallucination, auditory 4 (13.3) 4 4 (13.3) 4 1 (3.4) 1
  Hallucination, gustatory 0 0 1 (3.3) 1 0 0
  Hallucination, olfactory 1 (3.3) 1 1 (3.3) 1 0 0
  Hallucination, tactile 4 (13.3) 4 2 (6.7) 2 0 0
  Hallucination, visual 21 (70.0) 22 18 (60.0) 20 2 (6.9) 2
  Mood altered 15 (50.0) 25 13 (43.3) 23 6 (20.7) 9
  Somatic hallucination 5 (16.7) 6 8 (26.7) 8 4 (13.8) 5
  Substance-induced psychotic disorder 1 (3.3)b 1 0 0 0 0

TEAEs were coded post hoc to MedDRA Version 21.0 Preferred Terms. TEAE: treatment-emergent adverse event; MedDRA: Medical Dictionary for Regulatory Activities.

a

All TEAEs coded to the MedDRA preferred term ‘Hallucination’ were described as ‘kinaesthetic hallucinations’.