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. 2022 Jan 1;25(2):313–326. doi: 10.1007/s00737-021-01185-6

Table 6.

Most frequently reported treatment-emergent adverse events in the double-blind treatment phase of short-term randomized, controlled TRD trials by sex and treatment group

TRANSFORM-1/TRANSFORM-2 TRANSFORM-3
Women Men Women Men
Esketamine +
antidepressant
N = 237
Antidepressant +
placebo
N = 144
Esketamine +
antidepressant
N = 109
Antidepressant + 
placebo
N = 78
Esketamine +
antidepressant
N = 45
Antidepressant +
placebo
N = 40
Esketamine +
antidepressant
N = 27
Antidepressant +
placebo
N = 25
Total with AEs 209 (88.2%) 96 (66.7%) 92 (84.4%) 47 (60.3%) 34 (75.6%) 23 (57.5%) 17 (63.0%) 16 (64.0%)
Nausea 72 (30.4%) 11 (7.6%) 26 (23.9%) 8 (10.3%) 9 (20.0%) 3 (7.5%) 4 (14.8%) 0
Headache 52 (21.9%) 21 (14.6%) 18 (16.5%) 17 (21.8%) 6 (13.3%) 1 (2.5%) 3 (11.1%) 1 (4.0%)
Dizziness 53 (22.4%) 10 (6.9%) 29 (26.6%) 5 (6.4%) 13 (28.9%) 4 (10.0%) 2 (7.4%) 1 (4.0%)
Dissociation 68 (28.7%) 7 (4.9%) 24 (22.2%) 1 (1.3%) 7 (15.6%) 1 (2.5%) 2 (7.4%) 0
Vertigo 62 (26.2%) 5 (3.5%) 16 (14.7%) 0 4 (8.9%) 2 (5.0%) 4 (14.8%) 0
Dysgeusia 46 (19.4%) 19 (13.2%) 19 (17.4%) 11 (14.1%) 2 (4.4%) 3 (7.5%) 2 (7.4%) 0
Somnolence 39 (16.5%) 15 (10.4%) 21 (19.3%) 5 (6.4%) 1 (2.2%) 3 (7.5%) 0 0
Paresthesia 31 (13.1%) 2 (1.4%) 12 (11.0%) 2 (2.6%) 2 (4.4%) 2 (5.0%) 2 (7.4%) 0
Anxiety 19 (8.0%) 10 (6.9%) 12 (11.0%) 2 (2.6%) 2 (4.4%) 2 (5.0%) 0 3 (12.0%)
Fatigue 19 (8.0%) 9 (6.3%) 6 (5.5%) 2 (2.6%) 7 (15.6%) 4 (10.0%) 2 (7.4%) 1 (4.0%)
BP increased 16 (6.8%) 3 (2.1%) 14 (12.8%) 2 (2.6%) 8 (17.8%) 3 (7.5%) 1 (3.7%) 0
Hypoesthesia 25 (10.5%) 1 (0.7%) 13 (11.9%) 2 (2.6%) 3 (6.7%) 1 (2.5%) 1 (3.7%) 0
Hypoesthesia oral 29 (12.2%) 2 (1.4%) 8 (7.3%) 1 (1.3%) 4 (8.9%) 0 1 (3.7%) 0
Vomiting 27 (11.4%) 3 (2.1%) 5 (4.6%) 1 (1.3%) 5 (11.1%) 0 0 1 (4.0%)
UTI 6 (2.5%) 2 (1.4%) 0 1 (1.3%) 6 (13.3%) 1 (2.5%) 0 0

The table lists, in descending order of frequency for all patients, all adverse events with an incidence ≥ 10% in any esketamine group

AE adverse event, BP blood pressure, UTI urinary tract infection