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Table 2 Adverse events during the placebo-controlled periods of studies of IV golimumab in patients with RA, PsA, and AS*

From: Pooled safety results across phase 3 randomized trials of intravenous golimumab in rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, and ankylosing spondylitis

 

RA trial, weeks 0–24

PsA trial, weeks 0–24

AS trial, weeks 0–16

Pooled

Placebo

Golimumab

Placebo

Golimumab

Placebo

Golimumab

Placebo

Golimumab

Patients, N

197

395

239

240

103

105

539

740

Mean follow-up, weeks

20.9

23.6

23.2

23.9

16.0

16.1

21.0

22.6

Patients who discontinued due to an AE

1 (0.5)

12 (3.0)

3 (1.3)

5 (2.1)

0

0

4 (0.7)

17 (2.3)

Patients with ≥ 1 AE

98 (49.7)

227 (57.5)

97 (40.6)

111 (46.3)

24 (23.3)

34 (32.4)

219 (40.6)

372 (50.3)

Patients with ≥ 1 infection

48 (24.4)

119 (30.1)

37 (15.5)

45 (18.8)

8 (7.8)

12 (11.4)

93 (17.3)

176 (23.8)

Patients with ≥ 1 SAE

5 (2.5)

19 (4.8)

8 (3.3)

7 (2.9)

0

2 (1.9)

13 (2.4)

28 (3.8)

Patients with ≥ 1 serious infection

0

4 (1.0)

2 (0.8)

1 (0.4)

0

1 (1.0)

2 (0.4)

6 (0.8)

Patients with malignancy

0

1 (0.3)

2 (0.8)

0

0

0

2 (0.4)

1 (0.1)

Deaths

1 (0.5)

0

2 (0.8)

0

0

0

3 (0.6)

0

Patients with ≥ 1 infusion reaction

1 (0.5)

14 (3.5)

0

4 (1.7)

0

3 (2.9)

1 (0.2)

21 (2.8)

Common AEs**

 Upper respiratory tract infection

15 (7.6)

29 (7.3)

3 (1.3)

7 (2.9)

1 (1.0)

3 (2.9)

19 (3.5)

39 (5.3)

 Increased ALT

7 (3.6)

11 (2.8)

5 (2.1)

19 (7.9)

0

3 (2.9)

12 (2.2)

33 (4.5)

 Headache

5 (2.5)

20 (5.1)

5 (2.1)

5 (2.1)

1 (1.0)

4 (3.8)

11 (2.0)

29 (3.9)

 Nasopharyngitis

5 (2.5)

10 (2.5)

13 (5.4)

8 (3.3)

1 (1.0)

6 (5.7)

19 (3.5)

24 (3.2)

 Increased AST

3 (1.5)

7 (1.8)

5 (2.1)

13 (5.4)

0

0

8 (1.5)

20 (2.7)

 Hypertension

4 (2.0)

14 (3.5)

4 (1.7)

4 (1.7)

0

1 (1.0)

8 (1.5)

19 (2.6)

 Bronchitis

2 (1.0)

12 (3.0)

4 (1.7)

1 (0.4)

0

0

6 (1.1)

13 (1.8)

 Urinary tract infection

6 (3.0)

12 (3.0)

0

0

1 (1.0)

0

7 (1.3)

12 (1.6)

 Worsening rheumatoid arthritis

12 (6.1)

9 (2.3)

0

0

0

0

12 (2.2)

9 (1.2)

 Neutropenia

0

0

5 (2.1)

9 (3.8)

0

0

5 (0.9)

9 (1.2)

  1. AE adverse event, AS ankylosing spondylitis, ALT alanine aminotransferase, AST aspartate aminotransferase, IV intravenous, PsA psoriatic arthritis, RA rheumatoid arthritis, SAE serious adverse event
  2. *Data presented as n (%) unless otherwise noted
  3. **AEs occurring in ≥ 3% of patients in any treatment group