Table 1: Adverse events of CGRP monoclonal antibodies compared to placebo.

Patients with AE/patients treated with CGRP drugs; patients with AE/ treated with placebo

AEs

No

Eptinezumab

Placebo

Galcanezumab

Placebo

Erenumab

Placebo

Fremanezumab

Placebo

RR (95% CI)

P and I2

Any AE

6

46/81

43/82

77/107

74/110

658/1235*

441/761

385/581

171/293

0.99 [0.90, 1010]

P = 0.90, I2 = 59%a

Upper respiratory tract infection

 10

7/81

6/82

81/1202

50/1080

60/1235

35/761

33/773

19/397

1.17 [0.93, 1.47]

P = 0.18, I2 = 0%

Nausea

9

3/81

2/82

24/806

29/679

27/1235

21/761

12/773

9/397

0.79 [0.55, 1.12]

P = 0.19, I2 = 0%

Nasopharyngitis

9

NR

NR

80/1260

79/1140

102/1235

61/761

26/773

11/397

0.97 [0.79, 1.20]

P = 0.79, I2 = 0%

Injection site pain

8

NR

NR

168/1260

125/1140

28/916

13/608

186/773

82/397

1.32 [1.02, 1.71]

P = 0.03, I2 = 44%a,b

Sinusitis

7

NR

NR

27/806

21/679

24/916

13/608

11/773

11/397

0.99 [0.67, 1.44]

P = 0.94, I2 = 0%

Dizziness

5

3/81

1/82

31/987

24/1003

NR

NR

6/192

0/104

1.53 [0.93, 2.51]

P = 0.10, I2 = 0%

Back pain

7

3/81

4/82

29/806

17/679

19/952

11/472

4/192

2/104

1.13 [0.74, 1.73]

P = 0.57, I2 = 0%

Fatigue

7

3/81

3/82

11/454

12/461

34/1235

17/761

13/773

5/397

1.16 [0.77, 1.75]

P = 0.47, I2 = 0%

Influenza

5

NR

NR

22/880

19/893

23/916

16/608

3/192

1/104

1.14 [0.74, 1.76]

P = 0.55, I2 = 0%

Urinary tract infection

6

1/81

4/82

21/426

15/432

13/916

7/608

20/773

7/397

1.19 [0.78, 1.83]

P = 0.42, I2 = 3%

Migraine

6

1/81

2/82

7/426

4/432

20/1235

20/761

2/192

2/104

0.76 [0.46, 1.27]

P = 0.29, I2 = 10%

Arthralgia

5

1/81

4/82

7/107

6/110

16/952

11/472

3/192

0/104

0.84 [0.48, 1.48]

P = 0.55, I2 = 36%

Injection site erythema

6

NR

NR

38/1260

15/1140

NR

NR

114/773

44/397

1.55 [1.17, 2.05]

P = 0.00, I2 = 0%b

 

AEs: adverse events; No: the number of studies included in the quantitative analysis; NR: not reported.
aAnalysis was performed with random effect size model.
bResults were significant.