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Table 10 Participants with ocular Mazzotti reactions starting within 1 Month of treatment by start day and treatment among participants with both eyes evaluated

From: Onchocerca volvulus microfilariae in the anterior chambers of the eye and ocular adverse events after a single dose of 8 mg moxidectin or 150 µg/kg ivermectin: results of a randomized double-blind Phase 3 trial in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana and Liberia

Mazzotti sign/ symptom

Start after treatment (days)

Moxidectin

Ivermectin

n

% of N (973)

% of participants with that ocular Mazzotti reaction

n

% of N (490)

% of participants with that ocular Mazzotti reaction

Eye pruritus

0

21

2.2

46.7

3

0.6

25.0

 

1

17

1.7

37.8

6

1.2

50.0

 

2

2

0.2

4.4

1

0.2

8.3

 

3

   

1

0.2

8.3

 

4

1

0.1

2.2

   
 

8

1

0.1

2.2

   
 

11

   

1

0.2

8.3

 

15

1

0.1

2.2

   
 

21

2

0.2

4.4

   

Conjunctivitis

0

24

2.5

58.5

3

0.6

20.0

 

1

11

1.1

26.8

4

0.8

26.7

 

2

3

0.3

7.3

8

1.6

53.3

 

3

2

0.2

4.9

   
 

5

1

0.1

2.4

   

Eye pain

0

8

0.8

27.6

1

0.2

12.5

 

1

14

1.4

48.3

2

0.4

25.0

 

2

2

0.2

6.9

5

1.0

62.5

 

3

2

0.2

6.9

   
 

4

2

0.2

6.9

   
 

10

1

0.1

3.5

   

Eyelid oedema

0

8

0.8

40.0

   
 

1

7

0.7

40.0

4

0.8

80.0

 

2

4

0.4

40.0

   
 

3

1

0.1

40.0

1

0.2

20.0

Ocular discomfort

0

7

0.7

77.8

1

0.2

20.0

 

1

1

0.1

11.1

1

0.2

20.0

 

3

1

0.1

11.1

2

0.4

40.0

 

9

   

1

0.2

20.0

Tearing/watery eyes

0

3

0.3

0.4

2

0.4

28.6

 

1

1

0.1

0.1

3

0.6

42.9

 

2

  

0.00

2

0.4

28.6

 

4

1

0.1

0.1

   
 

8

1

0.1

0.1

   
 

11

1

0.1

0.1

   

Blurred vision

0

2

0.2

66.7

   
 

1

   

3

0.6

100

 

21

1

0.1

33.3

   

Photophobia

1

   

1

0.2

 
 

2

2

0.2

    

Peripheral sensory phenomena

0

1

0.1

 

1

0.2

 
 

1

   

1

0.2

 

Visual acuity

2

1

0.1