You can assign to the dataframe by index:
compData <- data.frame(A= numeric(0), B= numeric(0))
compData
compData[1, ] <- c(5, 443)
compData
Which gives:
> compData <- data.frame(A= numeric(0), B= numeric(0))
> compData
[1] A B
<0 rows> (or 0-length row.names)
> compData[1, ] <- c(5, 443)
> compData
A B
1 5 443