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Table 3 Patients’ demographic and baseline characteristics by analysis set and treatment group

From: A multicentre, randomised, non-inferiority clinical trial comparing a nifurtimox-eflornithine combination to standard eflornithine monotherapy for late stage Trypanosoma brucei gambiense human African trypanosomiasis in Uganda

Demographic characteristics

 

ITT, mITT and safety population

PP population

 

NECT (n = 55)

Eflornithine (n = 54)

All (n = 109)

P-value

NECT (n = 53)

Eflornithine (n = 52)

All (n = 105)

P-value

Age (years)

Mean (SD)

27.22 (12.07)

27.33 (8.59)

27.28 (10.44)

0.3804c

27.49 (12.18)

27.38 (8.60)

27.44 (10.51)

0.4644c

Sex

Male, n (%)

29 (52.73)

28 (51.85)

57 (52.29)

0.9271a

28 (52.83)

26 (50.00)

54 (51.43)

0.7717a

 

Female, n (%)

26 (47.27)

26 (48.15)

52 (47.71)

25 (47.17)

26 (50.00)

51 (48.57)

Height (cm)

Mean (SD)

162.6 (10.38)

165.2 (9.52)

163.9 (10.00)

0.1843b

162.8 (10.25)

165.1 (9.60)

164.0 (9.96)

0.2334b

Screening mode

Active, n (%)

19 (34.55)

18 (33.33)

37 (33.94)

19 (35.85)

17 (32.69)

36 (34.29)

0.7333a

 

Passive, n (%)

36 (65.45)

36 (66.67)

72 (66.06)

34 (64.15)

35 (67.31)

69 (65.71)

Weight (kg)

Mean (SD)

49.25 (10.04)

54.18 (8.82)

51.69 (9.73)

0.0076b

49.58 (9.87)

54.08 (8.94)

51.80 (9.65)

0.0161b

BMI (kg/m2)

Mean (SD)

18.42 (2.23)

19.81 (2.58)

19.11 (2.50)

0.0034b

18.52 (2.18)

19.79 (2.63)

19.15 (2.48)

0.0086b

Blood pressure systolic (mmHg)

Mean (SD)

112.3 (13.97)

112.2 (14.32)

112.3 (14.08)

0.7618c

112.8 (14.03)

111.6 (14.21)

112.2 (14.06)

0.4247c

Blood pressure diastolic (mmHg)

Mean (SD)

72.22 (10.10)

73.50 (10.54)

72.85 (10.30)

0.5183b

72.40 (10.23)

72.92 (10.31)

72.66 (10.22)

0.8574c

Heart rate (/min)

Mean (SD)

82.82 (14.17)

82.19 (13.62)

82.50 (13.84)

0.8126b

82.57 (14.32)

82.69 (13.46)

82.63 (13.83)

0.9630b

Respiratory rate (/min)

Mean (SD)

20.58 (2.94)

20.69 (3.70)

20.63 (3.32)

0.7350c

20.49 (2.90)

20.85 (3.67)

20.67 (3.29)

0.9222c

Body temperature (°C)

Mean (SD)

36.53 (0.53)

36.71 (0.71)

36.62 (0.63)

0.1349b

36.54 (0.54)

36.73 (0.71)

36.63 (0.63)

0.1204b

Glasgow Coma score

Mean (SD)

14.77 (0.50)

14.83 (0.38)

14.80 (0.44)

0.8000c

14.77 (0.50)

14.82 (0.39)

14.79 (0.45)

0.8014c

Karnofsky index (%)

Mean (SD)

79.64 (9.62)

82.04 (7.62)

80.83 (8.73)

0.2976c

79.62 (9.80)

81.73 (7.60)

80.67 (8.80)

0.4659c

  1. Abbreviations: DFMO eflornithine, ITT intent to treat population, mITT modified ITT population, PP per-protocol population
  2. aChi-square test
  3. bStudent’s t-test (pooled)
  4. cWilcoxon-Mann-Whitney test