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Table 3 Baseline demographic and disease characteristics of patients in PILLAR with and without FSS scores at baseline

From: Fatigue during treatment for hepatitis C virus: results of self-reported fatigue severity in two Phase IIb studies of simeprevir treatment in patients with hepatitis C virus genotype 1 infection

 

With baseline FSS

Without baseline FSS

All simeprevir (N = 195)

PR (N = 50)

All simeprevir (N = 114)

PR (N = 27)

Male, n (%)

115 (59.0)

23 (46.0)

59 (51.8)

16 (59.3)

Caucasian race, n (%)

180 (92.3)

49 (98.0)

108 (94.7)

25 (92.6)

Age (range), years

48.0 (18–69)

47.5 (21–61)

42.5 (18–66)

42.0 (21–67)

Body mass index (range), kg/m2†

25.1 (17.1–38.2)

25.7 (17.6–36.0)

24.7 (16.8–39.6)

25.6 (17.5–42.2)

HCV RNA (range) log10 IU/mL

6.6 (3.5–8.1)

6.6 (4.3–7.5)

6.5 (5.1–7.5)

6.2 (5.4–7.1)

HCV RNA >800,000 IU/mL, n (%)

170 (87.2)

43 (86.0)

98 (86.0)

20 (74.1)

HCV genotype, N

    

 1a, n (%)

105 (53.8)

21 (42.0)

40 (35.1)

9 (33.3)

 1b, n (%)

88 (45.1)

29 (58.0)

73 (64.0)

18 (66.7)

Metavir score, N

    

 F3, n (%)

33 (16.9)

5 (10.0)

13 (11.4)

2 (7.4)

 F4, n (%)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

1 (0.9)

0 (0.0)

  1. Median; NS5B sequence-based assay.
  2. PR placebo/peginterferon-α and ribavirin, HCV hepatitis C virus, FSS Fatigue Severity Scale.