Table 1

Course of the trial.


IFN gamma
Placebo

Randomized patients
18
14
Treatment interruptions
2 (11.1%)
4 (28.6%)
     Voluntary abandoners
2 (11.1%)
2 (14.3%)
     Deaths
0
2 (14.3%)
Completed 6 months of treatment
16 (88.9%)
10 (71.4%)
Follow-up withdrawals
3 (16.7%)
2 (14.3%)
     Voluntary abandoners
1 (5.5%)
0
     Deaths
2 (11.1%)
2 (14.3%)
Completed 12 months of follow-up
13 (72.2%)
8 (57.1%)
Total deaths
2 (11.1%)
5* (35.7%)

* One of the voluntary abandoners in this group died

Milanés-Virelles et al. BMC Infectious Diseases 2008 8:17   doi:10.1186/1471-2334-8-17