Table 4

Discontinuation due to poor response by patient and/or physician perception

Reason for Discontinuation
Study 1
Study 2
Study 3
Study 4
Total

Poor Response by Patient Perception Either Alone or in Consensus With Physician n (%*)
40(76.9)
18(85.7)
46(80.7)
28(82.4)
132(80.5)
     Poor Response by Patient Perception Alone n (%*)
11(21.2)
9(42.9)
25(43.9)
14(41.2)
59(36.0)
     Poor Response by Patient and Physician Perception n (%*)
29(55.8)
9(42.9)
21(36.8)
14(41.2)
73(44.5)
Poor Response by Physician Perception n (%*)
12(23.1)
3(14.3)
11(19.3)
6(17.6)
32(19.5)

*Denominator is the total number of patients that discontinued due to poor symptom response.

Liu-Seifert et al. BMC Medicine 2005 3:21   doi:10.1186/1741-7015-3-21