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Discontinuation due to poor response by patient and/or physician perception |
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| Reason for Discontinuation |
Study 1 |
Study 2 |
Study 3 |
Study 4 |
Total |
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| 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) |
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*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 |
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