Table 3.
Patient characteristics, previous therapies, and course of IFN therapy
| No | Previous therapy | Start IFN | Stop IFN | Reason stop IFN | Number of ocular relapses |
| 1 | Ster, CSA | Mar 95 | Jun 97 | CR | 0 |
| 2 | Ster, AZA | Nov 95 | Sep 00 | CR | 2 |
| 3 | Ster, Col, IFNγ | Nov 95 | 0 | ||
| 4 | Ster, AZA | Dec 96 | Nov 99 | CR | 0 |
| 5 | Ster | Aug 96 | May 97 | CR | 0 |
| 6 | Ster, MTX | Oct 96 | 15 | ||
| 7 | Ster, CSA, AZA | Sep 96 | Jan 98 | CR | 1 |
| 8 | Ster, CSA | Mar 97 | Jan 00 | CR | 0 |
| 9 | Ster, MTX | May 97 | Jul 98 | CR | 0 |
| 10 | Ster, CSA | May 97 | Jul 98 | CR | 0 |
| 11 | Ster, CSA | Mar 97 | 0 | ||
| 12 | Ster, AZA | Apr 97 | 0 | ||
| 13 | Ster | Mar 97 | Mar 98 | CR | 0 |
| 14 | Ster | Nov 97 | Feb 99 | CR | 0 |
| 15 | Ster | Nov 97 | Dec 98 | CR | 0 |
| 16 | Ster | Oct 97 | 0 | ||
| 17 | Ster, CSA | Nov 98 | Nov 99 | noncompl (CR), AZA ineff | 0 |
| 18 | Ster, AZA | Jun 97 | May 98 | CR (eye), lost to follow up | |
| 19 | Ster, AZA, CSA | Dec 95 | Jan 97 | Ineff | |
| 20 | Ster, MMF | Jul 99 | 0 | ||
| 21 | Ster | Apr 99 | 0 | ||
| 22 | Ster, CSA | May 99 | 0 | ||
| 23 | none | May 99 | Aug 00 | CR (noncompl), lost to follow-up | |
| 24 | Ster, AZA, CSA | Dec 98 | 0 | ||
| 25 | Ster, CSA | Mar 99 | 0 | ||
| 26 | Ster, CSA, Cy, AZA | May 97 | Feb 98 | ineff (Cy, ineff) | |
| 27 | Ster, CSA, Cy, | Jun 97 | Dec 97 | side eff (CR), (Aza ineff) | |
| 28 | Ster, CSA | Oct 97 | Oct 98 | CR | 0 |
| 29 | Ster, CSA, Cy | Dec 97 | May 98 | ineff (Cy, Aza ineff) | |
| 30 | Ster, CSA | Aug 96 | Feb 97 | side eff (PR) | 0 |
| 31 | Ster Col | Dec 96 | Jun 97 | CR, lost to follow up | 0 |
| 32 | Ster, AZA | Jan 96 | Jun 96 | CR | 0 |
| 33 | Ster AZA | Aug 97 | Aug 98 | CR, died in car acc | |
| 34 | none | Sep 96 | Dec 97 | CR | 0 |
| 35 | Ster, CSA | Oct 96 | Sep 97 | add IFNγ | |
| 36 | Ster, AZA, CSA | Jun 99 | 0 | ||
| 37 | Ster, AZA | Apr 99 | Jan 00 | CR | 0 |
| 38 | Ster | Aug 99 | 0 | ||
| 39 | Ster, AZA | Mar 99 | Jun 99 | CR, pathergy pos | 0 |
| 40 | Ster | Oct 99 | 1 | ||
| 41 | Ster, CSA | Aug 99 | 1 | ||
| 42 | Ster, CSA | Sep 99 | 0 | ||
| 43 | Ster | Jan 00 | 0 | ||
| 44 | none | Jan 00 | 0 | ||
| 45 | Ster, AZA | Feb 00 | 0 | ||
| 46 | Ster, MTX, CSA | Jan 00 | 0 | ||
| 47 | Ster, CSA, Chloramb | Mar 00 | 0 | ||
| 48 | Ster | Aug 97 | 0 | ||
| 49 | Ster, MTX, Cy | Dec 98 | 0 | ||
| 50 | Ster | May 98 | Jan 00 | CR | 1 |
Ster = steroids; CSA = cyclosporin A; AZA = azathioprine; MTX = methotrexate; Cy = cyclophosphamide; Chloramb = chlorambucil; MMF = mycophenolate mofetil; Col = colchicine; CR = complete remission; noncompl = noncompliance.