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. 2009 Sep 15;5:457–466. doi: 10.2147/ndt.s6873

Table 1.

Study medication administered during the open-label phase

Treatment summarya Descriptive statistic (N =370)
Mean (SD) Median Range
Treatment duration (days) 47.6 (9.13) 49.0 2–90
Average daily dose (mg)b 47.5 (13.93) 46.4 18–82
Average daily dose (mg)c 46.5 (14.18) 46.3 15–82
Last dose (mg) 52.6 (19.29) 54.0 18–90
Maximum dose (mg) 57.6 (18.11) 54.0 18–108
Minimum dose (mg)d 29.4 (8.88) 36.0 18–54
Distribution of last dose and maximum dose, n (%)
Daily dose Last dose Maximum dose
18 mg 29 (7.9) 5 (1.4)
36 mg 108 (29.3) 96 (26.0)
54 mg 127 (34.4) 133 (36.0)
72 mg 73 (19.8) 93 (25.2)
90 mg 32 (8.7) 40 (10.8)
108 mg 2 (0.5)e

Notes:

a

Medication data not available for one patient;

b

Excludes zero dose days;

c

Includes zero dose days;

d

Excludes zero dose days; minimum dose was generally the starting dose;

e

Two patients assigned to a 54 mg daily dose took a double dose for one day and two days, respectively.