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. 2009 May 8;3(3):480–489. doi: 10.1007/s12072-009-9132-3

Table 1.

Baseline demographic and disease characteristicsa

Characteristic TACE + thymalfasin (N = 14) TACE only (N = 14) Total (N = 28)
Randomized population
Age, mean (SD), years 59.2 (9.1) 60.4 (6.7) 59.8 (7.9)
Male sex, n (%) 10 (71.4) 12 (85.7) 22 (78.6)
Race, n (%)
    Asian 1 (7.1) 4 (28.6) 5 (17.9)
    Black 3 (21.4) 2 (14.3) 5 (17.9)
    White 6 (42.9) 6 (42.9) 12 (42.9)
    Hispanic 2 (14.3) 2 (14.3) 4 (14.3)
    Other 2 (14.2) 0 2 (7.2)
TACE + thymalfasin (N = 14) TACE only (N = 11) Total (N = 25)
MITT population
Target lesions, median (range), n 1.50 (1–5) 2 (1–9) 2.00 (1–9)
Sum of diameters of target lesions, median (range), cm 11.24 (3.57–22.76) 7.49 (2.90–60.57) 10.01 (2.90–60.57)
Anti-HCV positive, n (%) 8 (57) 6 (55) 14 (56)
HBsAg positive, n (%) 2 (14) 1 (9) 3 (12)

TACE transarterial chemoembolization, MITT modified intent-to-treat

aDemographic characteristics are described for the randomized population; disease characteristics are described for all treated patients (MITT population)