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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Nov 9.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer Prev Res (Phila). 2009 Mar 31;2(4):310–321. doi: 10.1158/1940-6207.CAPR-08-0206

Table 3.

Risk of Adenomas

Variable Placebo
twice daily
200mg celecoxib
twice daily
400mg
celecoxib
twice daily
All subjects – detection of any adenoma n=679 n=685 n=671
    Year 1 colonoscopy – no. with any adenoma/total no. at risk (%) 271/608 (44.6) 186/613 (30.3) 137/601 (22.8)
    Year 3 colonoscopy – no. with any adenoma/total no. at risk (%) 83/286 (29.0) 66/357 (18.5) 76/400 (19.0)

    Year 5 colonoscopy – no. with any adenoma/total no. at risk (%) 16/81 (19.8) 33/119 (27.7) 54/149 (36.2)

Cumulative incidence of adenoma detection through year 3 - % (SE) 60.7 (2.1) 43.2 (2.1) 37.5 (2.1)
    Risk Ratio (95% CI) 0.67 (0.59, 0.77) 0.55 (0.48, 0.64)
    p-value vs placebo <0.0001 <0.0001

Cumulative incidence of adenoma detection through year 5 - % (SE) 68.4 (2.4) 59.0 (2.8) 60.1 (2.8)
    Risk Ratio (95% CI) 0.71 (0.62, 0.80) 0.62 (0.54, 0.71)
    p-value vs placebo <0.0001 <0.0001
Year 5 colonoscopy – no. with any adenoma at year 5 colonoscopy/total no. with year 5 colonoscopy(%) 79/214 (36.9) 83/207 (40.1) 90/218 (41.3)
    Risk Ratio (95% CI) 1.09 (0.85,1.38) 1.11 (0.89. 1.41)
    p-value vs placebo 0.51 0.38

Subjects using aspirin n=212 n=211 n=204
Cumulative incidence of adenoma detection through year 5 - % (SE) 66.9 (4.2) 59.7 (5.1) 59.7 (5.0)
    Risk Ratio (95% CI) 0.75 (0.60, 0.94) 0.63 (0.49, 0.81)
    p-value, vs placebo 0.01 0.0002

Year 5 colonoscopy – no. with any adenoma at year 5 colonoscopy/total no. with year 5 colonoscopy(%) 21/71 (29.6) 30/67 (44.8) 32/71 (45.1)
    Risk Ratio (95% CI) 1.514 (.97, 2.37) 1.524 (.98, 2.37)
    p-value vs placebo 0.066 0.057

Subjects not using aspirin n=467 n=474 n=467
Cumulative incidence of adenoma detection through year 5 - % (SE) 69.2 (3.0) 58.6 (3.3) 60.4 (3.4)
    Risk Ratio (95% CI) 0.69 (0.59, 0.80) 0.61 (0.52, 0.72)
    p-value vs placebo <0.0001 <0.0001

Year 5 colonoscopy – no. with any adenoma at year 5 colonoscopy/total no. with year 5 colonoscopy(%) 58/143 (40.6) 53/140 (37.9) 58/147 (39.5)
    Risk Ratio (95% CI) .93 (.7, 1.3) .97 (.73, 1.28)
    p-value vs placebo .64 .81

All subjects – detection of advanced adenomas 1 n=679 n=685 n=671
    Year 1 colonoscopy –
    no. with advanced adenoma/total no. at risk (%)
68/608 (11.2) 26/613 (4.2) 17/601 (2.8)
    Year 3 colonoscopy –
    no. with advanced adenoma/total no. at risk (%)
32/458 (7.0) 18/487 (3.7) 18/503 (3.6)

    Year 5 colonoscopy –
    no. with advanced adenoma/total no. at risk (%)
8/171 (4.7) 10/194 (5.2) 21/207 (10.1)

Cumulative incidence of advanced adenoma through year 3 - % (SE) 17.4 (1.6) 7.8 (1.1) 6.3 (1.0)
    Risk Ratio (95% CI) 0.43 (0.31, 0.61) 0.34 (0.24, 0.50)
    p-value vs placebo <0.001 <0.001

Cumulative incidence of advanced adenoma through year 5 - % (SE) 21.3 (2.0) 12.5 (1.8) 15.8 (2.2)
    Risk Ratio (95% CI) 0.48 (0.35, 0.66) 0.49 (0.35, 0.67)
    p-value vs placebo <0.0001 <0.0001
Year 5 colonoscopy – no. with any adenoma at year 5 colonoscopy/total no. with year 5 colonoscopy (%) 11/214 (5.1) 13/207 (6.3) 22/219 (10.1)
    Risk Ratio (95% CI) 1.21(0.56, 2.65) 1.95 (0.97, 3.92)
    p-value vs placebo 0.621 0.055
1

defined as adenomas ≥1 cm in diameter, containing villous or tubulovillous histology, high grade dysplasia, carcinoma-in-situ, or invasive carcinoma

2

A a previous report of year 3 data failed to include one patient in the placebo group. The values provided here reflect this correction.