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. 2012 Apr 24;2012:393251. doi: 10.1155/2012/393251

Table 1.

Clinical and neuroendocrine outcomes.

Pre-treatment Post-treatment Between Groups Significance
Initial Endpoint 4-week Initial to endpoint Initial to 4-week
Mean (SD) Mean (SD) Mean (SD) P value P value
Clinical CAPS Score Drug (n = 4) 68.75 (10.24) 43.50 (19.49) 44.00 (24.12) 0.425 0.047 a
Placebo (n = 4) 68.25 (8.77) 56.50 (31.89) 65.25 (18.86)
Intrusive Sx Drug (n = 4) 13.75 (8.06) 8.00 (7.70) 7.50 (9.00) 0.463 0.126
Placebo (n = 4) 14.50 (4.65) 12.00 (10.30) 15.00 (9.42)
Avoidance Sx Drug (n = 4) 29.25 (7.14) 18.75 (11.44) 17.00 (10.74) 0.239 0.027 b
Placebo (n = 4) 28.50 (1.29) 25.50 (7.05) 26.00 (5.72)
Hyperarousal Sx Drug (n = 4) 25.75 (0.50) 16.75 (5.56) 19.50 (9.68) 0.786 0.359
Placebo (n = 4) 25.25 (6.40) 18.25 (10.53) 24.25 (5.97)
BDI Drug (n = 4) 22.25 (5.85) 13.25 (4.72) 11.50 (9.15) 0.124 0.769
Placebo (n = 4) 24.25 (12.12) 24.75 (10.05) 23.75 (9.54)
PCL Drug (n = 4) 60 (10.83) 46.75 (11.79) 49.25 (15.59) 0.691 0.200
Placebo (n = 4) 63.25 (11.41) 54.25 (24.17) 56.25 (16.68)

Neuroendocrine Cortisol (μg/dL) Drug (n = 4) 13.15 (3.52) 31.28 (5.49) 11.53 (4.27) 0.001 c 0.786
Placebo (n = 4) 12.43 (6.16) 12.90 (4.87) 11.83 (2.91)
ACTH (pg/mL) Drug (n = 4) 49.33 (29.69) 153.45 (40.25) 53.63 (8.08) 0.009 d 0.785
Placebo (n = 4) 30.88 (14.83) 38.40 (16.18) 41.63 (19.33)
Lysozyme IC50 (nM) Drug (n = 2) 8.00 (2.55) 5.57 (.76) 6.73 (3.66) 0.162 0.411
Placebo (n = 4) 3.27 (2.89) 3.65 (2.06) 5.03 (1.68)
GR/cell Drug (n = 3) 1557.67 (539.75) 188.67 (116.89) 1593.00 (770.02) 0.003 0.322
Placebo (n = 4) 1019.50 (553.91) 1243.00 (543.84) 1824.75 (683.80)

aMedian change in CAPS score for mifepristone group (20.0); median change in CAPS score for placebo group (10.5); nonparametric P value (0.021).

bMedian change in CAPS avoidance symptom score for mifepristone group (11.0); median change in CAPS avoidance symptom score for placebo group (4.0); nonparametric P value (0.028).

cMedian change in cortisol for mifepristone group (17.2); median change in cortisol for placebo group (0.4); nonparametric P value (0.021).

dMedian change in ACTH for mifepristone group (90.6); median change ACTH for placebo group (4.2); nonparametric P value (0.021).