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. 2013 Feb 25;68(6):513–520. doi: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2012-202606

Table 5.

Ventricular ectopics by visit for patients with ≥16 h of recorded data (intent-to-treat population)

Ventricular ectopics FF/VI
100/25 µg
OD (N=201)
FF/VI
200/25 µg
OD (N=202)
FP
500 µg
BD (N=100)
Screening, n 111 116 49
Median 1.0 0.0 0.0
Patients n (%) with:
 No VEs 53 (48) 61 (53) 25 (51)
 >50 VEs (any type) 11 (10) 18 (16) 2 (4)
 >20 VE couplets 0 0 0
 ≥1 ventricular singlet 62 (56) 63 (54) 23 (47)
 ≥1 ventricular couplet 8 (7) 6 (5) 3 (6)
 ≥1 ventricular run 1 (<1) 0 0
Day 1, n 104 113 47
Median 1.0 0.0 0.0
Patients n (%) with:
 No VEs 49 (47) 58 (51) 28 (60)
 >50 VEs (any type) 10 (10) 16 (14) 1 (2)
 >20 VE couplets 0 0 0
 ≥1 ventricular singlet 58 (56) 59 (52) 20 (43)
 ≥1 ventricular couplet 6 (6) 7 (6) 1 (2)
 ≥1 ventricular run 1 (<1) 0 0
Week 28, n 95 90 39
Median 1.0 1.0 1.0
Patients n (%) with:
 No VEs 31 (33) 37 (41) 17 (44)
 >50 VEs (any type) 10 (11) 12 (13) 3 (8)
 >20 VE couplets 0 0 0
 ≥1 ventricular singlet 64 (67) 53 (59) 21 (54)
 ≥1 ventricular couplet 4 (4) 4 (4) 1 (3)
 ≥1 ventricular run 0 0 0
Week 52, n 88 82 37
Median 1.0 1.0 0.0
Patients n (%) with:
 No VEs 33 (38) 33 (40) 20 (54)
 >50 VEs (any type) 7 (8) 12 (15) 1 (3)
 >20 VE couplets 0 0 0
 ≥1 ventricular singlet 55 (63) 48 (59) 17 (46)
 ≥1 ventricular couplet 5 (6) 6 (7) 0
 ≥1 ventricular run 0 1 (1) 0

BD, twice daily; FF, fluticasone furoate; FP, fluticasone propionate; OD, once daily; VE, ventricular ectopics; VI, vilanterol.