Table 4. Effect of treatment on histological outcomes following 3 months of treatment.
Measurement | Vehicle | LANZO | PRED | Combined | Significantly different means/medians | |||||
N | Median (Range) | N | Median (Range) | N | Median (Range) | N | Median (Range) | |||
Degenerating fibers per field (gastrocnemius)** | 6 | 12 (3–13) | 5 | 12 (3–33) | 5 | 2 (1–9)b, ab | 5 | 6 (1–7)c, ac | bVeh vs. PRED (p = 0.002); cVeh vs. Combined (p = 0.018); abLANZO vs. PRED (p = 0.001); acLANZO vs. Combined (p = 0.005) | |
Regenerating fibers per field (gastrocnemius) ** | 6 | 5 (0–17) | 5 | 8 (3–25) | 5 | 0 (0–17) | 5 | 3 (1–10) | NONE | |
Inflammatory foci per field (gastrocnemius) ** | 6 | 11 (6–40) | 5 | 7 (5–10)a | 5 | 7 (3–17)b | 5 | 5 (3–7)c | aVeh vs. LANZO (p = 0.008); bVeh vs. PRED (p = 0.012); cVeh vs. Combined (p<0.001) | |
Inflammatory foci per field (diaphragm) | 6 | 59±16 | 6 | 56±16 | 6 | 57±17 | 6 | 46±15 | NONE | |
Fibrosis (diaphragm) | 5 | 22.0±4.7 | 5 | 24.2±9.6 | 5 | 18.5±3.9 | 5 | 18.9±3.7 | NONE |
Footnotes:
Histology compared between groups using Poisson regression.