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. 2013 Dec 17;7:13–21. doi: 10.2147/OTT.S53348

Table 1.

Median percentage change from baseline to week 24 in spleen volume and total symptom scores by final titrated ruxolitinib dose in COMFORT-I

Final titrated doseb
Median % changea Placebo n=106 ≤5 mg BID n=21 10 mg BID n=30 15 mg BID n=24 20 mg BID n=40 25 mg BID n=21
Spleen volume 9.2 −10.4 −30.8 −35.9 −38.4 −40.9
TSS 14.6 −17.5 −71.1 −59.6 −67.7 −66.2
Abdominal TSS 10.1 −11.7 −80.6 −76.5 −65.2 −71.1
Cytokine TSS 20.4 −6.8 −77.4 −73.7 −62.9 −43.7

Notes: Abdominal TSS includes symptom scores for abdominal pain, pain under left ribs, and early satiety; cytokine TSS includes symptom scores for night sweats, itching, and bone/muscle pain; TSS is the sum of these six individual symptom scores.

a

A negative value indicates improvement;

b

final titrated dose was defined as the average daily dose from week 21 to week 24.

Abbreviations: COMFORT, COntrolled Myelofibrosis study with ORal JAK (Janus kinase) inhibitor Treatment; BID, bis in die (twice daily); TSS, total symptom score.