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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jul 2.
Published in final edited form as: J Cyst Fibros. 2011 Jul 30;10(6):453–459. doi: 10.1016/j.jcf.2011.07.003

Table 4.

Subjects Required per Arm to Detect a 0.6 Hazard Ratio in a 6-Month Controlled Study using Either Treatment with “Any” or IV Antibiotics for Exacerbation as an Endpoint

FEV1 Range (% predicted)
All Patients Age < 6 yrs ≥ 100 70 to <100 40 to <70 <40
“Any” IV “Any” IV “Any” IV “Any” IV “Any” IV “Any” IV
All Patients 202 355 360 745 332 959 212 450 129 195 105 138

Age Group
 6-12 yrs 239 473 - - 377 1,031 248 556 143 213 103 139
  13-17 yrs 161 288 - - 261 851 188 401 121 183 95 121
  18-24 yrs 127 191 - - 214 630 157 288 119 175 102 127
  ≥ 25 yrs 134 204 - - 197 686 193 389 136 216 112 152

Sex
  Male 217 398 374 754 348 1,101 234 535 139 217 111 152
  Female 188 320 347 736 315 833 193 386 121 179 99 124

WFA Percentilea
  <25th 175 283 315 572 317 868 211 429 123 183 103 131
  ≥25th 231 455 399 939 339 1010 214 469 138 214 113 159

Signs and Symptomsa
  Daily Cough 151 241 260 480 242 666 175 336 121 180 103 134
  Daily Sputum 132 198 206 352 207 514 164 298 119 174 103 132
  Clubbing 160 263 272 528 305 887 192 392 123 185 103 134
  Crackles 123 177 192 279 273 615 163 299 114 168 102 132
  Wheeze 165 264 315 557 324 912 197 376 126 190 116 163

Pulmonary Exacerbation Historyb
  None 305 778 471 1258 406 1529 282 807 185 370 152 267
  One 155 260 251 436 204 439 155 294 126 200 111 154
  Two 109 150 181 268 133 252 113 173 94 124 96 120
  Three or more 86 103 135 188 117 168 88 111 81 96 78 87

P. aeruginosa Culture Historyc
  All negative 327 608 458 901 496 1321 302 620 162 241 127 166
  Any positive 150 257 243 535 229 708 170 362 120 179 101 131
   Indeterminated 176 358 271 679 240 740 190 482 140 244 120 170
   Intermittente 198 374 273 643 290 825 197 418 131 199 99 121
   Chronicf 130 207 187 355 199 639 154 309 112 162 97 125
a

As recorded at the index visit

b

Number of pulmonary exacerbations treated with IV antibiotics in the 12 months prior to the index visit

c

Recorded in the 12 months prior to the index visit

d

Only one culture result reported

e

≤50% of cultures positive

f

>50% of cultures positive