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. 2014 Jun 11;12:90. doi: 10.1186/1477-7525-12-90

Table 2.

Patient characteristics at baseline

 
Treatment-naïve (PILLAR)
Treatment-experienced (ASPIRE)
  All patients (ITT)
Patients with baseline FSS and ≥1 follow-up
All patients (ITT)
Patients with baseline FSS and ≥1 follow-up
N = 386 N = 241 N = 462 N = 446
Sex, n (%)
N = 386
N = 241
N = 462
N = 446
 Male
213 (55.2)
136 (56.4)
311 (67.3)
301 (67.5)
 Female
173 (44.8)
105 (43.6)
151 (32.7)
145 (32.5)
Age, mean, SD (years)
44.0 (11.81)
45.9 (10.37)
48.9 (10.36)
48.9 (10.37)
Race, n (%)
N = 386
N = 241
N = 462
N = 446
 Caucasian
362 (93.8)
225 (93.4)
428 (92.6)
414 (92.8)
 Non-Caucasian
24 (6.2)
16 (6.6)
34 (7.4)
32 (7.2)
Region, n (%)
N = 386
N = 241
N = 462
N = 446
 North America
82 (21.2)
52 (21.6)
120 (26.0)
113 (25.3)
 Latin America
0
0
0
0
 Europe/Israel
262 (67.9)
147 (61.0)
313 (67.7)
306 (68.6)
 Asia
42 (10.9)
42 (17.4)
29 (6.3)
27 (6.1)
HCV RNA, mean (log10 IU/mL)
6.5 (0.61)
6.5 (0.64)
6.5 (0.57)
6.5 (0.56)
Genotype, n (%)
N = 383
N = 239
N = 455
N = 439
 1a
173 (45.2)
122 (51.0)
188 (41.3)
178 (40.5)
 1b
208 (54.3)
115 (48.1)
262 (57.6)
257 (58.5)
 Other
2 (0.5)
2 (0.8)
5 (1.1)
4 (0.9)
METAVIR score, n (%)
N = 386
N = 241
N = 455
N = 439
 F0–F2
332 (86.0)
203 (84.2)
286 (62.9)
278 (63.3)
 F3
53 (13.7)
38 (15.8)
86 (18.9)
83 (18.9)
 F4
1 (0.3)
0
83 (18.2)
78 (17.8)
Baseline PRO (mean)
 
 
 
 FSS total score
3.3 (1.58)
3.3 (1.57)
3.3 (1.65)
3.3 (1.65)
 EQ-5D VAS 82.4 (15.28) 81.8 (15.75) 80.4 (16.47) 80.4 (16.42)

EQ-5D VAS European Quality of Life 5 dimension questionnaire visual analog scale, FSS Fatigue Severity Scale, HCV hepatitis C virus, ITT intent to treat, PRO patient-reported outcome, SD standard deviation.