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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Nov 27.
Published in final edited form as: N Engl J Med. 2010 Aug 5;363(6):532–541. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa0906393

Table 1.

Baseline Characteristics of the Study Patients in the FAST-1 and FAST-2 Trials, According to Study Group.*

Characteristic FAST-1 FAST-2
Icatibant (N = 27) Placebo (N = 29) Icatibant (N = 36) Tranexamic Acid (N = 38)
Sex — no. (%)
    Male 11 (41) 8 (28) 12 (33) 15 (39)

    Female 16 (59) 21 (72) 24 (67) 23 (61)

Age — yr 34.8±9.8 34.9±11.4 40.4±13.6 41.9±12.4

Weight — kg 80.3±21.1 76.0±21.9 80.1±16.1 74.2±15.6

Type of HAE attack — no.

    Cutaneous 14 13 24 23

    Abdominal 13 16 12 15

No. of attacks in previous 6 mo — median (range)

    Cutaneous 6 (1–44) 6 (1–50) 6 (1–24) 5 (1–25)

    Abdominal 3 (1–24) 5 (2–16) 3 (1–15) 3 (1–72)

    Cutaneous and abdominal 2 (1–40) 5 (1–12) 4 (1–24) 2 (1–12)

    Laryngeal 1 (1–4) 1 (1–9) 2 (1–7) 1 (1–6)
*

Plus–minus values are means ±SD. HAE denotes hereditary angioedema.