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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 2.

Clinical Outcomes in the FAST-1 and FAST-2 Trials, According to Study Group.*

Outcome FAST-1 FAST-2
Icatibant
(N = 27)
Placebo
(N = 29)
P Value Icatibant
(N = 36)
Tranexamic
Acid (N = 38)
P Value
Time to clinically significant relief of the index symptom
(primary end point) — hr
0.14 <0.001

    Median 2.5 4.6 2.0 12.0

    IQR 1.1–6.0 1.8–10.2 1.0–3.5 3.5–25.4

Time to first symptom improvement — hr

    According to patient <0.001 <0.001

        Median 0.8 16.9 0.8 7.9

        IQR 0.5–2.0 3.2–NA 0.4–1.4 1.1–NA

    According to investigator <0.001 <0.001

        Median 1.0 5.7 1.5 6.9

        IQR 0.8–2.0 2.0–11.2 0.7–3.0 4.0–13.8

Time to almost complete relief of symptoms — hr 0.08 <0.001

    Median 8.5 19.4 10.0 51.0

    IQR 2.5–31.5 10.2–55.7 2.8–23.2 12.0–79.5

Clinically significant relief of the index symptom at 4 hr
after start of study drug — % (95% CI)
67 (46–84) 46 (28–66) 0.18 80 (63–92) 31 (16–48) <0.001
*

NA denotes not available, CI confidence interval, and IQR interquartile range.

Data are missing for one patient.

Data are missing for two patients.