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. 2015 Nov 2;20(6-7):382–390. doi: 10.3109/1354750X.2015.1094133

Table 5. Subject disposition summary.

  Smokers
Never smokers Total
  TH S TB Overall
  n (%) n (%) n (%) n (%) n (%) n (%)
Intent-to-treat
 Overall 44 (27) 43 (26) 44 (27) 131 (80) 32 (20) 163 (100)
 Randomized 44 (100) 43 (100) 44 (100) 131 (100) NA d 131 (100)
 Completed 34 (77) 29 (67) 35 (80) 98 (75) 32 (100) 130 (80)
 Withdrawal 10 (23) 14 (33) 9 (21) 33 (25) 0 33 (20)
  Adverse events a 0 0 1 (2) 1 (1) 0 1 (1)
  Sponsor discontinued b 1 (2) 0 0 1 (1) 0 1 (1)
  Consent withdrawn 6 (14) 11 (26) 5 (11) 22 (17) 0 22 (14)
   Product related 3 7 0 10 0 10
   Not product related 3 4 5 12 0 12
  Lost to follow-up 0 1 (2) 2 (5) 3 (2) 0 3 (2)
  Other c 3 (7) 2 (5) 1 (2) 6 (5) 0 6 (4)
Per-protocol
 Overall 33 (28) 20 (17) 35 (29) 88 (73) 32 (27) 120 (100)
 Randomized 33 (100) 20 (100) 35 (100) 88 (100) NA d 88 (73)
 Completed 33 (100) 20 (100) 35 (100) 88 (100) 32 (100) 120 (100)

TH, switched to tobacco-heating cigarette; S, switched to snus; TB, switched to ultra-low machine yield tobacco-burning cigarette. Percent values have been rounded.

aSepsis; a serious AE, not study product nor procedure related; subject required hospitalization and was discontinued by the Principal Investigator.

bSubject developed benign mouth sores; off study product long enough that subject was discontinued from study.

cNon-compliance, family emergency.

dNot applicable. Never smokers were not randomized.