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. 2017 Dec 21;62(1):e01165-17. doi: 10.1128/AAC.01165-17

TABLE 2.

Study drug dosing and administrationa

Patient variable Value for patients treated with:
P valueb
CST (n = 4,817) CST-MIN (n = 93)
No. of days on MIN
    Mean ± SD NA 10.1 ± 7.6
    Median (Q1, Q3) NA 8 (5, 14)
Total no. of vials of MIN
    Mean ± SD NA 21.5 ± 18.6
    Median (Q1, Q3) NA 16 (10, 29)
Daily no. of vials of MIN, % of patients
    2 vials NA 88.2
    3 vials NA 8.6
    4 vials NA 3.2
No. of days on CST
    Mean ± SD 10.0 ± 8.3 12.7 ± 10.4 0.009
    Median (Q1, Q3) 8 (5, 12) 9 (6, 15)
Total no. of vials of CST
    Mean ± SD 21.4 ± 23.2 22.8 ± 18.9 0.428
    Median (Q1, Q3) 15 (9, 27) 17 (9, 30)
Daily no. of vials of CST,c % of patients
    1 vial 22.3 35.5 0.058
    2 vials 54.1 51.6
    3 vials 15.6 9.7
    ≥4 vials 8.0 3.2
No. of days of treatment overlap
    Mean ± SD NA 7.2 ± 4.3
    Median (Q1, Q3) NA 6 (4, 9)
No. of days from admission to initiation of study drug
    Mean ± SD 14.6 ± 20.0 14.3 ± 23.2 0.069
    Median (Q1, Q3) 8 (4, 18) 5 (2, 17)
Sequence of CST-MIN administration, % of patients
    MIN initiated prior to CST NA 19.4
    MIN and CST initiated on the same day NA 35.5
    MIN initiated after CST NA 45.2
a

Abbreviations: CST, colistin; CST-MIN, colistin-minocycline; MIN, minocycline; NA, not applicable.

b

P values in bold indicate a significance difference.

c

One vial of colistin = 150 mg colistin-based activity (CBA).