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. 2018 Sep 24;14:38. doi: 10.1186/s13223-018-0262-9

Table 3.

Reasons for discontinuation of 5GPE-SLIT before the end-of-study follow-up visit

Children
(N = 203)
Adults
(N = 280)
Total
(N = 483)
Discontinuation before the start of the pollen season N = 18 N = 34 N = 52
 Planned end of treatment course 1 (5.6%) 2 (5.9%) 3 (5.8%)
 Patient decision 2 (11.1%) 3 (8.8%) 5 (9.6%)
 Occurrence of an adverse event 14 (77.8%) 27 (79.4%) 41 (78.8%)
 Other 1 (5.6%) 2 (5.9%) 3 (5.8%)
Discontinuation after the start of the pollen season N = 150 N = 191 N = 341
 Planned end of treatment course 136 (90.7%) 172 (90.1%) 308 (90.3%)
 Patient decision 5 (3.3%) 8 (4.2%) 13 (3.8%)
 Lack of efficacy 1 (0.7%) 1 (0.5%) 2 (0.6%)
 Occurrence of an adverse event None 2 (1.0%) 2 (0.6%)
 Other 3 (2.0%) 1 (0.5%) 4 (1.2%)
 Not documented 5 (3.3%) 7 (3.7%) 12 (3.5%)

Reasons for discontinuation are not mutually exclusive and more than one reason can this be documented in any given patient