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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Sep 26.
Published in final edited form as: Radiother Oncol. 2016 Jul 5;122(2):207–211. doi: 10.1016/j.radonc.2016.06.015

Table 3. Efficacy end points (as treated analysis).

End points Caphosol plus SC
(n = 103)
Standard care (SC)
(n = 107)
p value

No. % No. %
Primary
  Incidence of ≥G3 OM 66 64.1 70 65.4 0.839
Secondary
  Duration of ≥G3 OM (days)
        Mean (SD) 16.8 (17.5) 17.5 (21.9) 0.692
  Incidence of ≥G3 PM 59 57.3 68 64.2 0.309
  Duration of ≥G3 PM (days)
        Mean (SD) 13.7 (16.7) 18.4 (21.5) 0.187
  Incidence of ≥G3 PD 30 29.1 33 31.1 0.752
  Duration of ≥G3 PD (days)
        Mean (SD) 8.3 (16.7) 9.7 (19.5) 0.671
  Incidence of ≥G3 pain 50 48.5 58 54.7 0.372
  Duration of ≥G3 pain
        Mean (SD) 18 (24.7) 20 (24.1) 0.397

OM – oral mucositis, PM – pharyngeal mucositis, PD – pharyngeal dysphagia