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. 2019 Feb 13;15:457–468. doi: 10.2147/NDT.S196665

Table 2.

Kaplan–Meier probability estimates with 95% CI

Probability of first response over time
3 months 6 months 9 months 12 months

TAU 0 (0, 0.03) 0.10 (0.07, 0.15) 0.19 (0.15, 0.24) 0.24 (0.19, 0.30)
VNS + TAU 0.01 (0, 0.03) 0.22 (0.17, 0.27) 0.33 (0.28, 0.38) 0.42 (0.36, 0.47)

Probability of retaining the first response (response durability) over time

TAU 0.75 (0.63, 0.84) 0.58 (0.45, 0.69) 0.41 (0.29, 0.53) 0.39 (0.27, 0.51)
VNS + TAU 0.85 (0.78, 0.9) 0.65 (0.57, 0.73) 0.52 (0.43, 0.6) 0.47 (0.38, 0.56)

Probability of second response over time following relapse from the first response

TAU 0 0.13 (0.06, 0.27) 0.27 (0.16, 0.43) 0.32 (0.20, 0.48)
VNS + TAU 0.07 (0.04, 0.15) 0.26 (0.18, 0.36) 0.44 (0.35, 0.55) 0.47 (0.37, 0.58)

Probability of retaining second response (response durability) over time

TAU 0.97 (0.79, 1) 0.82 (0.63, 0.92) 0.63 (0.42, 0.78) 0.46 (0.27, 0.64)
VNS + TAU 0.98 (0.89, 1) 0.89 (0.78, 0.95) 0.73 (0.59, 0.82) 0.66 (0.52, 0.77)

Abbreviations: TAU, treatment as usual; VNS, vagus nerve stimulation.