Table I. Demographic, clinical, and serologic characterization of the SA population.
BM32 low | BM32 high | Placebo | Total | |
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No. of subjects | 53 | 60 | 53 | 166 |
Age (V1) | ||||
Mean | 28.7 | 29.8 | 29.1 | 29.2 |
Median | 26 | 28 | 25 | 26 |
Range | 18-53 | 18-52 | 18-58 | 18-58 |
Sex (V1) | ||||
Male (%) | 34 (64.2) | 36 (60.0) | 31 (58.5) | 101 (60.8) |
Ethnic group (V1) | ||||
White (%) | 53 (100.0) | 59 (98.3) | 52 (98.1) | 164 (98.8) |
Asian (%) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (1.7) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.6) |
African (%) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (1.9) | 1 (0.6) |
Severity of grass pollen allergy (V1) | ||||
Moderate (%) | 34 (64.1) | 39 (65.0) | 37 (69.8) | 110 (66.3) |
Severe (%) | 19 (35.9) | 21 (35.0) | 16 (30.2) | 56 (33.7) |
Subjects with a history of grass pollen–associated asthma (V1) | ||||
No. (%) | 20 (38.5) | 12 (20.0) | 14 (26.4) | 46 (27.7) |
Total IgE (kU/L) (V5) | ||||
Mean | 273 | 179 | 194 | 214 |
Median | 118 | 117 | 129 | 119 |
Range | 20.6-1235 | 10.4-2217 | 8.8-1121 | 8.8-2217 |
sIgE, Timothy grass (kUA/L [V1]) | ||||
Mean | 35.0 | 29.0 | 33.3 | 32.3 |
Median | 21.0 | 21.6 | 19.9 | 21.0 |
Range | 3.45-100 | 3.48-100 | 2.63-100 | 2.63-100 |
sIgE, Timothy grass (kUA/L [V5]) | ||||
Mean | 29.9 | 21.9 | 26.0 | 25.8 |
Median | 17.0 | 17.3 | 17.4 | 17.3 |
Range | 2.07-100 | 2.95-76.3 | 2.20-100 | 2.07-100 |
sIgE, Phl p 1 (kUA/L [V5]) | ||||
Mean | 17.5 | 12.4 | 15.9 | 15.2 |
Median | 8.56 | 9.82 | 8.46 | 8.67 |
Range | 1.13-95.4 | 0.10-41.8 | 0.66-81.4 | 0.10-95.4 |
sIgE Phl p 2 (kUA/L [V5]) | ||||
Mean | 4.04 | 2.47 | 5.11 | 3.82 |
Median | 1.92 | 1.67 | 2.27 | 1.76 |
Range | 0.10-20.8 | 0.10-18.0 | 0.10-32.7 | 0.10-32.7 |
sIgE, Phl p 5 (kUA/L [V5]) | ||||
Mean | 20.0 | 14.1 | 14.5 | 16.1 |
Median | 11.0 | 9.12 | 6.12 | 9.34 |
Range | 0.10-100 | 0.10-100 | 0.10-100 | 0.10-100 |
sIgE, Phl p 6 (kUA/L [V5]) | ||||
Mean | 7.96 | 6.31 | 5.11 | 6.45 |
Median | 3.71 | 2.66 | 2.05 | 2.99 |
Range | 0.10-67.3 | 0.10-67.9 | 0.10-50.2 | 0.10-67.9 |
SPT, grass pollen (mm2 [V5]) | ||||
Mean | 67.7 | 77.3 | 77.0 | 74.2 |
Median | 51.3 | 76.2 | 68.0 | 65.2 |
Range | 8.17-241 | 7.72-190 | 0.75-443 | 0.75-443 |
V1 and V5 denote visits 1 and 5 before treatment, respectively.