Skip to main content
. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Jul 6.
Published in final edited form as: Lancet Respir Med. 2016 Jun 10;4(8):617–626. doi: 10.1016/S2213-2600(16)30121-7

Table 4:

Pulmonary exacerbation events through week 24 by ppFEV1 subgroup and treatment group

Rate ratio vs placebo (95% CI) LUM 600 mg qd/IVA 250 mg q12h LUM 400 mg q12h/IVA 250 mg q12h

ppFEV1 at baseline
<40
(n=24)*
≥40
(n=342)
<40
(n=29)*
≥40
(n=336)

Pulmonary exacerbation events 0∙47 (0∙24–0∙93) 0∙73 (0∙58–0∙92) 0∙59 (0∙33–1∙05) 0∙61 (0∙48–0∙77)
 p value 0∙030 0∙007 0∙074 <0∙001
Events requiring IV antibiotic therapy 0∙41 (0∙17–0∙98) 0∙57 (0∙43–0∙77) 0∙56 (0∙27–1∙17) 0∙42 (0∙30–0∙58)
 p value 0∙046 <0∙001 0∙122 <0∙001
Events requiring hospitalisation 0∙43 (0∙14–1∙33) 0∙63 (0∙44–0∙89) 0∙67 (0∙27–1∙65) 0∙36 (0∙23–0∙54)
 p value 0∙142 0∙009 0∙382 <0∙001

ppFEV1 at screening
<70
(n=241)
≥70
(n=119)
<70
(n=245)
≥70
(n=114)

Pulmonary exacerbation events 0∙74 (0∙57–0∙95) 0∙55 (0∙35–0∙85) 0∙65 (0∙50–0∙84) 0∙51 (0∙32–0∙80)
 p value 0∙018 0∙007 0∙001 0∙003
Events requiring IV antibiotic therapy 0∙53 (0∙39–0∙73) 0∙53 (0∙27–1∙01) 0∙49 (0∙36–0∙68) 0∙22 (0∙09–0∙55)
 p value <0∙001 0∙052 <0∙001 0∙001
Events requiring hospitalisation 0∙59 (0∙40–0∙85) 0∙53 (0∙27–1∙06) 0∙48 (0∙32–0∙71) 0∙09 (0∙02–0∙37)
 p value 0∙005 0∙072 <0∙001 0∙001
*

Eighty-one patients had ppFEV1 that decreased to <40 between screening and baseline.

CI=confidence interval; IV=intravenous; IVA=ivacaftor; LUM=lumacaftor; q12h=every 12 hours; qd=every day.