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. 2019 Jul 13;46:423–430. doi: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2019.07.013

Table 1.

Patient demographics. Patients were allocated to 4 treatment groups as described in the study protocol.

NAC alone
NAC + 2 μmol/kg calmangafodipir
NAC + 5 μmol/kg calmangafodipir
NAC + 10 μmol/kg calmangafodipir
(N = 6) (N = 6) (N = 6) (N = 6)
Age (years) at randomisation Mean (SD) 32.2 (12.5) 42.5 (13.1) 42.7 (12.7) 22.7 (3.3)
Median 30.0 41.0 42.5 22.0
Minimum, Maximum 19, 52 27, 66 26, 59 19, 28
Sex Male 4 (67%) 2 (33%) 2 (33%) 3 (50%)
Female 2 (33%) 4 (67%) 4 (67%) 3 (50%)
Time from ingestion of paracetamol to hospital presentation (hours) Mean (SD) 8.8 (6.2) 6.0 (6.2) 5.8 (7.2) 4.9 (5.2)
Median 7.6 2.6 2.1 2.1
Minimum, Maximum 1.9, 16.6 1.4, 15.1 1.3, 19.5 1.4, 14.6
Type of overdose Acute, ≤8 h to NAC 2 (33%) 4 (67%) 4 (67%) 4 (67%)
Acute, >8 h to NAC 3 (50%) 2 (33%) 2 (33%) 1 (17%)
Staggered intentional 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 1 (17%)
Supra-therapeutic 1 (17%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%)
Presentation paracetamol concentration (mg/L) Mean (SD) 76 (81) 127 (90) 74 (44) 127 (47)
Median 58 114 88 132
Minimum, Maximum 8, 228 16, 272 8, 117 76, 201
Total paracetamol ingested (mg/kg) Mean (SD) 185 (156) 235 (77) 229 (72) 397 (476)
Median 116 222 244 227
Minimum, Maximum 28, 418 154, 340 142, 303 88, 1357
Time from ingestion of paracetamol to start of NAC treatment (hours) Mean (SD) 12.1 (5.2) 9.8 (5.7) 10.2 (6.9) 8.6 (4.1)
Median 10.3 6.5 7.3 6.7
Minimum, Maximum 7.7, 20.3 5.5, 17.9 6.0, 23.8 5.3, 16.0
Time from ingestion of paracetamol to start of calmangafodipir (hours) Mean (SD) N/A 12.6 (6.8) 10.8 (4.1) 11.8 (5.4)
Median N/A 9.5 9.0 8.9
Minimum, Maximum N/A 8.5, 26.1 7.6, 18.0 7.6, 26.1
Any other drugs ingested Yes 5 (83%) 4 (67%) 5 (83%) 5 (83%)
No 1 (17%) 2 (33%) 1 (17%) 1 (17%)
Serum creatinine (μmol/L) Mean (SD) 74.7 (11.0) 67.5 (13.3) 67.3 (17.2) 69.5 (13.1)
Median 73.5 63.5 66.0 68.5
Minimum, Maximum 59, 92 57, 94 50, 98 53, 86