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. 2020 Jun 2;7(6):ofaa157. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofaa157

Table 1.

Administered Antibacterial Drug Treatment for CDI According to Treatment Group (mITT Population)

Bezlotoxumab (N = 781), n (%) Placebo (N = 773), n (%)
Metronidazole stratum (48.5% of participants) 379 374
 Oral metronidazole alone 361 (95.3) 344 (92.0)
 Oral metronidazole with IV metronidazole 7 (1.8) 2 (0.5)
 Othera 11 (2.9) 28 (7.5)
 Days on antibacterial treatment before infusionb
  Mean (SD) 3.4 (2.1) 3.1 (2.1)
  Median (range) 3 (0 to 13) 3 (0 to 11)
 Total days on antibacterial treatmentb,c
  Mean (SD) 13.4 (3.5) 13.7 (4.9)
  Median (range) 14 (2 to 37) 13 (5 to 62)
Vancomycin stratum (47.6% of participants) 372 373
 Oral vancomycin alone 318 (85.5) 300 (80.4)
 Oral vancomycin with IV metronidazole 44 (11.8) 52 (13.9)
 Othera 10 (2.7) 21 (5.6)
 Days on antibacterial treatment before infusionb
  Mean (SD) 3.2 (2.2) 3.3 (2.1)
  Median (range) 3 (0 to 14) 3 (–1 to 13)
 Total days on antibacterial treatmentb,c
  Mean (SD) 14.7 (7.7) 14.3 (5.1)
  Median (range) 14 (4 to 87) 14 (3 to 67)
Fidaxomicin stratum (3.8% of participants) 30 26
 Oral fidaxomicin alone 26 (86.7) 24 (92.3)
 Oral fidaxomicin with IV metronidazole 1 (3.3) 1 (3.8)
 Othera 3 (10.0) 1 (3.8)
 Days on antibacterial treatment before infusionb
  Mean (SD) 3.0 (2.9) 3.0 (2.2)
  Median (range) 2 (0 to 12) 3 (0 to 8)
 Total days on antibacterial treatmentb,c
  Mean (SD) 11.8 (2.3) 12.0 (2.3)
  Median (range) 11 (10 to 20) 11 (10 to 21)

Abbreviations: CDI, Clostridioides difficile infection; IV, intravenous; mITT, modified intent-to-treat.

aThe actual antibacterial drug treatment for CDI on the day of infusion differed from the stratification antibacterial drug treatment for CDI.

bData represent the number of calendar days.

cData for total days on antibacterial treatment reflect the days on therapy for all antibiotics given to treat the CDI episode under treatment at the time of randomization and include days before, the day of, and days after administration of study medication.