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. 2020 Oct 20;22(10):e23868. doi: 10.2196/23868

Table 2.

Study population inclusion medications and baseline patient-reported outcome measure scores.a

Medications and outcome measure scores ITTb PPc EPPd
Control Intervention Control Intervention Control Intervention
Participants who provided baseline data, N 21 25 18 16 3 9
Inclusion medicationse






Azathioprine 2 (10) 5 (20) 1 (6) 1 (6) 1 (33) 4 (44)

Belimumab 4 (19) 7 (28) 3 (17) 4 (25) 1 (33) 3 (33)

Hydroxychloroquine 17 (81) 19 (76) 13 (72) 13 (81) 3 (100) 6 (67)

Immunoglobulin infusions 1 (5) 0 (0) 1 (6) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0)

Leflunomide 0 (0) 1 (4) 0 (0) 1 (6) 0 (0) 0 (0)

Methotrexate 4 (19) 3 (12) 4 (22) 2 (13) 0 (0) 1 (11)

Mycophenolate mofetil 5 (24) 2 (8) 5 (28) 2 (13) 0 (0) 0 (0)
HRQoLf , median (25th percentile, 75th percentile)

FACITg-Fatigue 20 (14, 26) 16 (10, 23) 20 (14, 27) 20 (10, 26) 7 (4, 18) 13 (8, 19)

BPI-SFh-Pain Severity 4 (3, 5.7) 5 (3, 6) 3 (3, 5) 4 (3, 6) 5 (5, 7) 6 (3, 7)

BPI-SF-Pain Interference 5 (5, 6) 6 (4, 7) 5 (4, 6) 6 (4, 7) 7 (3, 7) 6 (6, 8)

LupusQoLi-Physical Health 50 (25, 59) 46 (28, 56) 51 (28, 65) 51 (34, 60) 25 (15, 28) 25 (12, 50)

LupusQoL-Pain 41 (16, 66) 41 (25, 66) 58 (25, 75) 50 (33, 66) 16 (8, 33) 25 (8, 50)

LupusQoL-Planning 50 (25, 75) 41 (8, 66) 62 (25, 75) 62 (25, 75) 41 (0, 41) 25 (8, 25)

LupusQoL-Intimate Relationships 50 (25, 87) 56 (25, 75) 50 (25, 75) 75 (25, 81) 68 (50, 87) 31 (25, 50)

LupusQoL-Burden to Others 25 (0, 41) 16 (0, 41) 25 (0, 58) 25 (4, 50) 0 (0, 33) 16 (0, 16)

LupusQoL-Emotional Health 54 (37, 70) 54 (29, 66) 56 (37, 70) 60 (35, 79) 50 (20, 70) 20 (16, 54)

LupusQoL-Body Image 37 (20, 56) 50 (25, 69) 31 (20, 65) 65 (18, 75) 40 (35, 50) 31 (25, 45)

LupusQoL-Fatigue 25 (6, 37) 25 (18, 31) 25 (12, 43) 28 (25, 50) 6 (0, 31) 18 (0, 18)

aValues are n (%) unless stated otherwise.

bITT: intention to treat.

cPP: per protocol.

dEPP: ITT participants who were excluded from PP.

eTotals do not equal 100% as many patients were on multiple medications.

fHRQoL: health-related quality of life.

gFACIT-Fatigue: Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy-Fatigue (FACIT-F); 52-point scale with 0 (worst).

hBPI-SF: Brief Pain Inventory-Short Form; 10-point scale with 0 (best).

iLupusQoL: Lupus Quality of Life; 100-point scale with 0 (worst).