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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Cyst Fibros. 2020 Jul 12;19(6):942–948. doi: 10.1016/j.jcf.2020.07.009

Table 3:

Mucociliary Clearance and Deposition Data

Baseline First Dose 4 weeks Mean 4 week change
Placebo
Whole Lung
AveClr60 (%) 11.8 ± 11.2 10.2 ± 8.7 10.3 ± 8.3 −3.1 ± 5.5 (CI: −7.8 – 1.5)
AveClr90 (%) 13.9 ± 10.7 12.6 ± 9.8 13.3 ± 9.3 −2.3 ± 5.2 (CI: −6.7 – 2.0)
24-hr Clearance (%) 33.4 ± 6.8 35.4 ± 5.9 34.8 ± 14.1 0.6 ± 11.9 (CI: −9.4 – 10.6)
C/P ratio 1.83 ± 0.20 2.09 ± 0.14* 1.92 ± 0.25 0.12 ± 0.23 (CI: −0.07 – 0.30)
Central Lung
AveClr90 (%) 22.0 ± 15.4 17.8 ± 15.7 21.0 ± 14.5 −3.8 ± 9.3 (CI: −11.6 – 4.0)
Peripheral Lung
AveClr90 (%) 8.5 ± 10.4 8.9 ± 5.6 7.8 ± 5.8 −1.7 ± 8.9 (CI: −9.2 – 5.7)
Active Treatment
Whole Lung
AveClr60 (%) 7.5 ± 5.2 8.3 ± 5.2 9.9 ± 6.2 1.6 ± 4.1 (CI: −1.2 – 4.3)**
AveClr90 (%) 9.1 ± 5.1 10.5 ± 5.9 12.6 ± 6.4* 2.8 ± 3.2 (CI: 0.6 – 4.9)**
24-hr Clearance (%) 24.0 ± 8.8 38.6 ± 12.8* 25.0 ± 8.0 1.6 ± 6.1 (CI: −2.3 – 5.5)
C/P ratio 1.67 ± 0.32 1.87 ± 0.35* 1.66 ± 0.26 −0.01 ± 0.26 (CI: −0.18 – 0.15)
Central Lung
AveClr90 (%) 16.2 ± 13.6 16.8 ± 8.7 20.8 ± 9.2 2.6 ± 9.0 (CI: −3.5 – 8.6)
Peripheral Lung
AveClr90 (%) 6.1 ± 4.4 6.5 ± 4.8 7.3 ± 4.9 1.1 ± 4.7 (CI: −2.1 – 4.3)

Clearance and deposition values at each time point, and calculated mean differences between baseline and 4 week visit.

*

Significant difference (p < 0.05) from baseline via paired T-test.

**

Significant difference (p < 0.05) between groups via unpaired T-test.