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. 2020 Nov 23;107(6):488–496. doi: 10.1136/heartjnl-2020-317928

Table 3.

Summary of pericarditis medications in all patients during base TP and EP

Medications
At least 1 Analgesics Aspirin NSAIDs Colchicine CS
Idiopathic, active, CRP >1 mg/dL (part 1), n/N (%)
Dose stopped 6/8 (75.0) 0/0 0/0 4/6 (66.7) 2/8 (25.0) 3/3 (100.0)
Dose decreased 1/8 (12.5) 0/0 0/0 1/6 (16.7) 0/8 0/3
Dose increased 1/8 (12.5) 0/0 0/0 0/6 1/8 (12.5) 0/3
Starting new 0/11 0/11 0/11 0/11 0/11 0/11
Idiopathic, active, CRP ≤1 mg/dL (part 2), n/N (%)
Dose stopped 2/3 (66.7) 0/0 0/0 1/1 (100.0) 1/3 (33.3) 1/2 (50.0)
Dose decreased 1/3 (33.3) 0/0 0/0 0/1 0/3 1/2 (50.0)
Dose increased 0/3 0/0 0/0 0/1 0/3 0/2
Starting new 0/3 0/3 0/3 0/3 0/3 0/3
Idiopathic, CS-dependent (Part 3), n/N (%)
Dose stopped 4/5 (80.0) 0/0 0/1 2/4 (50.0) 1/5 (20.0) 4/5 (80.0)
Dose decreased 3/5 (60.0) 0/0 1/1 (100.0) 1/4 (25.0) 1/5 (20.0) 1/5 (20.0)
Dose increased 0/5 0/0 0/1 0/4 0/5 0/5
Starting new 0/5 0/5 0/5 0/5 0/5 0/5
PPS, active, CRP >1 mg/dL (part 4), n/N (%)
Dose stopped 0/1 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/1 0/0
Dose decreased 0/1 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/1 0/0
Dose increased 0/1 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/1 0/0
Starting new 0/1 0/1 0/1 0/1 0/1 0/1
PPS, CS-dependent (part 5), n/N (%)
Dose stopped 3/3 (100.0) 0/0 0/0 0/1 0/2 3/3 (100.0)
Dose decreased 1/3 (33.3) 0/0 0/0 1/1 (100.0) 0/2 0/3
Dose increased 0/3 0/0 0/0 0/1 0/2 0/3
Starting new 0/3 0/3 0/3 0/3 0/3 0/3

CRP, C reactive protein; CS-dependent, corticosteroid dependent; EP, extension period; NSAIDs, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs; PPS, postpericardiotomy syndrome; TP, treatment period.