Table 1.

Demographics and clinical characteristics at baseline of the patients analyzed.^*

	Total (n = 29)	Responders (n = 18)	Non-responders (n = 4)
Age	55 (10.97)	53.65 (11.68)	55.16 (9.35)
Gender
Males	18	10	2
Females	11	8	2
Disease duration (days)	325 (230)	302.4 (219)	281 (207)
Weight (SD)	80.25 (16.99)	76.95 (18.9)	89.55 (13.12)
ALSFRS-R total score	39.51 (5.31)	40.06 (5.12)	40.00 (8.7)
% Predicted FVC	80.46 (16.00)	76.50 (24.37)	80.50 (14.31)
NPI	1.69 (1.49)	2.05 (1.58)	0.87 (0.45)

^*None of the parameters were statistically different between Responders and Non-responders (P > 0.5).