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Table 1 Baseline characteristics (ITT population)

From: Efficacy in asthma of once-daily treatment with fluticasone furoate: a randomized, placebo-controlled trial

Demographic Characteristics

Placebo

(n = 101)

FF dose

  

200 mcg OD/AM

(n = 105)

200 mcg OD/PM

(n = 103)

400 mcg OD/AM

(n = 111)

400 mcg OD/PM

(n = 113)

200 mcg

BD

(n = 113)

Female gender, n (%)

62 (61)

62 (59)

74 (72)

73 (66)

70 (62)

78 (69)

Age (years), mean

44.4

45.0

43.7

46.9

45.0

45.6

Race, n (%)

   White

60 (60)

68 (65)

67 (66)

74 (67)

75 (68)

76 (67)

   Asian

16 (16)

14 (13)

15 (15)

16 (15)

15 (14)

17 (15)

   Other

24 (24)

22 (22)

20 (20)

20 (18)

21 (19)

20 (18)

Asthma history, n (%)

      

   < 1 year

3 (3)

1 (< 1)

3 (3)

2 (2)*

3 (3)

3 (3)*

   ≥ 1 to < 5 years

16 (16)

12 (11)

19 (18)

14 (13)

19 (17)

17 (15)

   ≥ 5 to < 10 years

24 (24)

26 (25)

26 (25)

30 (27)

24 (21)

35 (31)

   ≥ 10 years

58 (57)

66 (63)

55 (53)

65 (59)

67 (59)

58 (51)

Lung function, mean

   Pre-bronchodilator FEV1, litres

1.966

1.969

1.986

1.931

1.995

1.976

   % predicted FEV1, (%)

66.37

66.52

68.24

67.23

67.69

68.14

   % reversibility FEV1, (%)

30.16

29.25

29.29

27.94

30.90

26.32

  1. *1 patient < 6 months
  2. Data on race unavailable for 6 patients
  3. AM = morning dosing; BD = twice daily; FEV1 = forced expiratory volume in one second; OD = once daily; PM = evening dosing