Safety, Tolerability, Pharmacokinetics, and Efficacy of Terlipressin Delivered by Continuous Intravenous Infusion in Patients with Cirrhosis and Refractory Ascites
Table 2
Summary of outcomes from treatment per patient.
Parameter
Subjects
101
102
103
104
105
106
Treatment days (dose, mg/d)
28 (3)
14 (4)
24 (2)
28 (3)
9 (3)
28 (3)
Reason for stopping
NA
Recurrent HE
Leaking hernia
NA
Grade 3 hyponatremia
NA
Spironolactone/furosemide, mg/d
Pretreatment
150/60
200/60
None
100/40
100/20
100/160
Treatment
50/20
200/60
None
100/40
100/20
100/160
LVP interval, days/28-day period
Pretreatment
7
18
7
14
21
21
Treatment
7
29
13
74
63
20
% change in LVP interval
0
70
116
414
215
-5
Total volume of ascites removed/28-day period, L
Pretreatment
45.0
25.8
33.0
19.7
16.5
17.5
Treatment
29.0
0
22.6
0
0
12.1
% change in volume
-36
-100
-32
-100
-100
-31
Change in SCr (mg/dL)
-0.4
0
-1.0
-0.4
-0.4
-0.1
HE: hepatic encephalopathy; NA: not applicable; SCr: serum creatinine.