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Table 3 Percentage of patients discontinuing due to unsatisfactory treatment in the intention-to-treat (ITT) and per-protocol (PP) populations

From: Randomized, multicenter study: on-demand versus continuous maintenance treatment with esomeprazole in patients with non-erosive gastroesophageal reflux disease

Treatment

Percentage of patients (n)

90 % confidence interval

ITT population

  

 Esomeprazole on-demand (n = 301)

6.3 (19)

 

 Esomeprazole continuous (n = 297)

9.8 (29)

 

 Difference (on-demand minus continuous)

−3.5

−7.1, 0.2

PP population

  

 Esomeprazole on-demand (n = 251)

1.2 (3)

 

 Esomeprazole continuous (n = 232)

0.4 (1)

 

 Difference (on-demand minus continuous)

0.8

−0.6, 2.1