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Table 1 Demographics and other baseline characteristics

From: Two-year long safety and efficacy of deferasirox film-coated tablets in patients with thalassemia or lower/intermediate risk MDS: phase 3 results from a subset of patients previously treated with deferasirox in the ECLIPSE study

Demographic variable Deferasirox FCT, N = 53
Age (years), mean (SD) 32.9 (13.16)
Age category (years), n (%)
 < 18 3 (5.7)
 ≥ 18 to < 50 46 (86.8)
 ≥ 50 to < 65 1 (1.9)
 ≥ 65a 3 (5.7)
Sex, n (%)
 Male 18 (34.0)
 Female 35 (66.0)
BMI (kg/m2), mean (SD) 23.1 (3.81)
Predominant race, n (%)
 Caucasian 50 (94.3)
 Asian 1 (1.9)
 Otherb 2 (3.8)
Main underlying disease, n (%)
 MDS IPSS-R risk stratification 4 (7.5)
  Very low risk 2 (3.8)
  Low risk 1 (1.9)
  Intermediate risk 1 (1.9)
 TDT 49 (92.5)
Time since diagnosis (years), mean (SD) 27.1 (9.97)
 MDS 5.1 (1.91)
 TDT 28.9 (7.99)
Prior ICT (received during the ECLIPSE study), n (%)
 Deferasirox DT 27 (50.9)
 Deferasirox FCT 26 (49.1)
Last ICT received before deferasirox FCT in the current study, n (%)
 Deferiprone 5 (9.4)
 Deferoxamine and deferiprone 3 (5.7)
 Deferasirox monotherapy 45 (84.9)
Transfusion history
 Total number of transfusions received over the past 12 months, mean (SD) 24.8 (10.52)
 Time since last blood transfusion (days), mean (SD) 8.0 (10.21)
Baseline serum ferritin (µg/L), mean (SD) 2524 (1746)
  1. BMI body mass index, DT dispersible tablet, FCT film-coated tablet, ICT iron chelation therapy, IPSS-R Revised International Prognostic Scoring System, MDS myelodysplastic syndrome, SD standard deviation, TDT transfusion-dependent thalassemia
  2. aThe oldest patient was 77 years old
  3. bOther included two patients who self-identified as white