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Table 5 Response according to Brief Pain Inventory score at 3 and 6 months in the per-protocol cohort

From: Bone density and pain response following intensity-modulated radiotherapy versus three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy for vertebral metastases - secondary results of a randomized trial

 

IMRT group n = 20

 

3DCRT group n = 19

 

After 3 months

n

%

 

n

%

p-value

 CR

10

50

 

5

26,3

0.395

 PR

4

20

 

4

20,1

 

 PP

1

5

 

3

15,8

 

 IP

5

25

 

7

36,8

 

 Responders

14

70

 

9

47,4

0.151

 Non-responders

6

30

 

10

52,6

 
 

IMRT group n = 17

 

3DCRT group n = 12

 

After 6 months

 CR

7

41,2

 

3

25

0.732

 PR

5

29,4

 

4

33,3

 

 PP

2

11,8

 

3

25

 

 IP

3

17,7

 

2

16,7

 

 Responders

12

70,8

 

7

58,3

0.494

 Non-responders

5

29,4

 

5

41,7

 
  1. Abbreviations: CR complete response, PR partial response, PP pain progression, IP intermediate pain