Comparison · NCT00477334-sae
Famciclovir 1000 mg vs Placebo Comparator: serious adverse events
Calculated by ConductScience from the counts the trial posted to ClinicalTrials.gov.
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Measures6
Calculated by ConductScience from the counts the trial posted to ClinicalTrials.gov.
| Measure | Value | 95% interval, lower | 95% interval, upper | Method | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Risk in group 1 | 0.00971 | 0.00267 | 0.0347 | wilson | |
| Risk in group 2 | 0.0102 | 0.0018 | 0.0556 | wilson | |
| Risk difference, group 1 minus group 2 | -0.000495 | -0.0464 | 0.0259 | newcombe hybrid score | |
| Risk ratio, group 1 over group 2 | 0.951 | 0.0873 | 10.4 | log | |
| Odds ratio, group 1 over group 2 | 0.951 | 0.0852 | 10.6 | log | |
| Number needed to treat, for one fewer participant with a serious adverse event on Famciclovir 1000 mg than on Placebo Comparator | 2,020 | from the risk difference interval | the interval includes no difference |
Source ClinicalTrials.gov
Groups2
Group 2 names the comparator: placebo.
| Group | Title | Description | With the outcome | Analysed | ClinicalTrials.gov code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Group 1 | Famciclovir 1000 mg | Famciclovir 1000 mg; twice a day for one day for treatment. | 2 | 206 | EG000 |
| Group 2 | Placebo Comparator | Placebo twice a day for one day for treatment. | 1 | 98 | EG001 |
Source ClinicalTrials.gov
Harm
- What it counts
- Total, serious adverse events
- Time frame
- 21 days
Source ClinicalTrials.gov
Trial
- Title
- Patient-initiated Episodic Treatment of Recurrent Genital Herpes in Black Patients
- NCT number
- NCT00477334
- Phases
- PHASE4
- Conditions
- Genital Herpes
- Interventions
- Famciclovir, Placebo
- Lead sponsor
- Novartis
- Results first posted
- 2011-03-16
- Results on ClinicalTrials.gov
- https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00477334?tab=results
Source ClinicalTrials.gov
Source
- Release
- trial-comparisons-2026-03-23-0.1.0
- Release manifest SHA-256
- f66225897fbf258b57ea10bdacfd0347d3cdfda93f7f5685234b7e06ea36fa57
- AACT copy
- 2026-03-23
- Tables read
- outcome_counts.parquet, outcome_measurements.parquet, outcomes.parquet, reported_event_totals.parquet, reported_events.parquet, result_groups.parquet, studies.parquet, ctgov_trial.parquet
Source ClinicalTrials.gov
Sources 2
- ClinicalTrials.gov's posted results, through CTTI's AACTFreely available. Acknowledgement requested
- ClinicalTrials.govNo license stated
Each source's terms
- ClinicalTrials.gov's posted results, through CTTI's AACTClinicalTrials.gov data via Aggregate Analysis of ClinicalTrials.gov (AACT), CTTI. CTTI makes its materials freely available and requests acknowledgement. https://aact.ctti-clinicaltrials.org/documentation/299
- ClinicalTrials.govnone stated
ClinicalTrials.gov's data carry an international copyright outside the United States: https://clinicaltrials.gov/about-site/terms-conditions. The measures are ConductScience's calculation from them.
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