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Table 3 Owner-reported pruritus VAS scores and reduction from baseline following treatment

From: Concurrent short-term use of prednisolone with cyclosporine A accelerates pruritus reduction and improvement in clinical scoring in dogs with atopic dermatitis

Day

Treatment (n = 22)

Score

Score change from baseline (%)

p-value

  

Mean2

Median

s.d.

Min

Max

Mean (95% CI)

 

0

Cyclosporine A

79.28

80.58

12.45

52.60

98.92

-

-

Cyclosporine A and prednisolone

73.90

73.12

11.83

50.75

100.00

-

3-4

Cyclosporine A

77.43

79.03

11.42

48.50

95.02

−1.18 (−7.8,5.5)

0.0008

Cyclosporine A and prednisolone

47.65

50.00

22.86

10.95

96.79

−36.33 (−48.7,-24.0)

7-8

Cyclosporine A

67.79

69.65

14.62

38.71

95.02

−13.04 (−22.3,-3.8)

0.0008

Cyclosporine A and prednisolone

29.21

29.50

20.46

1.99

72.04

−60.61 (−73.3,-47.9)

10-11

Cyclosporine A

65.81

67.99

13.47

36.56

87.06

−15.31 (−24.2,-6.5)

0.0008

Cyclosporine A and prednisolone1

23.08

16.13

22.97

0.00

74.63

−68.73 (−82.7,-54.7)

14 ± 1

Cyclosporine A

58.69

57.53

18.03

26.87

93.03

−24.57 (−34.9,-14.2)

0.0008

Cyclosporine A and prednisolone

20.37

12.90

20.22

0.00

75.62

−72.79 (−84.4,-61.1)

17-18

Cyclosporine A

50.45

47.54

19.71

20.40

88.56

−34.62 (−47.0,-22.3)

0.0008

Cyclosporine A and prednisolone

19.33

10.75

19.50

0.00

70.00

−73.57 (−84.9,-62.3)

21-22

Cyclosporine A

48.33

47.79

20.26

16.13

88.56

−37.00 (−50.1,-23.9)

0.0128

Cyclosporine A and prednisolone

21.23

11.29

24.84

0.00

84.58

−70.55 (−85.5,-55.6)

24-25

Cyclosporine A

43.69

42.36

24.29

3.23

88.56

−42.41 (−58.2,-26.6)

0.0240

Cyclosporine A and prednisolone

19.90

10.75

24.42

0.00

93.03

−73.10 (−86.9,-59.3)

28 ± 2

Cyclosporine A1

43.44

43.01

25.09

3.23

89.05

−42.36 (−58.2,-26.5)

0.2160

 

Cyclosporine A and prednisolone

26.26

15.05

28.54

0.00

94.03

−65.12 (−81.1,-9.1)

 
  1. 1n = 21; 2arithmetic mean; s.d. standard deviation.