Total and median numbers of pulses and cumulative doses of intravenous cyclophosphamide received by patients in each diagnostic group
Patients (n) | Total number of pulses | Median per patient | Range | Cumulative dose (g) (range) | |
All patients | 90 | 883 | 8 | 2–50 | 3 (1–25) |
SLE | 43 | 353 | 6 | 2–26 | 2.5 (1–13) |
All systemic vasculitis | 42 | 507 | 9 | 2–50 | 4.5 (1–25) |
Wegener’s granulomatosis | 19 | 271 | 11 | 4–50 | 5.5 (2–25) |
Polyarteritis nodosa | 8 | 63 | 8.5 | 2–14 | 4 (2–6.75) |
Churg-Strauss syndrome | 3 | 29 | 10 | 9–10 | 5.5 (5–7) |
Undifferentiated systemic vasculitis | 12 | 136 | 7.5 | 3–11 | 2.25 (1.5–5.5) |
Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies | 4 | 23 | 4.5 | 3–11 | 2.25 (1.5–5.5) |
Mixed essential cryglobulinaemia | 1 | 8 | NA | NA | 4 |