Table 5 Patients’ distribution among severity grades of GI manifestations determined at Day-3 and Day-6 compared to Day-0 distribution in both groups
Symptom | Time | Control | Study | P value | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nil | Mild | Moderate | Severe | Nil | Mild | Moderate | Severe | |||
Nausea | Day-0 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 4 | >0.05 |
Day-3 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 0 | >0.05 | |
Day-6 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.047 | |
Day-8 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | >0.05 | |
Vomiting | Day-0 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 1 | >0.05 |
Day-3 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.037 | |
Day-6 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | >0.05 | |
Day-8 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | >0.05 | |
Abdominal distension | Day-0 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 2 | >0.05 |
Day-3 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 0 | >0.05 | |
Day-6 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.037 | |
Day-8 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | >0.05 | |