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Table 2 SAE/withdrawal/exclusion

From: Co-administration of iloprost and eptifibatide in septic shock (CO-ILEPSS)—a randomised, controlled, double-blind investigator-initiated trial investigating safety and efficacy

ITT/PP

Allocation [duration]

SAE/withdrawal/exclusion

Outcome

ITT

Placebo [0 h]

Recovery with extubation before trial drug administration (incl. criteria not met). Excluded

Death on day 13 (resp. failure)

ITT

Placebo [14 h]

Thrombosis in the arterial cannula (difficult insertion in Aa. radialis, instead US-guided insertion in a. brachialis). SAE/withdrawal

LMWH treatment (10.000 IE) with good effect. Survivor

ITT

Placebo [14 h]

Indication for Flolan inhalation (severe respiratory failure). SAE/withdrawal

Death on day 2 (respiratory failure)

PP

Placebo [completed]

Iatrogenic pneumothorax and intraabdominal bleeding after liver abscess drainage, 28 h after ceasing trial drug. SAE

Death on day 2 (pneumonia)

ITT

Active [0 h]

Indication for acute abdominal surgery before trial drug administration. Excluded

Survivor

ITT

Active [21 h]

Indication for therapeutic LMWH (suspicion of type II MI). Cardiac enzymes elevated before inclusion, but increasing. SAE/withdrawal

Death on day 10 (cardiac failure)

ITT

Active [28 h]

Transferred to other ICU due to overcrowding. Withdrawal

Survivor

PP

Active [complete]

Severe septic shock (Capnocytophagus carnimorsus) with bradycardia treated with 1 mg adrenalin IV and 2 min CPR. Circulatory stabilised after 2 min. Transferred to tertiary ICU day 4. Necrotomy of the face and leg day 27. Finger amputation (1., 2., 4., 5. finger on the left hand) day 35. Femur amputation day 50. SAE

Survivor

  1. ITT intention to treat, PP per protocol, SAE serious adverse event, US ultrasound, LMWH low molecular weight heparin, MI myocardial infarction, ICU intensive care unit, IV intravenous, CPR cardiopulmonary resuscitation