1. Effect of Convalescent Plasma on Organ Support-Free Days in Critically Ill Patients With COVID-19: A Randomized Clinical Trial
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Estcourt, L.J., Turgeon, A.F., McQuilten, Z.K., McVerry, B.J., Al-Beidh, F., Annane, D., Arabi, Y.M., Arnold, D.M., Beane, A., Bégin, P., Bentum-Puijk, W. van, Berry, L.R., Bhimani, Z., Birchall, J.E., Bonten, M.J.M., Bradbury, C.A., Brunkhorst, F.M., Buxton, M., Callum, J.L., Chassé, M., Cheng, A.C., Cove, M.E., Daly, J., Derde, L., Detry, M.A., Jong, Menno de, Evans, A., Fergusson, D.A., Fish, M., Fitzgerald, M., Foley, C., Goossens, H., Gordon, A.C., Gosbell, I.B., Green, C., Haniffa, R., Harvala, H., Higgins, A.M., Hills, T.E., Hoad, V.C., Horvat, C., Huang, D.T., Hudson, C.L., Ichihara, N., Laing, E., Lamikanra, A.A., Lamontagne, F., Lawler, P.R., Linstrum, K., Litton, E., Lorenzi, E., MacLennan, S., Marshall, J., McAuley, D.F., McDyer, J.F., McGlothlin, A., McGuinness, S., Miflin, G., Montgomery, S., Mouncey, P.R., Murthy, S., Nichol, A., Parke, R., Parker, J.C., Priddee, N., Purcell, D.F.J., Reyes, L.F., Richardson, P., Robitaille, N., Rowan, K.M., Rynne, J., Saito, H., Santos, M., Saunders, C.T., Neto, A. Serpa, Seymour, C.W., Silversides, J.A., Tinmouth, A.A., Triulzi, D.J., Turner, A.M., Veerdonk, F.L. van de, Walsh, T.S., Wood, E.M., Berry, S., Lewis, R.J., Menon, D.K., McArthur, C., Zarychanski, R., Angus, D.C., Webb, S.A., Roberts, D.J., Shankar-Hari, M., Estcourt, L.J., Turgeon, A.F., McQuilten, Z.K., McVerry, B.J., Al-Beidh, F., Annane, D., Arabi, Y.M., Arnold, D.M., Beane, A., Bégin, P., Bentum-Puijk, W. van, Berry, L.R., Bhimani, Z., Birchall, J.E., Bonten, M.J.M., Bradbury, C.A., Brunkhorst, F.M., Buxton, M., Callum, J.L., Chassé, M., Cheng, A.C., Cove, M.E., Daly, J., Derde, L., Detry, M.A., Jong, Menno de, Evans, A., Fergusson, D.A., Fish, M., Fitzgerald, M., Foley, C., Goossens, H., Gordon, A.C., Gosbell, I.B., Green, C., Haniffa, R., Harvala, H., Higgins, A.M., Hills, T.E., Hoad, V.C., Horvat, C., Huang, D.T., Hudson, C.L., Ichihara, N., Laing, E., Lamikanra, A.A., Lamontagne, F., Lawler, P.R., Linstrum, K., Litton, E., Lorenzi, E., MacLennan, S., Marshall, J., McAuley, D.F., McDyer, J.F., McGlothlin, A., McGuinness, S., Miflin, G., Montgomery, S., Mouncey, P.R., Murthy, S., Nichol, A., Parke, R., Parker, J.C., Priddee, N., Purcell, D.F.J., Reyes, L.F., Richardson, P., Robitaille, N., Rowan, K.M., Rynne, J., Saito, H., Santos, M., Saunders, C.T., Neto, A. Serpa, Seymour, C.W., Silversides, J.A., Tinmouth, A.A., Triulzi, D.J., Turner, A.M., Veerdonk, F.L. van de, Walsh, T.S., Wood, E.M., Berry, S., Lewis, R.J., Menon, D.K., McArthur, C., Zarychanski, R., Angus, D.C., Webb, S.A., Roberts, D.J., and Shankar-Hari, M.
- Abstract
Item does not contain fulltext, IMPORTANCE: The evidence for benefit of convalescent plasma for critically ill patients with COVID-19 is inconclusive. OBJECTIVE: To determine whether convalescent plasma would improve outcomes for critically ill adults with COVID-19. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS: The ongoing Randomized, Embedded, Multifactorial, Adaptive Platform Trial for Community-Acquired Pneumonia (REMAP-CAP) enrolled and randomized 4763 adults with suspected or confirmed COVID-19 between March 9, 2020, and January 18, 2021, within at least 1 domain; 2011 critically ill adults were randomized to open-label interventions in the immunoglobulin domain at 129 sites in 4 countries. Follow-up ended on April 19, 2021. INTERVENTIONS: The immunoglobulin domain randomized participants to receive 2 units of high-titer, ABO-compatible convalescent plasma (total volume of 550 mL ± 150 mL) within 48 hours of randomization (n = 1084) or no convalescent plasma (n = 916). MAIN OUTCOMES AND MEASURES: The primary ordinal end point was organ support-free days (days alive and free of intensive care unit-based organ support) up to day 21 (range, -1 to 21 days; patients who died were assigned -1 day). The primary analysis was an adjusted bayesian cumulative logistic model. Superiority was defined as the posterior probability of an odds ratio (OR) greater than 1 (threshold for trial conclusion of superiority >99%). Futility was defined as the posterior probability of an OR less than 1.2 (threshold for trial conclusion of futility >95%). An OR greater than 1 represented improved survival, more organ support-free days, or both. The prespecified secondary outcomes included in-hospital survival; 28-day survival; 90-day survival; respiratory support-free days; cardiovascular support-free days; progression to invasive mechanical ventilation, extracorporeal mechanical oxygenation, or death; intensive care unit length of stay; hospital length of stay; World Health Organization ordinal scale score at day 14; venous thromb
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- 2021