Table 3.
Surgery.
| OxCapRT |
CarPacRT |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | ||
| Patients randomised | 42 | 43 | |||
| Patients not having surgery, n (%) | 6 | 14.3 | 2 | 4.7 | |
| Disease progression | 3 | 7.1 | 1 | 2.3 | |
| Comorbidity | 1 | 2.4 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Died before surgery | 2 | 4.8 | 1 | 2.3 | |
| Patients having surgery | 36 | 85.7 | 41 | 95.3 | |
| Days between finishing pre-surgical treatment and surgery, median (n, IQR, range) | 52 (36, 47–64,37–92) | 56 (41, 49–73,41–147) | |||
| Number of days in hospital post-surgery as an in-patient (d), median (n, IQR, range) | 11.5 (36, 9.5–16, 0–74) | 12 (40, 10–19,0–67) | |||
| 30-d post-operative mortality | 1a | 2.8 | 1b | 2.4 | |
| 30-d post-operative complicationsc | Any complication | 19 | 54.3 | 21 | 51.2 |
| Respiratory complications | 14 | 40.0 | 15 | 36.6 | |
| Cardiac complications | 9 | 25.7 | 4 | 9.8 | |
| Wound infection | 3 | 8.6 | 5 | 12.2 | |
| Chylothorax requiring treatment | 1 | 2.9 | 2 | 4.9 | |
| Haemorrhage requiring transfusion or intervention | 2 | 5.7 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Other complications | 9 | 25.7 | 9 | 22.0 | |
| Anastomotic leak | None | 32 | 88.9 | 35 | 85.4 |
| Radiological/endoscopic | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 7.3 | |
| Missing data | 4 | 11.1 | 3 | 7.3 | |
Multiple organ failure following cardiac arrest. Hospital acquired pneumonia following surgery. Adenocarcinoma of oesophagus.
Anastomotic leak.
Uses a denominator of 35 in the OXCAP-CRT arm—one patient has missing complications data.