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. 2021 Apr 15;49(5):790–803. doi: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000004847

TABLE 2.

Safety and Efficacy Endpoints

Intention-to-Treat Population EA-230 (n = 91) Placebo (n = 89) p
Safety
 TE adverse events, number of events (n [%]) 217 (n = 78 [86]) 218 (n = 81 [91])
 TE serious adverse events, number of events (n [%]) 13 (n = 12 [13]) 19 (n = 17 [19])
 Suspected unexpected serious adverse reactions,  number of events (n [%]) 0 (n = 0 [0]) 1 (n = 1 [1])
 Major clinical adverse event related to cardiac  surgery, number of events (n [%]) 11 (n = 11 [12]) 15 (n = 15 [17])
Per-Protocol Population EA-230 (n = 90) Placebo (n = 89)
Efficacy—inflammatory
 Interleukin-6 (peak in pg/mL) 189 [141–293] 213 [154–287] 0.99a
 Leukocyte numbers (peak in ×109/L) 13 [11–16] 13 [10–16] 0.25a
 Body temperature (peak in °C) 37.1 ± 0.06 37.4 ± 0.06 0.08a
 Insulin dose (total units during the first 24 hr  of ICU admission) 3.3 [0–25] 0 [0–26] 0.77a
 Glucose (peak in mmol/L) 9.0 ± 0.16 9.1 ± 0.16 0.58a
Efficacy—renal
 GFR using plasma clearance of iohexol (change from  day before surgery to POM in mL/min/1.73 m2) 19 ± 1.2 16 ± 2 0.13a
 GFRMDRD (change from day before surgery to POM in  mL/min/1.73 m2) 6 ± 1 2 ± 1 0.01a
 Occurrence rate of acute kidney injury, Risk, Injury, Failure,  Loss of kidney function, and End-stage kidney disease criteria stage “injury” 6 (7) 16 (18) 0.07b
 Plasma creatinine (change from day before surgery to POM in µmol/L) –5.6 ± 1.1 1.1 ± 1.9 0.003a
 Plasma creatinine (peak during POD 1–7 in µmol/L) 82 ± 5 96 ± 11 0.02a
 GFRMDRD (lowest during POD 1–7 in mL/min/1.73 m2) 86 ± 5 80 ± 5 0.66a
 GFR to calculate endogenous creatinine clearance (change  from day before surgery to POM in mL/min/1.73 m2) 106 ± 4 104 ± 5 0.70a
 Urine output (total mL during the first 24 hr in ICU) 1,815 [1,439–2,123] 1,685[1,433–2,080] 0.30a
 Urinary creatinine (nadir in mmol/L) 4.1 [3.2–5.7] 3.7 [2.6–5.5] 0.03a
 Urinary urea (peak in mmol/L) 150 [112–189] 111 [81–144] 0.004a
Efficacy—cardiovascular
 Net fluid balance (total mL during the first 24 hr of ICU admission) 787 ± 109 1,080 ± 117 0.98a
 Fluid therapy (total mL during the first 24 hr  of ICU admission) 3,272[2,762–6,174] 3,423[3,023–3,986] 0.84a
 Drain production (total mL during the first 24 hr  of ICU admission) 704 [558–913] 765 [578–932] 0.79a
 Alveolar-arterial gradient (change from ICU  admission to POM) –9.7 ± 1.2 –8.6 ± 1.4 0.78a
Efficacy—general
 Length of stay in ICU (in hr) 21 [19–23] 22 [19–24] 0.02c
 Length of stay in hospital (in hr) 195 [171–265] 234 [192–295] 0.001c
 Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (change in score  from ICU admission to POM) –1 [–2 to 1] –1 [–2.5 to 0] 0.35a
 Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation IV  (score at ICU admission) 53 ± 2 56 ± 2 0.26d

GFR = glomerular filtration rate, GFRMDRD = glomerular filtration rate with the Modification of Diet in Renal Disease, POD = postoperative day, POM = postoperative morning, TE = treatment-emergent.

ap values calculated using repeated measures two-way analysis of variance (interaction term) on plasma concentration-time effect curves (depicted in supplemental material, http://links.lww.com/CCM/G114).

b p values calculated using Pearson chi-squared test.

cp values calculated using log-rank test.

dp values calculated using Mann-Whitney U tests or Student t tests, depending on the distribution of the data.

No statistical testing was performed on safety data. In Table S2 (http://links.lww.com/CCM/G114), safety data categorized on severity and organ class is reported.

Data are presented as mean ± sem or median [interquartile range] or frequency (percentage).