Table 1

Drotrecogin alfa (activated) clinical trials

Study
Study type/patients or treatments included
Number of patients included
Study period
Reference

EVAA
Dose-finding phase II
131
1997 to 1998
[10]
PROWESS
Phase III
1,690
1998 to 2000
[11]
ENHANCE
Open-label
2,378
2001 to 2003
[12]
ADDRESS
Low risk for death
2,640
2002 to 2004
[13]
RESOLVE
Sepsis in children
477
2002 to 2005
[24]
XPRESS
Heparin + DrotAA
1,927
2003 to 2005
[14]

ADDRESS, Efficacy and Safety of Drotrecogin alfa [activated] in Adult Severe Sepsis Patients at Low Risk of Death; DrotAA, drotrecogin alfa (activated); ENHANCE, Extended Evaluation of Recombinant Human Activated Protein C, drotrecogin alfa (activated); EVAA, [dose finding study]; PROWESS, Recombinant Human Activated Protein C Worldwide Evaluation in Severe Sepsis; RESOLVE, REsearching severe Sepsis and Organ dysfunction in children: a gLobal perspective; XPRESS, Xigris and Prophylactic Heparin Evaluation in Severe Sepsis.

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