Table 6

Serious bleeding and mortality rates in pediatric severe sepsis patients treated with drotrecogin alfa (activated)

Period and type of event1
No PF, MEN, or MD N = 142
PF, MEN, or MD N = 119
PF N = 85
MEN N = 48
MD N = 88

Serious bleeding events during infusion





     All events, % (n); 95% CI
7.0 (10); 3.4–12.6
1.7 (2); 0.2–6.0
2.4 (2); 0.3–8.2
2.1 (1); 0.05–11.1
2.3 (2); 0.3–8.0
     Fatal, % (n)
0
0
0
0
0
     Life-threatening, % (n)
2.1 (3)
1.7 (2)
2.4 (2)
0
2.3 (2)
     ICH, % (n)
1.4 (2)
0
0
0
0
Serious bleeding events over 28 days2





     All events, % (n); 95% CI
9.2 (13); 5.0–15.2
5.9 (7); 2.4–11.7
7.1 (6); 2.6–14.7
4.2 (2); 0.1–14.3
6.8 (6); 2.5–14.3
     Fatal, % (n)
0.7 (1)
1.7 (2)
1.2 (1)
2.1 (1)
2.3 (2)
     Life-threatening, % (n)
2.1 (3)
3.4 (4)
4.7 (4)
0
3.4 (3)
     ICH, % (n)
3.5 (5)
2.5 (3)
2.4 (2)
2.1 (1)
2.3 (2)
14-day mortality





     Mortality, % (n); 95% CI
14.1 (20); 8.8–20.9
10.1 (12); 5.3–17.0
9.4 (8); 4.2–17.7
8.3 (4); 2.3–20.0
10.2 (9); 4.8–18.5

1Patients lost to follow-up (no PF, MEN, or MD = 1; PF, MEN, or MD = 2) were excluded from this analysis; 2duration of follow-up for the open-label and compassionate-use studies was 28 days, and follow-up for the phase 2b open-label study was 14 days. DrotAA, drotrecogin alfa (activated); ICH, intracranial hemorrhage; MD, meningococcal disease; MEN, meningitis; PF, purpura fulminans.

Vincent et al. Critical Care 2005 9:R331   doi:10.1186/cc3538