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Table 1 Summary of Pilot Trial outcomes

From: A trial to determine whether septic shock-reversal is quicker in pediatric patients randomized to an early goal-directed fluid-sparing strategy versus usual care (SQUEEZE): study protocol for a pilot randomized controlled trial

Pilot Trial outcomes

Analysis

Pass threshold

SQUEEZE

Primary outcomes

 1. Participant enrollment ratea

  Consent rate for continued participation

  Missed eligible patients

Simple proportion

Simple proportion

Simple proportion

≥2/month(/site)

Not applicable

Not applicable

 2. Protocol adherence: ability to initiate study procedures within 1 h of randomization

Simple proportion

Not applicable

Secondary outcomes

 1. Appropriateness of eligibility criteria as evidenced by the ability to identify and enroll participants in a timely manner

Descriptive

Not applicable

 2. Completeness of the clinical outcomes of interest to inform the design of the future multicenter trial

Descriptive

Not applicable

 3. We will also assess considerations related to study process, resource, and management aspects of feasibility

Descriptive

Not applicable

SQUEEZE-D

Primary outcome

 1. The proportion of SQUEEZE participants for whom cell-free deoxyribonucleic acid (cfDNA) can be described

Simple proportion

Not applicable

Secondary outcomes

 1. The availability of the required samples from patients enrolled into SQUEEZE and

Simple proportion

Not applicable

 2. We will also assess considerations related to study process, resource, and management aspects of feasibility which impact upon the ability to process and test samples to inform the design of a larger-scale study

Descriptive

Not applicable

  1. aRecognizing that enrollment may be slower during the initial run-in phase