Table 3

Incidence of organ failure, local complications, and deaths in the two groups

ComplicationsPlacebo groupLexipafant group
Organ failure
 On admission59 (43%)67 (45%)
 Day 346 (33%)40 (27%)
 Day 736 (26%)29 (20%)
 Overall80/138 (58%)85/148 (57%)
Local complications
 Pseudocyst19 (14%) 8 (5%)3-a
 Necrosis29 (21%)23 (16%)
 Abscess 6 (4%) 5 (3%)
 Overall41/138 (30%)30/148 (20%)3-b
Systemic sepsis13/138 (9%) 4/148 (3%)3-c
Deaths
 All attributable deaths21/136 (15%)14/147 (10%)
 Attributable deaths in patients treated ⩽48 h17/95 (18%) 8/104 (8%)3-d
  • 3-a Fisher's exact test, p=0.025.

  • 3-b χ2 I=3.41, p=0.065.

  • 3-c Fisher's exact test, p=0.023.

  • 3-d Fisher's exact test, p=0.034.