Table 2 Safety and outcomes.

From: Initial evaluation of extracorporeal immunomodulatory therapy for the treatment of critically ill COVID-19 infected patients

Median (IQR)

LMOD group n = 6

Control group n = 5

Primary outcome and safety

Vasopressor support (epinephrine dose equivalent) at day 1

16 (8.7–25)

10 (3.5–20)

Vasopressor support (epinephrine dose equivalent) at day 5

14.5 (8–20) *

16 (4.5–45)

WC at D1 (G/L)

13 (11–17)

19 (11–21)

WC at D5 (G/L)

15 (9–16)

14 (5–27)

Lymphocytes at D1 (G/L)

0.8 (0.6–1.4)

1.1 (0.6–2)

Lymphocytes at D5 (G/L)

1 (0.5–1.8)

0.65 (0.5–1.2)

Thombocytes at D1 (G/)

221 (168–260)

266 (232–280)

Thombocytes at D5 (G/L)

156 (145–247)

251 (220–395)

Secondary outcomes

SOFA at D1

13.5 (12.25–15.25)

11 (10–14)

SOFA at D5

11.5 (10–13.5)

12 (9–13)

CRP at D1 (mg/L)

186 (44–306)

63 (29–220)

CRP at D5 (mg/L)

125 (51–208)

85 (17–163)

Ferritin (umol/L) D1

2061 (1088–3268)

1174 (793–3555)

Ferritin (umol/L) D5

1096 (495–3670) *

823 (710–1650)

D-Dimere (μg/L) D1

7706 (2684–15,694)

4025 (2088–8460)

D-Dimere (μg/L) D5

3559 (2210–7038)

2340 (2081–2738)

Troponin (ng/L) D1

61 (27–640)

38 (14–115)

Troponin (ng/L) D5

43 (20–517)

47 (17–90)

AST at D1 (U/L)

48 (37–107)

48 (40–80)

AST at D1 (U/L)

45 (36–118)

56 (49–65)

  1. SOFA = Sepsis-related Organ Failure Assessment , WC = white blood cells, CRP = C-reactive protein, AST = Aspartate aminotransferase.
  2. *Friedman test, p significant for p < 0.05.