Phase 2 Vitamin C Sepsis Trials: Another Brick in the (Evidence) Wall?

Ankita Agarwal^{1

2}, Simon Oczkowski^{3

4}, Jonathan Sevransky^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA.
² Emory Center for Critical Care, Emory University, Atlanta, GA.
³ Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
⁴ Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.

Editorial

Ankita Agarwal et al. Crit Care Med. 2022.

. 2022 May 1;50(5):897-899.

doi: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000005432. Epub 2022 Apr 11.

Ankita Agarwal^{1

2}, Simon Oczkowski^{3

4}, Jonathan Sevransky^{1

2}

¹ Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA.
² Emory Center for Critical Care, Emory University, Atlanta, GA.
³ Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
⁴ Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.

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Comment on

Evaluating Vitamin C in Septic Shock: A Randomized Controlled Trial of Vitamin C Monotherapy.
Wacker DA, Burton SL, Berger JP, Hegg AJ, Heisdorffer J, Wang Q, Medcraft EJ, Reilkoff RA. Wacker DA, et al. Crit Care Med. 2022 May 1;50(5):e458-e467. doi: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000005427. Epub 2022 Jan 5. Crit Care Med. 2022. PMID: 34982738 Free PMC article. Clinical Trial.

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