Interventions
ARDS
ARDS, EDWARDS
Patients were randomized to receive intravenous FX06, 400 mg/d or the placebo for 5 days. Each dose was administered in two boluses separated by a 10-min interval. The dose regimen chosen was based on the results of previous studies, in animals and humans, that suggested safety and mechanistic engagement with this dosing (additional Methods in Additional file Patients were monitored using transpulmonary thermodilution systems (EV1000/Volume View, Edwards Lifesciences, Irvine, CA, USA, or PiCCO2, Pulsion Medical Systems, Feldkirchen, Germany), with thermistor-tipped catheters introduced in a femoral artery and an internal jugular vein [For ARDS management, investigators were asked to follow the most recent recommendations from the French Society of Intensive Care Medicine (Serum interleukin (IL)-6, IL-10, and soluble (s)VE-cadherin were quantified with DuoSet Elisa kits (R&D systems, Minneapolis, MN, USA).