Efficacy and safety of monoclonal antibody to human tumor necrosis factor alpha in patients with sepsis syndrome. A randomized, controlled, double-blind, multicenter clinical trial. TNF-alpha MAb Sepsis Study Group.

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Published in JAMA on April 12, 1995

Authors

E Abraham1, R Wunderink, H Silverman, T M Perl, S Nasraway, H Levy, R Bone, R P Wenzel, R Balk, R Allred

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Medicine, University of Colorado, Denver.

Associated clinical trials:

Observational Trial on Cytokine Adsorption in Sepsis (OuTCASt) | NCT04306419

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