Congenital heart disease

Different dose aspirin plus immunoglobulin (DAPI) for prevention of coronary artery abnormalities in Kawasaki disease: Study protocol for a multi-center, prospective, randomized, open-label, blinded end-point, non-inferiority trial

Am Heart JPublished Study protocol for a randomised controlled trial

Study context

Population
Children and adolescents under 18 with Kawasaki disease, recruited from inpatient unitsplanned sample size
Participants
1,346 children
Planned comparison
Low-dose vs moderate-dose aspirin, each with IV immunoglobulin, as initial treatment
Methodological detailsmulticentre, prospective, open-label, blinded end-point, non-inferiority, 1:1 randomisation, China, planned 2023–2026, ITT analysis planned, 80% power, one-sided significance level 0.025
  • Multicentre
  • Prospective
  • Open-label
  • Blinded end-point
  • Non-inferiority
  • 1:1 randomisation
  • China
  • Planned 2023–2026
  • ITT analysis planned
  • 80% power, one-sided significance level 0.025

No results yet. This paper sets out the design of a trial; its results are to come.

Parts of this Brief are withheld: the automatic checks could not confirm them against the abstract.

Original publication

Different dose aspirin plus immunoglobulin (DAPI) for prevention of coronary artery abnormalities in Kawasaki disease: Study protocol for a multi-center, prospective, randomized, open-label, blinded end-point, non-inferiority trial. Am Heart J. Published 19 March 2024. doi:10.1016/j.ahj.2024.03.010

Composed by AI from the published abstract and checked against it. How Briefs are made →

Get them every week

New studies on this topic in My Week and in your Monday e-mail.

We e-mail you a sign-in link and a code. No password, no spam.