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Table 1 Outcome measures

From: Oral challenge vs routine care to assess low-risk penicillin allergy in critically ill hospital patients (ORACLE): a pilot randomised controlled trial

Primary outcome measures

 Feasibility outcome measures

  Eligibility to screened ratio

Proportion of patients that are eligible for intervention

  Recruitment to eligibility ratio

Proportion of eligible patients consenting to the participation in the study

(a ratio of ≥ 50% will be used as the primary determinant of feasibility)

  Intervention to recruitment ratio

Proportion of patients randomised to the intervention arm that had the intervention delivered as per protocol

  Protocol compliance

Proportion of randomised patients that complete all study activities as per protocol

 Safety outcome measures

  Safety

Proportion of patients with a penicillin allergy who experience an antibiotic-associated immune-mediated adverse event OR serious adverse event

(a proportion of < 5% will be used as the determinant of safety)

Exploratory outcome measures

 ◦ Proportion of participants in the intervention arm successfully delabelled post oral challenge

 ◦ Proportion of participants in the intervention arm with positive repeat oral challenge (post-ICU discharge)

 ◦ Utilisation of any penicillin during hospital admission

 ◦ Utilisation of any narrow-spectrum beta-lactam during hospital admission

 ◦ Utilisation of vancomycin during hospital admission

 ◦ Utilisation of any restricted antibiotic during hospital admission

 ◦ In-Hhspital and 30-day mortality

 ◦ ICU length of stay and hospital length of stay