Long-term outcomes of dexamethasone 12 mg versus 6 mg in patients with COVID-19 and severe hypoxaemia.

"Declarations Conflicts of interestAG, MBNK, MWM, GKV, TSM, MHM and AP are affiliated with the Dept. of Intensive Care, Rigshospitalet, which has received grants for research from Pfizer, Fresenius Kabi, AM Pharma, and Sygeforsikringen ‘danmark’ outside the submitted work. MH has participated in advisory boards for AstraZeneca, GSK, Gilead, MSD, Roche and Sobi and received speaker’s honoraria from GSK and Gilead. TB reports grants from Novo Nordisk Foundation, grants from Simonsen Foundation, grants and personal fees from GSK, grants and personal fees from Pfizer, personal fees from Astra Zeneca, personal fees from Janssen, personal fees from Boehringer Ingelheim, grants and personal fees from Gilead, personal fees from MSD, grants from Lundbeck Foundation, grants from Kai Hansen Foundation, personal fees from Pentabase ApS, grants from Erik and Susanna Olesen’s Charitable Fund, outside the submitted work. SMJ and LC are affiliated with Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, which has received grants from Edwards Lifesciences Services GmbH, Phagenesis Limited, and Nestlé outside the submitted work. JVD has received personal fees (paid to his institution) from Edwards India outside the submitted work. VJ has received grant funding from GSK, Baxter Healthcare, and Biocon and honoraria from Boehringer Ingelheim, Astra Zeneca, Baxter Healthcare, Bayer, NephroPlus and Zydus Cadilla, under the policy of all monies being paid to the organization. Ethical approvalThe trial protocol was approved by the Ethics Committee of the Capital Region of Denmark with additional national/local approvals as required; additional details on approvals are presented in the protocol (ESM 1) [6]. Consent to participateConsent was obtained from patients or legal surrogates according to applicable laws and regulations in the participating countries. Enrolment according to an emergency procedure (i.e., consent from a doctor independent of the trial followed by consent from relatives and/or patients) was allowed at many sites; additional details were presented in the primary report [4]. Consent for publicationAll authors approved the manuscript for publication. Conflicts of interest AG, MBNK, MWM, GKV, TSM, MHM and AP are affiliated with the Dept. of Intensive Care, Rigshospitalet, which has received grants for research from Pfizer, Fresenius Kabi, AM Pharma, and Sygeforsikringen ‘danmark’ outside the submitted work. MH has participated in advisory boards for AstraZeneca, GSK, Gilead, MSD, Roche and Sobi and received speaker’s honoraria from GSK and Gilead. TB reports grants from Novo Nordisk Foundation, grants from Simonsen Foundation, grants and personal fees from GSK, grants and personal fees from Pfizer, personal fees from Astra Zeneca, personal fees from Janssen, personal fees from Boehringer Ingelheim, grants and personal fees from Gilead, personal fees from MSD, grants from Lundbeck Foundation, grants from Kai Hansen Foundation, personal fees from Pentabase ApS, grants from Erik and Susanna Olesen’s Charitable Fund, outside the submitted work. SMJ and LC are affiliated with Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, which has received grants from Edwards Lifesciences Services GmbH, Phagenesis Limited, and Nestlé outside the submitted work. JVD has received personal fees (paid to his institution) from Edwards India outside the submitted work. VJ has received grant funding from GSK, Baxter Healthcare, and Biocon and honoraria from Boehringer Ingelheim, Astra Zeneca, Baxter Healthcare, Bayer, NephroPlus and Zydus Cadilla, under the policy of all monies being paid to the organization."

"Funding The Novo Nordisk Foundation and the Research Council of Rigshospitalet, Grant nos [0062998, E-22703-06]. The funders had no role in the design, conduct, analyses or reporting of the trial."