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The last day of follow-up for the primary outcome was February 17, 2026.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Intervention<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Hospital-level implementation of septic shock management strategies recommending fixed-dose vasopressin initiation when the total dose of other vasopressors reached 0.1 \u00b5g\/kg\/min of norepinephrine or equivalent (lower-threshold strategy) or when the total dose of other vasopressors reached 0.4 \u00b5g\/kg\/min of norepinephrine or equivalent (higher-threshold strategy). Hospitals were randomized for the first month to an initial strategy (6 hospitals to the lower threshold vs 7 hospitals to the higher threshold) and then crossed over to the alternate strategy monthly thereafter.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Main Outcomes and Measures<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The primary outcome of 28-day mortality and the key secondary outcome of kidney replacement therapy\u2013free days through day 28 were analyzed using multivariable generalized linear mixed-effects models, accounting for trial site and baseline patient characteristics.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      There were 3959 unique patients with septic shock (median age, 68 [IQR, 57 to 77] years; 1903 [48%] were female). Of the patients more likely to experience differential management under the tested hospital-level vasopressin dose strategies (maximum vasopressor dose \u22650.07 \u00b5g\/kg\/min of norepinephrine or equivalent), 1034 of 1521 (68.0%) cared for under the lower-threshold strategy received vasopressin compared with 651 of 1526 (42.7%) cared for under the higher-threshold strategy. In the hospital-level strategy recommending a lower-dose threshold for vasopressin initiation, the maximum vasopressor dose received prior to vasopressin initiation was a median of 0.14 (IQR, 0.10 to 0.22) \u00b5g\/kg\/min of norepinephrine or equivalent vs 0.34 (IQR, 0.16 to 0.42) \u00b5g\/kg\/min of norepinephrine or equivalent in the hospital-level strategy recommending a higher-dose threshold for vasopressin initiation. Mortality at 28 days occurred in 628 of 1975 patients (31.8%) treated with the hospital-level strategy recommending initiation of vasopressin at a lower-dose threshold of other vasopressors vs 655 of 1984 patients (33.0%) treated with the higher-threshold strategy (adjusted marginal odds ratio, 0.98 [95% CI, 0.87 to 1.06],\n                      <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u2009.62; adjusted risk difference, \u22120.4 [95% CI, \u22122.7 to 1.3] percentage points). Patients in both strategies for vasopressin initiation had a median of 29 (IQR, \u22121 to 29) kidney replacement therapy\u2013free days (adjusted marginal odds ratio, 1.01 [95% CI, 0.91 to 1.14]).\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions and Relevance<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>In this large, pragmatic clinical trial comparing the effectiveness of 2 hospital-level strategies for second-line vasopressor management in septic shock, a strategy recommending initiation of vasopressin at a lower dose of other vasopressors did not reduce 28-day mortality compared with a strategy recommending vasopressin initiation at a higher dose of other vasopressors.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Trial Registration<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:\n        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