Over the infusion period (study days 0-6) the number of patients experiencing CNS bleeding was 5 versus 1 (2.1% versus 0.4%) for the overall population (drotrecogin alfa (activated) versus placebo), with 4 of the 5 events in the drotrecogin alfa (activated) group occurring in patients ≤ 60 days old or ≤ 3.5 kg bodyweight.