Efficacy of Polymyxin B Hemoperfusion on Severe Sepsis Secondary to Pneumonia or Urinary Tract Infection
Sepsis
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Sepsis focused on measuring Polymyxin B, Pneumonia, Sepsis, Urinary tract infection
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- Patients with septic shock defined by the third international consensus definitions for sepsis and septic shock
Newly diagnosed pneumonia or urinary tract infection (UTI) defined as the following:
2-1. Pneumonia is defined by a new infiltrate on chest radiograph and the presence of one or several of the following signs or symptoms: cough, sputum production, dyspnea, core body temperature ≥ 38.0°C, auscultatory findings of abnormal breath sounds and rales and leukocyte count > 10000 or < 4000/L.
2-2. UTI is defined by at least one clinical symptom (core body temperature ≥38.0°C, urinary urgency, polyuria, dysuria, suprapubic pain, flank pain, costovertebral angle tenderness, nausea and vomiting) and one urinary criterion (pyuria >20 leukocytes/μL).
- Hyperlactatemia (>2 mmol/L)
- Endotoxin activity assay (EAA) ≥ 0.5 units.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Shock persisted >12 hours before screening
- Mechanical ventilation >21 days
- Uncontrolled hemorrhage
- Thrombocytopenia (platelet count < 30,000 cells/mm3)
- Leukopenia (leukocyte count < 1500 cells/mm3)
- Suspected allergy to polymyxin
- Females with pregnancy
- Terminal cancer or organ failure with life expectancy less than 30 days
Sites / Locations
- National Taiwan University Hospital
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Experimental
Intervention arm
Usual care with two sessions of 2-hour hemoperfusion with Toraymyxin in 24 hours apart