Active clinical trials for "Sepsis"

This is an observational study evaluating a catheter salvage strategy in relation to catheter-related bloodstream infections in patients with chronic intestinal failure dependent on home parenteral support. The study is confined to the period 2002 to 2016.

The FAPIC project will develop a diagnostic system that will identify pathogens and charachterize virulence and resistance. A prospective study will be performed in which blood samples will be collected of patients with suspected sepsis in order to evaluate the diagnostic system. In routine care, blood is drawn of these patients for culture in order to identify the causative pathogen. This process takes 3-5 days. During the study, one extra blood sample will be collected with the same venipuncture, with each blood culture. Afterwards, routine diagnosis by blood culture is followed. Blood samples will be send to the research laboratories for determination of sensitivity and specificity. The system will not be used in the clinic.

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the performance of the Karius Infectious Diseases Plasma Sequencing Assay in patients who present to the emergency room with sepsis.

Pneumonia is a common infectious disease of the lung, often requiring treatment in the hospital. Clinical scoring systems are available, identifying patients not requiring hospitalization. However, the course of disease of patients in the hospital remains hard to predict. While most patients will recover quickly, some will, despite appropriate treatment, develop a severe course leading to sepsis and systemic responses resulting in organ dysfunction. The PROGRESS study aims to identify clinical, genetic, and other molecular markers and combinations thereof predicting a severe course of pneumonia in the hospital. Such predictors will, for instance, support decisions on earlier transfer of patients to intensive care and thus improving outcome.

Analysis of exhaled breath samples using a high-speed gas chromatography medical device will identify Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC) that are specifically associated with SIRS and Sepsis. Primary outcome measures will include the assessment of the zNose Diagnostic Breath Analysis System, which includes high-speed gas chromatography, in the early detection of SIRS and Sepsis as compared with current SIRS and Sepsis evaluation methods.

The IDIS study aims to develop a new rapid diagnostic test for invasive salmonellosis using samples (blood, urine) collected from patients with fever and healthy controls at the Institute of Tropical Medicine (ITM) and collaborating centers. The samples are collected after informed consent and/or assent is given by the participant and are stored in a -80 ⁰C freezer after processing (centrifugation and/or aliquoting). Basic information regarding the patient and the samples are coded and stored in a protected Microsoft Access database. The samples will be shipped to Belgium for proteomic analysis. Identification of Salmonella specific proteins in the samples will hopefully support the development of a rapid diagnostic test. Once this test has been developed, the samples will also be used for validation and evaluation of this test.

The measurement of monocyte volume width distribution (MDW) is intended for use with adult patients presenting to the emergency department (ED), where a CBC with Differential has been ordered, as an aid in the early detection of patients with or developing sepsis. The study will establish the clinical performance of MDW for detection of sepsis in the ED.

The determinants associated with severe outcome and death from Escherichia coli bloodstream infections (BSI) remain poorly understood. The epidemiology of E. coli BSI has recently changed dramatically with the global emergence of multiresistant strains producing extended-spectrum ß-lactamases (ESBL). Outcome is worse in case of ESBL-E. coli, which may be due to the intrinsic virulence of ESBL-E. coli or to a delayed adequate empirical antibiotic therapy because of multiresistance. Predicting the severity of an infection as soon as the initial clinical assessment is of major importance to provide the best care, while limiting unnecessary hospitalizations and costs. Yet, no simple clinical score exists to predict the severity of E. coli infections. In a translational approach, the investigators will include during a maximum of one year 500 adults with E. coli BSI hospitalized in 7 hospitals in the Paris area, France. Precise clinical data will be collected at inclusion and 28 days after inclusion or upon patient's discharge (if before day 28). The primary endpoint of the study is death from E. coli BSI at day 28. The first aim is to determine risk-factors for death at day 28, including clinical and bacteriological factors (determined by WGS) in the era of the global emergence of ESBL producing E. coli. The second aim is to determine virulence characteristics of ESBL strains both at the genome and phenotypic level thanks to a mouse model of septicaemia, and compare them to the clinical data. The third aim, will establish and evaluate a simple clinical severity score (named COLISCORE), in order to help clinician evaluate patients' severity upon initial clinical evaluation and particularly to detect patients at risk of severe outcome. The ultimate goal of this work is to have a clinical impact on patients' management, by understanding the determinants of patient severity due to E. coli BSI in the context of current major epidemiological changes.

This study will use systems biology techniques, especially RNA-seq, to understand cognitive impairment after sepsis requiring an intensive care unit (ICU) admission.

The purpose of the study is to evaluate whether variability of CPP (cerebral perfusion pressure) is related to sepsis-associated encephalopathy and outcomes of patients with sepsis.