Active clinical trials for "Sepsis"

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the usefulness of an optimization of muscle perfusion and oxygenation, as assessed by the NIRS technique, in critically ill patients with sepsis.

The objective of this study is to demonstrate that rPAF-AH is safe and reduces 28 day all cause mortality in patients with severe sepsis.

Clinical phase 3 study to investigate the effect of recAP on 28 day mortality in patients admitted to the ICU with acute kidney injury that is caused by sepsis. The study has three distinct SA-AKI trial populations: The main trial population: Patients with a pre-AKI reference eGFR ≥45 mL/min/1.73 m2 and no proven or suspected SARS-CoV-2 at time of randomization. A 'moderate' CKD population: Patients with a pre-AKI reference eGFR ≥25 and <45 mL/min/1.73 m2 and no proven or suspected SARS-CoV-2 at time of randomization. A Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) population: Patients with proven or suspected SARS-CoV-2 at time of randomization with or without 'moderate' CKD. For patients in this population, COVID-19 should be the main cause of SA-AKI. In the main study population approximately 1400 patients will be enrolled and in the two cohorts with moderate CKD and COVID-19 each up to 100 patients. There are two arms in the study, one with active treatment and one with an inactive compound (placebo). Treatment is by 1 hour intravenous infusion, for three days. Patients are followed up for 28 days to see if there is an improvement on mortality, and followed for 90 and 180 days for mortality and other outcomes e.g. long-term kidney function and quality of life.

Clinical and animal studies have found that sepsis can lead to a serious imbalance in the gut microecology, a reduction in probiotics, a reduction in short-chain fatty acid, a reduction in bone mass, and an increase in bone destruction, maintaining the stability of microecology can be one of the effective means of bone protection. But at present, the treatment of sepsis with early supplementation of probiotics is still controversial, and dietary fiber intake has significantly changed the composition of the microbiota, it may be a safe and effective method to prevent bone loss in sepsis. Further study on it will provide reliable theoretical basis and intervention target for early, safe and effective prevention of osteoporosis.

This study is to determine whether the intravenous application of 'Ⅳ-Globulin S inj. (Human Immunoglobulin G)' can reduce mortality in patients with severe sepsis or septic shock.

Sepsis is a severe and overwhelming response to an infection in the body. Over 750,000 patients in the United States develop sepsis every year. As sepsis becomes progressively more severe, a patient's blood pressure drops to dangerous levels and the body cannot pump oxygen to the rest of the body, which is necessary for normal cell function. This is called septic shock. When someone develops septic shock, it is very common for the smallest blood vessels in the body called the microcirculation to clog, like a highway during rush hour. Even with the best medical care, more than one in three patients with septic shock will die. The major goal of this study is to test if intravenous replacement of a naturally occurring nutrient that is lost by the body during sepsis called L-carnitine can reduce how sick a patient with sepsis becomes. In our study, some patients will receive L-carnitine and others will receive saline. We will measure markers determining severity of illness in both groups and compare them to see if L-carnitine helps patients get better faster. Based on research already conducted, we believe L-carnitine will improve blood flow in the microcirculation, delivering more oxygen to cells, and help the body get better. To test if this is true, we will directly look at the microcirculation under the tongue with a special magnifying camera that looks at red blood cells, and compare both groups.

Despite an organized treatment approach outlined in expert-consensus guidelines for sepsis with fluid resuscitation to treat hypovolemia, antibiotics to target the infectious insult, and vasopressors for hypotension, mortality rates for sepsis remain high and the incidence continues to rise, making sepsis the most expensive inpatient disease. Recent research has described the therapeutic benefits associated with ascorbic acid treatment for sepsis. Researchers objectives are to perform a randomized-controlled clinical trial investigating the ability of ascorbic acid(vitamin C) administration to decrease organ dysfunction in severe sepsis. The widespread occurrence of microvascular dysfunction in sepsis leading to tissue hypoxia, mitochondrial dysfunction, and adenosine triphosphate (ATP) depletion, gives rise to organ failure. Patients with organ failure and sepsis (severe sepsis) are at a higher risk of death than patients with organ failure alone. Critically ill patients may have an increased requirement for ascorbic acid in sepsis and these patients frequently have levels below normal. Ascorbic acid administration, has been shown to correlate inversely with organ failure (human literature) and directly with survival (animal studies). 4,5 Intravenous ascorbic acid therapy decreases organ failure by providing a protective effect on several microvascular functions including improving capillary blood flow, decreasing microvascular permeability, and improving arteriolar responsiveness to vasoconstrictors. Defining the utility of novel agents to augment researchers care for severe sepsis is an important task as investigators continue the institutional focus on sepsis care.

Toraymyxin is an extracorporeal hemoperfusion cartridge containing Polymyxin B-immobilized fiber column designed to reduce blood endotoxin levels in sepsis. Meta-analysis of randomized trials showed that polymyxin B hemoperfusion significantly reduced the mortality of severe sepsis; however, the evidence was mainly contributed by the studies of abdominal sepsis. The data about using polymyxin B hemoperfusion to treat non-abdominal sepsis remain very limited. Investigators designed a clinical trial to evaluate the efficacy of polymyxin B hemoperfusion on treating non-abdominal severe sepsis. The study hypothesis is that removal of endotoxin by polymyxin B hemoperfusion in patients with pneumonia or urinary tract infection (UTI)-related severe sepsis will attenuate sepsis associated microcirculation failure and result in early reversal of shock and less extent of end-organ damage.

Objective: assess the efficacy and safety of oral rosuvastatin in patients with sepsis-induced Acute Lung Injury (ALI). Hypothesis: Rosuvastatin therapy will improve mortality in patients with sepsis-induced ALI.

The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of resatorvid on subjects with sepsis.