Active clinical trials for "Shock, Septic"

The benefit of low-dose steroids in septic shock is still debated today, especially with mineralocorticoids. Fludrocortisone is a synthetic mineralocorticoid, an analogue of aldosterone, which has shown, in combination with hydrocortisone, a favorable effect on the mortality of septic shock patients with relative adrenal insufficiency. In a previous study in healthy volunteers, we showed for the first time that fludrocortisone at a dose of 400 μg per day significantly improved the pressor response to phenylephrine. These results confirm the observations reported in rats with endotoxin shock, where fludrocortisone was shown to significantly increase blood pressure and contractile response to phenylephrine. These encouraging results argue for a potential vascular beneficial effect of fludrocortisone and need to be confirmed in a population of septic shock patients. In this context, we aimed to evaluate the effect of oral administration of 100 μg every 6 hours of fludrocortisone on vascular responsiveness to noradrenaline in septic shock patients.

Background and Rationale: Sepsis is a universal healthcare problem with a high incidence and mortality. Improvement in early sepsis recognition and management has reduced the 28 day- and in-hospital mortality in the last two decades. Mortality rates from sepsis ranges from 20% to 30% of which one-third occurs within 3 days of ICU admission. Identifying patients with sepsis or septic shock who are at increased risk of early death can direct the priority of care for these patients and assist in predicting who is most likely to benefit from higher levels of care. In addition, this can encourage for direct future clinical trials to investigate new therapeutic interventions. Despite the large body of research on biomarkers (e.g. Serum lactate, interlukins) and clinical prediction tools (e.g. mSOFA score, APACHE II) for rapid risk stratification and in-hospital mortality of septic patients, the early identification of patients at increased risk for clinical deterioration remains challenging and the data on predictors of early death in septic patients remains deficient. Persistently low MAP or DAP have been related to worse outcomes in septic shock, this was aggravated by the new-onset prolonged sinus tachycardia which occur as a result of sympathetic activity. This associated tachycardia has been linked to increased major cardiovascular events, prolonged length of stay and higher mortality rates The recent study by Ospina-Tascón et al. presented a novel index, the "diastolic shock index" (DSI), defined as the ratio of heart rate (HR) and diastolic arterial pressure (DAP). They studied the diastolic shock index relation to clinical outcomes in patients with septic shock. In their study, this index represented a very early identifier of patients at high risk of death within 28 days and 90 days after admission, while isolated DAP or HR values did not clearly identify such risk. A few previous studies focused on the comparison between shock indices for prediction of sepsis outcomes and their results had a preference for DSI and MSI over SI.In this study we defined early mortality as that will occur within 3 days from admission or start of septic shock. This definition was based on previous works performed in patients with septic shock, for whom trends in organ failures during the first 3 days in the ICU were found accurate predictors of outcome . However, almost no study focused on the ability of the diastolic shock index to predict early ICU mortality from sepsis within 72 hours from admission. So, this study aims to fill this gap in the literature. Objectives : to investigate the ability of the diastolic shock index to predict early ICU mortality from sepsis within 72 hours from admission

Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a common complication in critically ill patients. Multiple studies have reported evidence that the main cause of ARF is sepsis, as part of the Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome: up to 50% of septic patients develop acute renal failure. RRT continues to be the standard management for severe acute renal failure, especially in its continuous modality and applied to the septic patient, generally with hemodynamic instability. The presence of SA-AKI (sepsis-associated acute kidney injury) is associated with short-term and long-term adverse events, which include: prolonged hospital stay, the development of chronic kidney disease (CKD), increased cardiovascular risk and increased risk of death. Its presence is even considered a factor with an independent association with mortality and has a higher fatality rate than ARF developed by another etiology. Different clinical studies have been developed based on the addition of hemoadsorption membranes to RRT that, although they have not shown significant differences in the reduction of mortality, have impacted secondary outcomes such as the reduction of pro-inflammatory cytokines, decrease in vasopressor support requirements, decrease in serum lactate, significant improvement in the SOFA score, improvement in oxygenation indices and decrease in hospital stay. These benefits are presented without reports of adverse events associated with its use. The oXiris® filter was recently developed: a single high permeability membrane capable of removing cytokines and endotoxins during renal support with the addition of antithrombotic properties. The experience of its use is limited to in vitro studies, case reports, retrospective cohorts and an RCT that provide consistent evidence of its benefits. A longitudinal, bi-directional, observational analytical study is proposed. A case-control study nested in a dynamic cohort will be developed to determine the effect of the use of hemofiltration with a cytokine removal filter (oXiris®) on the decrease in mortality at 28 days of patients with acute kidney injury induced by sepsis. (SA-AKI), as well as the dose of vasopressor support, oxygenation parameters and inflammatory markers.

Sepsis is a life-threatening organ dysfunction caused by dysregulated host response. A Subset of sepsis is septic shock which has almost 4-6 times the mortality when compared to sepsis. Septic shock has underlying cellular and metabolic abnormalities in addition to circulatory dysfunction. The circulatory dysfunction in sepsis is in the form of severe vasodilatation with high cardiac index. Cirrhosis is a state of hyperdynamic circulation. The mortality of septic shock in these group of patients is still higher. At the onset of septic shock there is initially an increased secretion of Arginine vasopressin. However, this initial rise is short lasting, and the vasopressin levels come back to normal or low serum levels with continued hypotension. However, even normal levels are too low for the degree of hypotension in septic shock. This causes a relative deficiency of vasopressin in septic shock. The exact time when this fall happens is not known and it is likely to be variable. Vasopressin was therefore tried as an agent in septic shock. Terlipressin is a synthetic analogue of vasopressin. It has a greater selectivity for the V1 receptor. Terlipressin is also shown to be effective in septic shock in cirrhotics3. Other vasoactive agents are not preferred in cirrhotics - dopamine due to high risk of arrhythmias and dobutamine as baseline cardiac output of cirrhotics is high which further increases in sepsis and dobutamine would further add to it. However, it may be given in myocardial dysfunction. Noradrenaline is recommended as the first vasopressor to be started in general in septic shock population. No study has compared the effectiveness of vasopressin and Terlipressin when added to noradrenaline in patients with cirrhosis. Acute kidney injury is a very common complication of septic shock in cirrhotics.

Patients with septic shock in the intensive care unit have a high risk to develop acute kidney injury (AKI) and AKI is an independent risk factor of mortality. Given the absence of validated pharmacological treatments for limiting the progression of AKI or for accelerating recovery from AKI, early intervention and the restoration of the glomerular filtration rate (GFR) in this context of septic shock might improve the patients' prognosis. One major challenge is to determine whether or not the AKI is reversible (return to normal function KDIGO 0 within 72 hours). In this retrospective study the investigators will analyze all patients admitted for a septic shock in three French ICUs between the 1st january 2014 and 01st January 2017 who developed an AKI (KDIGO ≥1) at admission and who had a determination of the urine concentration of TIMP2*IGFBP7 at admission. The investigators will determine the best threshold of TIMP2*IGFBP7 to distinguish the population of patients who will return to normal kidney function within 72 hours (KDIGO 0).

Severe sepsis/septic shock are serious complications of infection with high morbidity and mortality. Recent information showed that early and aggressive resuscitation may help improving survival and outcome especially the resuscitation within the first 3 hours. In surgical patients, either severe sepsis/septic shock bought them to the operating room or this sepsis might be found after surgery resulting in higher morbidity and mortality. Not only knowledge management, others possible risk factors should also be identified and corrected for outcome improving. This prospective observational study will be done in 800 adult surgical patients admitting to the general surgical intensive care unit. Incidence of severe sepsis/septic shock on admission along with risk factors associated with poor outcomes [organ failure (AKI, ALI, PMI, liver failure, stroke), prolonged ICU length of, stay, ICU death] will be recorded especially effect of amount and type of fluid replacement in the first 6 hours, 24, 48 and 72 hours after diagnosis. Outcome as major organ failure, ICU length of stay, ICU, 28 and 90 days mortality will also be study.

Severe sepsis and septic shock remain the leading causes of child mortality worldwide. Sepsis is a complex process that ultimately leads to circulation disorders, organ perfusion abnormalities, capillary leakage, tissue hypoxia, and organ failure. The difficulty of clinical treatment is microcirculation and mitochondrial dysfunction in septic shock. Once shock enters the stage of microcirculation failure, conventional treatment is ineffective. ECMO can effectively support the circulatory system and provide good oxygen delivery, but there are many controversies in clinical treatment. 1) whether ECMO can effectively improve the clinical prognosis of children with septic shock; 2) appropriate timing for ECMO intervention; 3) which key clinical factors affect the effect of ECMO treatment. This study intends to adopt a multi-center, prospective, non-randomized controlled trial design, and the main research hypothesis is whether ECMO treatment can improve the success of discharge survival of children with septic shock.

Blood platelets play a major role in the inflammatory response. A dysregulation of platelets activation may be one of the contributors to tissue damage in critically ill patients with septic shock. The main objective of this study is to compare platelet activation markers levels (including plasma concentration in CD154, beta thromboglobulin, platelet factor 4, platelet microparticles, soluble CD62, RANTES, GRO-alpha and HMGB-1) at the early phase of a septic shock and a systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS).

Intensive Care Unit (ICU) patients are known to lose muscle mass and function for many reasons, ranging from prolonged immobilization, to the effects of ICU treatments such as mechanical ventilation (MV), to the critical illness itself. Ultrasonography (US) is widely used in the ICU setting and has greatly evolved in the last decades, since it allows the non-invasive assessment of different structures, using radiation-free and user-friendly technology; its application for the assessment or the skeletal muscle is a promising tool and might help detecting muscle changes and thus several dysfunctions during early stages of ICU stay. By using skeletal muscle ultrasound at both diaphragm and peripheral levels, the overall aim of this study is to improve knowledge in the early detection of muscle dysfunction and weakness , and their relationship with mechanical ventilation weaning and muscle strength, in critically ill patients suffering from septic shock.

Sepsis is an increasingly recognised burden to healthcare systems worldwide. Intravenous fluid therapy is a common first-line intervention recommended by international guidelines. Hyperoncotic preparations of human albumin solution are widely available, but their efficacy has yet to be proven. This randomised feasibility trial will test whether it is feasible to administer hyperoncotic albumin solutions as both fluid resuscitation and as a regular supplement in patients with early septic shock.