Active clinical trials for "Shock"

Prospective, observational clinical multicentric study in ICU; during the period surrounding the orotracheal intubation.

Record the renal resistive index and hemodynamic parameters ( record the cardiac output and stroke volume if the patient's next to kin agree to undertake a PiCCO monitoring ) before and after resuscitation for severe sepsis or septic shock patients, to determine whether the changes of resistive index or hemodynamic parameters, especially the cardiac output can be a better parameter to predict AKI

The MostCare system, thanks to the Pressure Recording Analytical Method (PRAM; Vygon, Padua, Italy), provides new hemodynamic parameters of the cardiovascular system. The PRAM method is a noncalibrated pulse contour method which requires only an arterial line (radial or femoral). This method has been validated in various clinical conditions. Among the collected parameters, some are well known and used daily care in Intensive Care Unit (ICU), i.e. cardiac output (CO), arterial pressure, heart rate, stroke volume (SV). Others such as arterial elastance (Ea) or dicrotic pressure are more recent and merit further investigation to determine their interest in clinical practice. To date, it is rarely used to adapt therapies, mostly because of a lack of knowledge regarding the evolution of these parameters. The aim of this study is to analyze the relationship between the evolution of Arterial Elastance and fluid responsiveness after a 250 mL fluid challenge of crystalloids in 5 minutes in patients with either septic shock or in the postoperative course of a major vascular surgery. Patients will be considered fluid responders if an increase >10% of the stroke volume is observed .

Septic shock is one of the leading causes of death in patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU). Acute kidney injury (AKI) occurs in almost 50% of septic patients and is associated with significant mortality. Progression to the last stage (KDIGO stage 3) of AKI is an important step in the disease, as it usually requires initiation of RRT. Renal biomarkers are unable to accurately identify those patients who will progress to severe AKI (KDIGO 3). However, identification of patients at risk of progression to severe AKI could help the clinician to initiate optimal therapy including RRT. A new urine test, the Nephrocheck™ corresponding to the product of the urinary concentrations of 2 markers of renal tubule injury (TIMP2 and IGFBP7) has been validated. The Investigator have already performed two previous studies including septic shock patients (AKICHECK and BIOOCHECK). those previous datas will be reanalysed to examine whether the new urinary biomarkers TIMP2 and IGFBP7 can predict progression within 24 hours and 72 hours from mild and moderate (KDIGO 1 or 2) to severe AKI (KDIGO 3) in patients with septic shock. -All the datas required will be collected from two previous studies (AKICHECK and BIOCHECK) performed in 3 centers: Amiens medical ICU, Melun medico surgical ICU and Montpellier Medical ICU.

In shock patients, fluid resuscitation, infusion of vasopressors and transfusion are guided on hemodynamic macrovascular parameters. Analysis of sublingual microcirculation in shock patients is predictive of mortality and organ dysfunction. To optimize the quality of the resuscitation in shock patients, it could be useful to have an assessment of sublingual microcirculation in addition to the macrovascular parameters usually assessed by the nurses. But, this requires to have a monitor of sublingual microcirculation easy to use and to analyze at the bedside. The primary outcome of the present study is to test the ability of visual analysis of sublingual microcirculation by nurses to predict needs for fluid challenge, vasopressors or transfusion in patients in shock. After ICU admission and study inclusion, the nurses in charge of the patient will perform a set of measurements of macrocirculatory and microcirculatory parameters every 4 h during the first three days after ICU admission and before and after every hemodynamic therapeutic intervention, such as fluid challenge, transfusion of red blood cells or change in catecholamine rate. The secondary outcomes are to test 1/ to test the ability of visual analysis of sublingual microcirculation to predict organ dysfunction (SOFA score), and 2/ to evaluate the relationship between hemodynamic macrovascular and microvascular parameters. Intensive care patients in shock who need sedation, mechanical ventilation and invasive hemodynamic monitoring (Pulse Contour Cardiac Output (PiCCO 2 device)) will be included. In addition, patients will be included only when patients will obviously stay more than 24 hours in the ICU.

The classic physiopathology of cardiogenic shock is explained by a systolic ventricular failure, responsible for a decrease in cardiac output associated with high systemic vascular resistances (SVR). This theory is currently challenged in light of the data collected in the SHOCK study, which assessed outcome of early revascularization versus initial medical stabilization, in cardiogenic shock following myocardial infarction.13 A sub-study highlighted depressed SVR in the population with ischemic cardiogenic shock, related to a systemic inflammatory response syndrome.14 Furthermore, mean FEVG was 30% in the SHOCK trial,13 with a similar distribution with post myocardial infarction heart failure patients without signs of shock.15-19 Thus, alteration of myocardial contractility can be only moderate in cardiogenic shock and isn't the only cause responsible for the hemodynamic instability.20 Recent studies suggest the important roles of the peripheral vascular system and neurohormonal system in the genesis and prolongation of cardiogenic shock.12 Vasodilation caused by nitrous oxide synthase activation27 explains the absence of compensating vasoconstriction observed during the SHOCK trial13, and leads to decreased systemic and coronary perfusion, thus increasing myocardial ischemia and initial ventricular dysfunction. 28,29 Cotter et al. conducted an interesting study of hemodynamic evaluation of various cardiac conditions where they observed a significant variability in the peripheral vascular status, with systemic vascular resistances collapsed in certain patients (similar to those observed in septic shock) and rather close to normal or very high resistances in other patients.21 However these data were obtained from a selected group of patients without differentiating the etiology of cardiogenic shock. Finally, the majority of available studies were limited to cardiogenic shock whose etiology was myocardial infarction. Therapeutic management of cardiogenic shock is based in first intention on an inotropic support by Dobutamine.11,23 However, better outcomes on contractility and microcirculatory state have been observed with the use of a vasopressor support by Norepinephrine, suggesting the importance of SVR decreasing in genesis of cardiogenic shock.14,24 Recent reviews showed very few data on inotropic treatment and association with vasopressor support,22 hence the low level of recommendations in current guidelines.11,23 So far it is crucial to accurately characterize hemodynamic status and in particular the systemic vascular resistance for patients with cardiogenic shock. Important variabilities in hemodynamic profiles observed in Cooter's trial could explain the difficulty in defining an optimal therapeutic strategy. the investigators hypothesize that the hemodynamic profile, particularly SVR, of patients with cardiogenic shock is different depending on their etiology. Ischemic cardiogenic shock should be characterized by lower SVR, in relation to a major role of systemic inflammatory response syndrome. On the contrary, non-ischemic cardiogenic shock could be associated with normal or elevated SVR, and thus could explain the variability in distribution of SVR.

The study aims at clarification of venous collapsibility measures with real venous flow measurements during dynamic maneuver testing fluid responsiveness in septic shock patients.

The purpose of this study is to compare the tendency of plasma concentration and clearance of procalcitonin in the first 24 and 48 hours of management of patients with severe sepsis and septic shock with another marker of early prognosis represented by 48 hours delta sofa.

Life-threatening infection impairs bloodflow to the gut, thereby causing less delivery of oxygen. This leads to increased formation of different inflammatory and infectious markers. The investigators hypothesize, therefore, that there is a significant difference in the concentrations of inflammatory and infectious markers in the rectal mucosa between patients with septic shock and healthy controls.

This study is designed to examine the early sequential cytokine responses during antibiotic therapy and resuscitation of septic shock in relation to clinical manifestations of disease. The specific objective is to obtain sequential serum samples from patients with septic shock, examine a broad range of cytokine responses (TNF, IL-1, IL-6, MIF, LIF, HMGB1, etc) in a rigorous manner and correlate these responses to administration of antibiotics, resuscitative efforts and physiologic responses to illness (temp, HR, blood pressure, WBC, etc).