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Community-Acquired InfectionsNCT01606631

Role of Beta-blockers in the Prevention on the Arisen of a Severe Sepsis (TESS)

An observational study of Community-Acquired Infections, run by Rennes University Hospital at 9 sites in France.

Completed

Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

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Trial summary

The severe sepsis (SS) and toxic shock (TS) are both frequent and severe complications of infectious diseases. They are one of the top ten causes of death in industrialized countries. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and older
Conditions the study is for
Community-Acquired Infections
How many people
2,444 participants
Where
9 sitesFrance
Study dates
Sep 2009to Feb 2012
Phase
Observational
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 18 years and older
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Study population: Case : patients included in the study and admitted to the ICU either directly from UAA or after a hospitalization in a specialty, for a severe sepsis or septic shock on their infectious disease community. Control : patients included in the study with an infectious disease community, admitted to a specialty, and have not progressed to severe sepsis or septic shock before hospital discharge.

Who may be able to join

  • Common characteristics of cases and controls:
  • Patients aged of more than 18 years old
  • Hospitalized patients, during the period of study, via the ICU of the participating hospital center, for a community infectious pathology:
  • lower respiratory infections (pneumonia)
  • intra-abdominal infections (cholangitis, diverticulitis, peritonitis)
  • urinary parenchymal infection (pyelonephritis complicated or without abscess, prostatitis, orchitis, epididymitis)
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  • infections of skin and soft tissue infections (cellulitis, fasciitis)
  • meningitis, endocarditis, osteo-articular infections, salpingitis
  • Definition of cases:
  • Patient included in the study and admitted to the emergency service either directly from ICU or after a hospitalization in a specialty for severe sepsis or septic shock on their infectious disease community.
  • Definition of controls:
  • Patient included in the study with an infectious disease community, admitted to a specialty, and have not progressed to severe sepsis or septic shock before being released from the hospital.
  • Non inclusion Criteria:
  • Opposition of the patient to the IT processing of its data within the framework of this observational study.
  • Exclusion criteria: Occurrence, during hospitalization, a severe sepsis or septic shock associated with a nosocomial superinfection.

Who cannot join

None listed.

Trial locations and contacts

9 sites in 1 country.

9 sites in 1 country

France9 sites
  • Brest University Hospital

    Brest, 29200

  • Clermont-Ferrand University Hospital

    Clermont-Ferrand, 63003

  • Groupe hospitalier Raymond Poincaré, AP-HP

    Garches, 92380

  • Grenoble University Hospital (A. Michallon)

    Grenoble, 38048

  • Limoges University Hospital (Hospital Dupuytren)

    Limoges, 87042

  • Nancy University Hospital (Jeanne d'Arc)

    Nancy, 54201

  • Rennes University Hospital (Pontchaillou)

    Rennes, Ille-et-Vilaine, 35000

  • Saint Etienne University Hospital (Bellevue)

    Saint-Etienne, 42055

  • Tours University Hospital (Bretonneau)

    Tours, 37044

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About this study

Official title: Evaluation of the Protective Role of Beta-blockers Prescribed in a Chronic Way on the Arisen of a Severe Septic Syndrome or a Toxic Shock at Patients Having a Community Infection

The severe sepsis (SS) and toxic shock (TS) are both frequent and severe complications of infectious diseases. They are one of the top ten causes of death in industrialized countries. But an eventual protective role of beta-blockers (anti-hypertensive drug) in their occurrence on a community infection has never been studied. The objective of this study is to evaluate this role.

Read the detailed description

The severe sepsis (SS) and toxic shock (TS) are both frequent and severe complications of infectious diseases. They are one of the top ten causes of death in industrialized countries. The adrenergic system is heavily involved in this pathological/physiological context. If the effect of various therapeutic strategies allowing the care of the SS/TS was widely estimated, the impact, positive or negative, therapeutic prescribed in the long term or more punctually - but be that as it may before the arisen of the sepsis - on the evolution of a community acute infectious pathology towards the SS/TS, had only little studied.

The main objective of this study is to estimate the possible protective role of a long-term prescription of a beta-blocker on the arisen of the SS/TS in patients having an acute infectious pathology of community origin.

The secondary objective will be to estimate, at the patients having developed a SS/TS, the impact of this long-term prescription of beta-blockers on the mortality in intensive care unit (ICU).

Keywords
severe sepsis, toxic shock
Medical subject headings
Community-Acquired Infections, Sepsis, Shock, Septic

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

Study groups in NCT01606631
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Arm 1 : experimental (case)Patients included in the study and admitted to the ICU either directly from UAA or after a hospitalization in a specialty, for a severe sepsis or septic shock on their infectious disease community.
Arm 2 : controlPatients included in the study with an infectious disease community, admitted to a specialty, and have not progressed to severe sepsis or septic shock before hospital discharge.

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. The primary outcome is the occurrence of severe sepsis, moving toward or away from septic shock.

    From the date of randomization until the date of first documented assessed severe sepsis (moving toward or away from septic shock) up to the end of hospitalisation.

    Measured: Participants will be followed for the duration of hospital stay, an expected average of 4 weeks

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted28 May 2012 (estimated)
  2. Study startSep 2009
  3. Primary completionFeb 2012
  4. Study completionFeb 2012

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More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Observational
Observational model
Case-control
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrolment
2,444 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT01606631
Sponsor's protocol ID
CNIL AR091723
Status last verified
Apr 2012
First submitted
24 Feb 2012
Last updated
28 May 2012
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
No

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

An observational study of Community-Acquired Infections, run by Rennes University Hospital at 9 sites in France.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 15 inclusion and 0 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 28 May 2012. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 9 sites in France. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

Are results available for this study?

The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

The primary outcome is the occurrence of severe sepsis, moving toward or away from septic shock. (time frame: Participants will be followed for the duration of hospital stay, an expected average of 4 weeks). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 28 May 2012.

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