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Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome (SIRS)BCSSNCT02871895

Application of Biomarkers Change to Predict Outcome of Patient With Severe Sepsis

An observational study of Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome (SIRS) and Sepsis, run by Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at 1 site in Taiwan.

Unknown status

Status not confirmed. The sponsor has not verified this record for over two years, so it may be out of date.

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Trial summary

In 2004, the Surviving Sepsis Campaign (SSC) introduced guidelines for the management of severe sepsis and septic shock, as well as strategies for bedside implementation. The treatment recommendations were organized in two bundles. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and older
How many people
300 participants
Where
1 siteTaiwan
Study dates
Jul 2013to Dec 2018
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: The study will be conducted at Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital. All adult patients presenting with sepsis or severe sepsis will be enrolled on admission to medical intensive units (total 34 beds). Sepsis and severe sepsis are defined as American College of Chest Physicians/Society of Critical Care Medicine consensus criteria for sepsis syndromes.

Who may be able to join

  • Severe sepsis
  • Septic shock

Who cannot join

  • Patients are < 18 yrs
  • Patients are immunocompromised (treatment with corticosteroids >1 mg/kg equivalent prednisone)
  • Bone marrow or organ transplant recipients,
  • Leucopenia [white blood cells count< 109/L] or neutropenia [polymorphonuclear granulocyte count <0.5 109/L]
  • Hematologic malignancy
  • Acquired immune deficiency syndrome

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

ChiHan Huang, Bachelor contact

886 077317123 ext. 2858

cheryl60286@gmail.com

Taiwan1 site, 1 recruiting
  • Chang Gung Memorial Hospital

    Kaohsiung City

    ChiHan Huang, Bachelor, 886 077317123 ext. 2858, cheryl60286@gmail.com

    Recruiting

Other trials in Taiwan

About this study

Official title: Application of Biomarkers Change to Predict Outcome of Patients With Severe Sepsis

In 2004, the Surviving Sepsis Campaign (SSC) introduced guidelines for the management of severe sepsis and septic shock, as well as strategies for bedside implementation. The treatment recommendations were organized in two bundles. In an international study, enrolling adult patients with severe sepsis admitted to these intensive care units, investigators found that while mortality from severe sepsis is high (44.5%), compliance with resuscitation and management bundles is generally poor in much of Asia. Investigators need to identify the patients at risk for high in-hospital mortality in order to take appropriate steps.

From their past studies, investigators found that sepsis involved inflammation and coagulation. The multiple organ involvement was associated with interaction of novel biomarkers such as cytokines. There is limited data regarding comparing and application of biomarkers of different characteristic on sepsis treatment. A simultaneous detection of multiple cytokines may provide significant prognostic information. For other biomarkers, promising observation data have been put forward, but their potential needs to be evaluated in large-scale, well-designed prospective intervention studies before clinical use can be recommended. Besides many clinical studies on biomarkers were confounded by its lack of standard bundle care for severe sepsis patient.

Read more

Here investigators performed a systematic study aimed at evaluating

  1. the individual and combined diagnostic accuracy of biomarkers for predicting mortality;
  2. whether trend change in biomarker level more useful for above prediction;
  3. which biomarker or biomarker combination checked can predict patients at risk of evolving with severe organ dysfunctions.
Read the detailed description

Variables will be tested for their association with the outcome using Pearson chi-square test for categorical data and Mann-Whitney U test for numerical data. Comparison the different groups will be conducted by using Mann-Whitney U test for numerical data and using Pearson chi-square test for categorical data. The time course of biomarker plasma levels will be assessed by analysis of variance. Multivariate analysis will be performed using a logistic regression model to estimate the odds ratio of organ failure and dying, along with the 95% confidence interval (CI). Forward and backward selection procedures will be used to iteratively select the variables potentially related to death.

Discrimination will be assessed using the area under the receiver operating characteristic curve to evaluate how well the model distinguished patients who lived from those who died and whether progression of organ dysfunction. A survival analysis will be performed using Kaplan-Meier curves and the log-rank test. Analyses will be completed and a two-tailed p<0.05 will be considered significant.

Keywords
sepsis, severe sepsis, septic shock, multiple organ failure
Medical subject headings
Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome, Sepsis, Shock, Septic, Multiple Organ Failure

What is being measured

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

  1. Development of immune dysfunction score to predict 28-day mortality of sepsis patients

    Several existing scoring systems developed for mortality prediction, such as APACHE II and Sequential Organ Failure Assessment score (SOFA score). However, none of these take immune dysfunction status into account. With a substantial degree of heterogeneity in the sepsis response ranging from cytokines storm to immunoparalysis, better patient stratification is needed. Investigators aimed to develop and validate a scoring system (minimum:0 to maximum:6 scores) that can determine patients' immune dysfunction status related to outcomes.

    Measured: baseline and 4 weeks, up to 24 weeks

Secondary outcomes (2)
  1. Deteriorated dynamic acute kidney injury (AKI) stage associated with immune dysfunction and higher mortality in Septic Patients Admitted to Intensive Care Unit

    A series of inflammatory cytokines participated into the mechanism and associated with the severity and worsening of AKI. We assumed the dynamic change of the AKI containing even better predictive value rather than evaluating the AKI in a single time point. We categorized septic patients into 4 groups based on the variation of AKI stage. In addition to mortality comparison, we also made an investigation to the relationships of immune cytokines in those sepsis patients.

    Measured: baseline and 4 weeks, up to 24 weeks

  2. To determine whether delta pulse pressure at day 3 compared with day 1 affect survival outcomes in patients who were diagnosed sepsis and septic shock.

    Pulse pressure is the difference between the systolic and diastolic blood pressures. It arises from the interaction of cardiac ejection and the properties of the arterial circulation. A wide pulse pressure is associated with increased cardiovascular mortality. However, a widened pulse pressure was suggested as a potential prognostic indicator of decreased mortality in patients with sepsis in a retrospective electronic medical record review. In clinical practice, pulse pressure variation can help predict fluid responsiveness in patients. Furthermore, we sought to determine whether stratification of septic patients according to the changes of pulse pressure (value of pulse pressure at day 3 minus value of pulse pressure at day 1) and status of whether still in need of vasopressor at day 3 could help predict survival. The host immune response to sepsis during progression may play an important role.

    Measured: baseline and 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 posted18 Aug 2016 (estimated)
  2. Study startJul 2013
  3. Primary completionDec 2018 (estimated)
  4. Study completionDec 2018 (estimated)

Resources

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
Cohort
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrolment
300 participants (estimated)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT02871895
Sponsor's protocol ID
CMRPG8B1063
Acronym
BCSS
Status last verified
Jun 2018
First submitted
1 Sep 2015
Last updated
18 Jul 2018
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
No
Individual data sharing
Undecided

Publications

  • Neveu H, Kleinknecht D, Brivet F, Loirat P, Landais P. Prognostic factors in acute renal failure due to sepsis. Results of a prospective multicentre study. The French Study Group on Acute Renal Failure. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 1996 Feb;11(2):293-9. doi: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.ndt.a027256.

    PubMed 8700363
  • Vincent JL, Abraham E, Annane D, Bernard G, Rivers E, Van den Berghe G. Reducing mortality in sepsis: new directions. Crit Care. 2002 Dec;6 Suppl 3(Suppl 3):S1-18. doi: 10.1186/cc1860. Epub 2002 Dec 5.

    PubMed 12720570
  • Salluh JI, Bozza PT. Biomarkers of sepsis: lost in translation? Crit Care Med. 2008 Jul;36(7):2192-4. doi: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e31817c0cd8. No abstract available.

    PubMed 18594226
  • Shiramizo SC, Marra AR, Durao MS, Paes AT, Edmond MB, Pavao dos Santos OF. Decreasing mortality in severe sepsis and septic shock patients by implementing a sepsis bundle in a hospital setting. PLoS One. 2011;6(11):e26790. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0026790. Epub 2011 Nov 3.

    PubMed 22073193
  • Nguyen HB, Corbett SW, Steele R, Banta J, Clark RT, Hayes SR, Edwards J, Cho TW, Wittlake WA. Implementation of a bundle of quality indicators for the early management of severe sepsis and septic shock is associated with decreased mortality. Crit Care Med. 2007 Apr;35(4):1105-12. doi: 10.1097/01.CCM.0000259463.33848.3D.

    PubMed 17334251
  • Phua J, Koh Y, Du B, Tang YQ, Divatia JV, Tan CC, Gomersall CD, Faruq MO, Shrestha BR, Gia Binh N, Arabi YM, Salahuddin N, Wahyuprajitno B, Tu ML, Wahab AY, Hameed AA, Nishimura M, Procyshyn M, Chan YH; MOSAICS Study Group. Management of severe sepsis in patients admitted to Asian intensive care units: prospective cohort study. BMJ. 2011 Jun 13;342:d3245. doi: 10.1136/bmj.d3245.

    PubMed 21669950
  • Jones AE, Puskarich MA. Is lactate the "Holy Grail" of biomarkers for sepsis prognosis? Crit Care Med. 2009 May;37(5):1812-3. doi: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e3181a09487. No abstract available.

    PubMed 19373056
  • Schuetz P, Haubitz S, Mueller B. Do sepsis biomarkers in the emergency room allow transition from bundled sepsis care to personalized patient care? Curr Opin Crit Care. 2012 Aug;18(4):341-9. doi: 10.1097/MCC.0b013e328354b2c8.

    PubMed 22610364
  • Kwak SH, Wang XQ, He Q, Fang WF, Mitra S, Bdeir K, Ploplis VA, Xu Z, Idell S, Cines D, Abraham E. Plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 potentiates LPS-induced neutrophil activation through a JNK-mediated pathway. Thromb Haemost. 2006 May;95(5):829-35.

    PubMed 16676075
  • Wang XQ, Bdeir K, Yarovoi S, Cines DB, Fang W, Abraham E. Involvement of the urokinase kringle domain in lipopolysaccharide-induced acute lung injury. J Immunol. 2006 Oct 15;177(8):5550-7. doi: 10.4049/jimmunol.177.8.5550.

    PubMed 17015742
  • Hoke TS, Douglas IS, Klein CL, He Z, Fang W, Thurman JM, Tao Y, Dursun B, Voelkel NF, Edelstein CL, Faubel S. Acute renal failure after bilateral nephrectomy is associated with cytokine-mediated pulmonary injury. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2007 Jan;18(1):155-64. doi: 10.1681/ASN.2006050494. Epub 2006 Dec 13.

    PubMed 17167117
  • Lin MC, Leung SY, Fang WF, Chin CH, Chung KF. Down-regulation of insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I) in the mouse diaphragm during sepsis. Chang Gung Med J. 2010 Sep-Oct;33(5):501-8.

    PubMed 20979700

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

An observational study of Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome (SIRS) and Sepsis, run by Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at 1 site in Taiwan.

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 2 inclusion and 6 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: status not confirmed, as of the sponsor's last update on 18 Jul 2018. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in Taiwan. 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?

Results are not available in the source record.

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

Contact ChiHan Huang, Bachelor (886 077317123 ext. 2858, cheryl60286@gmail.com), or a site near the patient. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Development of immune dysfunction score to predict 28-day mortality of sepsis patients (time frame: baseline and 4 weeks, up to 24 weeks). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT02871895, which also lists 12 linked publications.

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 18 Jul 2018.

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