Status:

COMPLETED

Patient Plasma Response and Outcome in Septic Shock With Thrombocytopenia Associated Multiple Organ Failure in Children

Lead Sponsor:

Children's Healthcare of Atlanta

Conditions:

Septic Shock

Thrombocytopenia

Eligibility:

All Genders

6-18 years

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to learn how blood clotting substances respond in children with septic shock, low platelet counts, and multiple organ failure (MOF) treated at different institutions. Mul...

Detailed Description

Researchers have defined a subgroup of pediatric patients with critical illness who have a specific coagulation profile associated with thrombocytopenia. This distinct entity, defined as thrombocytope...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • All pediatric Intensive Care Unit (ICU) patients with the following inclusion criteria are eligible for enrollment:
  • Weight \> 5 kilograms (minimum weight required due to technical limits of exchange equipment)
  • Multiple organ failure, defined as organ failure index (OFI) score \> 3 present for \< 30 hours
  • Patients must have new (not present prior to admission) organ failure in at least 3 of the 5 organ systems.
  • Thrombocytopenia (platelet count \< 100,000 per ul), or in patients with a baseline platelet count \< 100,000 per ul, a minimum 50% decrease in platelet count
  • Etiology of MOF due to systemic infection, shock, transplantation, chemotherapy, or cardiopulmonary bypass

Exclusion

  • Treatment prior to study entry with any form of plasma exchange therapy within 30 days not for TAMOF
  • Thrombocytopenia secondary to diagnosed thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura/hemolytic uremic syndrome (TTP/HUS)
  • Patients with terminal illness (i.e. not expected to live \> 60 days even if they survive this acute illness) or in which withdrawal of therapy is being considered (do-not-resuscitate \[DNR\]/comfort measures only, limited therapy etc.)

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

May 1 2005

Trial Type :

OBSERVATIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

February 1 2012

Estimated Enrollment :

86 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00118664

Start Date

May 1 2005

End Date

February 1 2012

Last Update

June 14 2016

Active Locations (12)

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Children's National Medical Center

Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States, 20010

2

Children's Healthcare of Atlanta at Egleston and Scottish Rite

Atlanta, Georgia, United States, 30322

3

University of Iowa Children's Hospital

Iowa City, Iowa, United States, 52242

4

LSU Health Sciences Center

Shreveport, Louisiana, United States, 71130