Status:

COMPLETED

Co-administration of Iloprost and Eptifibatide in Septic Shock Patients

Lead Sponsor:

Sisse R. Ostrowski, MD PhD DMSc

Conditions:

Septic Shock

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-99 years

Phase:

PHASE2

Brief Summary

Objective Evaluating the safety and efficacy of iloprost and eptifibatide co-administration compared to placebo as an addition to standard care in septic shock patients. Trial rationale Iloprost and ...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Adult intensive care patients (age ≥18 years) AND
  • Sepsis, defined as suspected or confirmed site of infection or positive blood culture and ≥2 of 4 systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) criteria fulfilled within the last 24h:
  • Temperature ≤ 36˚ C or ≥ 38˚C
  • Heart rate ≥ 90 beats per minute
  • Mechanical ventilation for acute respiratory process or respiratory rate ≥ 20 breaths per minute or PaCO2 \< 4.2 kPa
  • WBC ≥ 12,000/mm³ OR ≤ 4,000/mm³ OR \> 10% bands AND
  • Septic shock within the last 24h, defined as:
  • Hypotension (MAP \<70 mmHg, Lactate 4 mmol/L) despite ongoing resuscitation with fluids (crystalloids, colloids, blood products) within the last 24h OR
  • ≥30 ml/kg ideal body weight (IBW) fluid (crystalloids, colloids, blood products) given in the last 24h AND
  • Need for vasopressor/inotropic agents (noradrenaline, adrenaline, dopamine) within the last 24h AND
  • Can be randomized into trial and dosed \< 24h after septic shock diagnosis (the time-point for the septic shock diagnosis corresponds to the time-point where the vasopressor/inotropic therapy (3c) is initiated) AND
  • Consent is obtainable

Exclusion

  • Patient is pregnant or breast-feeding
  • Patient weights more than 125 kg
  • Patients with known allergy towards any of the investigational products or contraindications which should be excluded according to the investigational product specifications
  • Patients in whom the clinician finds antithrombotic therapy contraindicated - prophylaxis included
  • Patients at increased risk of bleeding:
  • Surgery in the previous 48h and expected surgery within 48 h
  • Epidural or spinal puncture in the previous 12h
  • Platelet count less than 10,000/mm3 in the previous 24h
  • Need of blood products for bleeding in the previous 24h (3 or more RBC/24 h)
  • Treatment with any antithrombotics within 12h (profylaxis excepted)
  • Current intracranial bleeding
  • Traumatic brain or spinal injury within the last month
  • Patients requiring any form of antithrombotics (beyond profylaxis) in therapeutic doses or prothrombotics in any dose, including:
  • Unfractionated heparin within 8h before the infusion (prophylactic heparin up to 15,000 U/day permitted)
  • LMWH within 12h before the infusion (prophylactic doses permitted)
  • Warfarin within 1 day before the infusion
  • Acetylsalicylic acid more than 650 mg/day within 3 days before the study
  • Thrombolytic therapy within 3 days before the study (catheter clearance doses permitted)
  • GPIIb/IIIa receptor inhibitors within 4 days before the study
  • Antithrombin III with dose greater than 10,000 U within 12h before the study
  • Patients with a do-not-resuscitate order (expected not to survive more than few days because of uncorrectable medical or surgical condition other than sepsis)
  • Patient with chronic renal failure requiring dialysis (renal failure without need for dialysis permitted)
  • Patients who have undergone transplantation of bone marrow, liver, pancreas, heart, lung, or bowel (kidney transplant permitted)
  • Patient with known hypercoagulable condition:
  • Activated protein C resistance
  • Hereditary protein C, protein S, or antithrombin III deficiency
  • Anticardiolipin or antiphospholipid antibody
  • Lupus anticoagulant
  • Homocysteinemia
  • Recent or highly suspected pulmonary embolism or deep venous thrombosis (within 3 months)
  • Patients with known congenital hypocoagulable diseases
  • Patient with known primary pulmonary hypertension

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

September 1 2014

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

August 1 2016

Estimated Enrollment :

18 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT02204852

Start Date

September 1 2014

End Date

August 1 2016

Last Update

April 24 2017

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Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Nordsjællands Hospital

Hillerød, Capital Region, Denmark, DK-3400