Status:

COMPLETED

The Vitamin C, Hydrocortisone and Thiamine in Patients With Septic Shock Trial

Lead Sponsor:

Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Research Centre

Collaborating Sponsors:

Austin Hospital, Melbourne Australia

Melbourne Health

Conditions:

Shock, Septic

Critically Ill

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

PHASE2

Brief Summary

Sepsis has been characterised as a dysregulated host response to infection. Adjunctive therapies targeting the inflammatory cascade are being increasingly explored, although to date, have failed to de...

Detailed Description

The investigators plan to conduct a feasibility pilot prospective, multi-centre, randomised, open-label, trial in ICU patients with septic shock to test whether the intravenous administration of high ...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Patient in the intensive care unit (ICU) with septic shock:
  • Blood lactate \>2 mmol/L, despite adequate fluid resuscitation AND
  • need for continuous vasopressor therapy to keep mean arterial pressure (MAP) \>65 mmHg for \>2 hours

Exclusion

  • Age \< 18 years
  • Pregnancy
  • DNR (do not resuscitate)/DNI (do not intubate) orders
  • Death is deemed to be imminent or inevitable during this admission, and either the attending physician, patient or substitute decision-maker is not committed to active treatment
  • Patients with known HIV infection
  • Patients with known glucose-6 phosphate dehydrogenase (G-6PD) deficiency
  • Patients transferred from another ICU or hospital with a diagnosis of a septic shock for \> 24 hours
  • Patients with a diagnosis of a septic shock for \> 24 hours
  • Patients with known or suspected
  • a. history of oxalate nephropathy or hyperoxaluria
  • b. short bowel syndrome or severe fat-malabsorption
  • c. acute beri-beri disease
  • d. acute Wernicke's encephalopathy
  • e. malaria
  • f. scurvy
  • g. Addison's disease
  • h. Cushing's disease
  • Clinician expects to prescribe systemic glucocorticoids for an indication other than septic shock (not including nebulised or inhaled corticosteroid)
  • Patient is receiving treatment for systemic fungal infection or has documented Strongyloides infection at the time of randomisation
  • Patient with known chronic iron overload due to iron storage and other diseases
  • Patient previously enrolled in this study
  • Clinician expects to prescribe high dose vitamin C for another indication

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

May 2 2018

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

October 6 2019

Estimated Enrollment :

216 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT03333278

Start Date

May 2 2018

End Date

October 6 2019

Last Update

October 10 2019

Active Locations (8)

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1

Monash Health (Monash Medical Centre and Dandenong Hospital)

Clayton, Victoria, Australia, 3468

2

Geelong University Hospital

Geelong, Victoria, Australia

3

Austin Health

Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia, 3084

4

Alfred Hospital

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 3004