Actively Recruiting

Age: 29Days - 18Years
All Genders
NCT03948048

Study on the Efficacy and Timing of ECMO Therapy in Children With Refractory Septic Shock

Led by Children's Hospital of Fudan University · Updated on 2026-03-16

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Participants Needed

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Research Sites

334 weeks

Total Duration

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Sponsors

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Children's Hospital of Fudan University

Lead Sponsor

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Shanghai Children's Hospital

Collaborating Sponsor

AI-Summary

What this Trial Is About

Severe sepsis and septic shock remain the leading causes of child mortality worldwide. Sepsis is a complex process that ultimately leads to circulation disorders, organ perfusion abnormalities, capillary leakage, tissue hypoxia, and organ failure. The difficulty of clinical treatment is microcirculation and mitochondrial dysfunction in septic shock. Once shock enters the stage of microcirculation failure, conventional treatment is ineffective. ECMO can effectively support the circulatory system and provide good oxygen delivery, but there are many controversies in clinical treatment. 1) whether ECMO can effectively improve the clinical prognosis of children with septic shock; 2) appropriate timing for ECMO intervention; 3) which key clinical factors affect the effect of ECMO treatment. This study intends to adopt a multi-center, prospective, non-randomized controlled trial design, and the main research hypothesis is whether ECMO treatment can improve the success of discharge survival of children with septic shock.

CONDITIONS

Official Title

Study on the Efficacy and Timing of ECMO Therapy in Children With Refractory Septic Shock

Who Can Participate

Age: 29Days - 18Years
All Genders

Eligibility Criteria

Eligible

You may qualify if you...

  • Children with septic shock and refractory septic shock admitted to the PICU of all the study centers
Not Eligible

You will not qualify if you...

  • Fatal chromosomal abnormalities (e.g., trisomy 13 or 18)
  • Uncontrolled bleeding
  • Irreversible brain damage
  • After allogeneic bone marrow transplantation
  • Weight less than 2.5kg or severe malnutrition

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Trial Site Locations

Total: 1 location

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Children'S Hosptial of Fuan University

Shanghai, China

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Research Team

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Guoping Lu, Doctor

CONTACT

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Ye Cheng, Master

CONTACT

How is the study designed?

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Masking

N/A

Allocation

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Model

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Primary Purpose

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Number of Arms

3

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