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Last refreshed on: 19 February 2015
Main ID:  NCT00527007
Date of registration: 06/09/2007
Prospective Registration: Yes
Primary sponsor: Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
Public title: External Cooling in Septic Shock Patients sepsis-cool
Scientific title: Impact of External Cooling in Septic Shock Patients
Date of first enrolment: October 2007
Target sample size: 200
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00527007
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Phase:  N/A
Countries of recruitment
France
Contacts
Name:     Frederique SCHORTGEN, MD
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Affiliation:  Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Documented or suspected infection

- Body temperature > 38.3°C

- Persistent hypotension despite fluid resuscitation and need for vasopressor infusion
to maintain mean arterial pressure > 65 mmHg.

- Invasive mechanical ventilation

- Intravenous sedation

Exclusion Criteria:

- Temperature > 41°C

- Age < 18 years

- Pregnancy

- Continuous renal replacement therapy

- Paracetamol or NSAI administration within 6 hours before inclusion

- Need for paracetamol and/or NSAI therapy during the study period

- Burns or Lyell syndrome



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Septic Shock
Intervention(s)
Other: External cooling
Primary Outcome(s)
Number of patients with a decrease in the dose of vasopressors of 50% 48 hours after enrolment [Time Frame: 48 hours after enrolment]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Number of vasopressor free days in the ICU [Time Frame: during the study]
SOFA score evolution [Time Frame: on Day 3, Day 7, Day 14]
Maximal dose of vasopressors [Time Frame: within 48 hours after enrolment]
Secondary ID(s)
SCR06012
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
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