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Last refreshed on: 19 February 2015
Main ID:  NCT00684736
Date of registration: 22/05/2008
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Central Hospital, Versailles
Public title: Tryptophan, Serotonin and Kynurenine in Septic Shock TSK
Scientific title: Tryptophan, Serotonin and Kynurenine in Septic Shock
Date of first enrolment: June 2004
Target sample size: 30
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00684736
Study type:  Observational
Study design:  Observational Model: Cohort, Time Perspective: Prospective  
Phase:  N/A
Countries of recruitment
France
Contacts
Name:     Odile Spreux-Varoquaux, PhD
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Affiliation:  Central Hospital, Versailles
Name:     Jean-Pierre Bédos, MD, PhD
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Affiliation:  Central Hospital, Versailles
Name:     Matthieu Henry-Lagarrigue, MD
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Affiliation:  Central Hospital, Versailles
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Age above or equal to 18 years

- Strong presumption clinical sepsis

- Need for mechanical ventilation

- Body temperature above 38°C or below 36°C

- Heart rate above 90 bpm

- Systolic blood pressure of <90mm Hg despite adequate fluid replacement or a need for
vasopressors less than 3 hours

- Presence of at least one of the following criteria:

- Ratio of arterial oxygen tension over inspired fraction of oxygen of less than
300 mm Hg

- Urinary output below 0.5 mL per kg of bodyweight per h or below 30 mL/h (for at
least 1 h)

- Arterial lactate concentration above 2 mmol/L

- Consent signed

Exclusion Criteria:

- Age below 18 years

- Pregnancy

- Underlying disease with a poor prognosis, a life expectancy of less than 24 hours

- Depression or melancholy

- Neuropsychiatric diseases: Seizure, manic psychosis, Migraine, or Drug addiction

- Neuroendocrine tumors

- Obstructive cardiomyopathy or acute myocardial ischaemia

- Pulmonary embolism

- Advanced stage cancer, malignant haemopathy, or AIDS with a decision to withhold or
withdraw aggressive therapies

- Inclusion in another clinical trial

- Patient who receive before inclusion one of the following treatment known to modify
serotonin level: almotriptan, amitriptyline, amoxapine, citalopram, clomipramine,
clozapine, desipramine, dihydroergotamine, dolasetron, dosulepin, doxepin,
eletriptan, ergotamine, flunarizine, fluoxetine, fluvoxamine, granisetron,
imipramine, indoramin, interferon Alfa, interferon alfacon-1, interferon beta,
iproniazid, maprotiline, methysergide, mianserin, Milnacipran, mirtazapine,
moclobemide, naratriptan, olanzapine, ondansetron, oxetorone, paroxetine, pizotifen,
risperidone, sertraline, sumatriptan, tianeptine, trimipramine, tropisetron,
venlafaxine,viloxazine, zolmitriptan.

- No consent



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Shock, Septic
Intervention(s)
Primary Outcome(s)
Kinetics of 5-HT, 5-HIAA, kynurenine, tryptophan, HVA, VMA, DOPAC, Oestradiol, Cotinine and vasopressors [Time Frame: Day-1, Day-2, Day-3, Day-7 and Day-14]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Mortality [Time Frame: 28-day]
Secondary ID(s)
TSK Sepsis
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
Results available:
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Date Completed:
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