Drug trial aims to get sepsis patients off ventilators faster

NCT ID NCT04706507

Summary

This study tested whether giving the antiviral drug ganciclovir to ICU patients with severe infection and breathing failure could help them spend more days breathing without machine support. Researchers wanted to see if preventing a common virus from reactivating during critical illness would improve recovery. The trial involved 205 adults in intensive care who were already infected with cytomegalovirus and had developed sepsis-related breathing problems.

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Brigham & Women's Hospital

    Boston, Massachusetts, 02115, United States

  • Duke University

    Durham, North Carolina, 27708, United States

  • Harborview Medical Center

    Seattle, Washington, 98104, United States

  • Henry Ford Hospital

    Detroit, Michigan, 48202, United States

  • Intermountain Medical Center

    Murray, Utah, 84107, United States

  • Johns Hopkins University

    Baltimore, Maryland, 21218, United States

  • Medical College of South Carolina

    Charleston, South Carolina, 29425, United States

  • Montefioure Medical Center

    The Bronx, New York, 10467, United States

  • Ohio State University Medical Center

    Columbus, Ohio, 43210, United States

  • The Cleveland Clinic Foundation

    Cleveland, Ohio, 44195, United States

  • University of Cincinnati

    Cincinnati, Ohio, 45221, United States

  • University of Colorado Denver

    Denver, Colorado, 80204, United States

  • University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48109-5360, United States

  • University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15261, United States

  • University of Vermont College of Medicine

    Burlington, Vermont, 05405, United States

  • University of Washington Medical Center

    Seattle, Washington, 98195, United States

  • University of Wisconsin School of Medicine & Public Health

    Madison, Wisconsin, 53792, United States

  • Vanderbilt University

    Nashville, Tennessee, 37235, United States

  • Wakeforest University, School of Medicine

    Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 27157, United States

  • Washington University

    St Louis, Missouri, 63130, United States

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