Cancer Patients' sepsis mystery: do extra antibiotics help?
NCT ID NCT05045963
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looked at 232 adult cancer patients with sepsis and low blood pressure to see if adding a type of antibiotic called aminoglycosides helps them recover faster. The main goal was to see how quickly their blood pressure returned to normal without needing strong blood pressure medicines. The study is complete, and the results will help doctors understand if this extra treatment is useful.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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232 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Jan 2021
- Finished
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Feb 2026
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
Who is studied
Oncology patients with sepsis and hypotension treated at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center from January 1, 2019 to December 31, 2019
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Adult patients (age \>= 18 years) with a diagnosis of sepsis during the index hospital admission identified by International classification of diseases (ICD)-10 codes (as specified below) receiving BL antibiotics within 6 hours prior to or following the onset of hypotension * To be included in the AG group, patients must have received at least 1 dose of intravenous (IV) tobramycin or amikacin in addition to the BL therapy within the above time period Exclusion Criteria: * Age \< 18 years * Receipt of IV AG outside of the above time frame in the AG group or receipt of IV AG within 48 hours prior to or following the onset of hypotension in the BL backbone group * Pregnancy * Patients not receiving therapy with BL antibiotics
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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M D Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, Texas, 77030, United States
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