New blood vials pass sepsis detection test
NCT ID NCT06426121
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested whether a new type of blood culture vial works as well as the standard one for detecting sepsis. Researchers collected extra blood samples from 394 patients with suspected bloodstream infections and compared results between the two vials. The goal was to see if the new vials give consistent positive and negative results.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- BACTEC Plus Aerobic/F culture vials
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could confirm that the new vials are a reliable alternative for detecting bloodstream infections, potentially improving lab efficiency.
- What could go wrong
- This is a completed validation study, not a treatment trial. It only checks if the new vials match standard ones—it does not test any new therapy or cure for sepsis.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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394 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Jun 2024
- Finished
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Oct 2025
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
Who is studied
patients with suspected blood infection who are at risk of sepsis
- Ages
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Children (under 18), adults (18 to 64) and older adults (65 and over)
- 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: * Subject is willing to provide written informed consent to sponsor. * Blood specimens * Patients with suspected blood infection that have one or more of the following characteristics : a) Body temperature \> 38°C or body temperature \<36°C; b) chills; c) increased peripheral blood leukocyte count (count \> 10.0×109/L, especially if there is a "left shift") or decrease (count \< 3.0×109/L); d) Respiratory rate \> 20 beats/min or arterial partial pressure of carbon dioxide (PaCO2) \<32mmHg; e) Heart rate\> 90 beats/min; f) mucocutaneous hemorrhage; g) coma; h) Multi-organ dysfunction; i) decreased blood pressure; j) Elevated inflammatory response parameters such as C-reactive protein or hypersensitive C-reactive protein, procalcitonin (PCT), 1,3-β-D-glucan (G test), etc. Exclusion Criteria: * Subjects have been enrolled in this study and samples have been collected * Patients with severe and very severe anemia (last hemoglobin \<60g/L within seven days) * Females with known pregnancy
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Peking University People's Hospital
Beijing, Beijing Municipality, China
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