Brain blood flow study in septic shock patients withdrawn before starting
NCT ID NCT04690530
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study aimed to measure brain blood flow and oxygen levels in critically ill patients with septic shock, and to see how common treatments like fluids and blood transfusions affect them. The researchers planned to use ultrasound to monitor blood flow in the brain. However, the study was withdrawn before enrolling any participants, so no data or conclusions are available.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Expected to start
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Mar 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Mar 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
Who is studied
All consecutive patients admitted in our Medical Intensive Care Unit requiring mechanical ventilation and sedation and in whom the attending physician decides to perform one of the studied therapeutics within the first 72h of ventilation onset. Cerebral hemodynamics (cerebral blood flow and cerebral autoregulation) as well as cerebral oxygenation will be non-invasively studied before and after therapeutics.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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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 : * Patients under mechanical ventilation and sedated within the first 72h of ventilation onset * Indication to one of the studied therapeutics left at the discretion of the attending physician Exclusion criteria * Age \< 18 years * Pregnancy * Inability to obtain a Doppler signal * Medical history or clinical evidence of neurological disease * Known severe carotid stenosis (\>70%) * Significant cardiac arrhythmias * Care-limitation decision.
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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CHU de NICE
Nice, 06003, France
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