Could early norepinephrine save more septic shock patients?
NCT ID NCT07343206
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether giving the drug norepinephrine early and adjusting the dose quickly can improve survival in adults with septic shock. Researchers will compare this approach to standard care with a placebo. Six hundred participants will be monitored for 28 days to see if early treatment reduces deaths and speeds recovery.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- norepinephrine
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could establish a better way to treat septic shock, potentially saving more lives by stabilizing blood pressure faster.
- What could go wrong
- This is a single trial with 600 participants. Results may not apply to all patients, and norepinephrine can cause side effects like limb ischemia.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 600 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jan 2026
- Expected to finish
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Mar 2028
An estimate. End dates often move.
- 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.
- 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: * Age ≥ 18 years * Sepsis: SOFA ≥2 with suspected infection * Mean arterial pressure \<65 mmHg * Diagnosed within 3 hours Exclusion Criteria: * Do-not-resuscitate orders * Pregnancy * Severe concurrent conditions (acute stroke, acute coronary syndrome, acute pulmonary edema, status asthmaticus, active gastrointestinal bleeding, status epilepticus, severe burn, severe trauma, and fatal drug overdose, End-stage malignancy * Peripheral arterial disease * Prior norepinephrine administration * Recurrent shock in the same patient
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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How to take part
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The places running it
6 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University
RECRUITINGBangkok Noi, Bangkok, 10700, Thailand
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Hatyai Hospital
RECRUITINGHat Yai, Hat Yai, 90110, Thailand
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Kalasin Hospital
RECRUITINGKalasin, Changwat Kalasin, 46000, Thailand
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Khon Kaen hospital
RECRUITINGKhon Kaen, Changwat Khon Kaen, 4000, Thailand
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Maharaj Nakhon Si Thammarat Hospital
RECRUITINGNakhon Si Thammarat, ์Nakhon Si Thammarat, 8000, Thailand
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Udon Thani Hospital
RECRUITINGUdon Thani, Changwat Udon Thani, 41000, Thailand
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- Can a computer model speed up sepsis blood tests?
- Stem cells put to the test against Sepsis's immune chaos