Blood-Cleaning therapy may reduce need for ICU pressor drugs
NCT ID NCT07679555
First seen Jul 01, 2026 · Last updated Jul 08, 2026 · Updated 3 times
Summary
This study looks back at medical records of 60 critically ill adults in an intensive care unit who received a blood-cleaning treatment called hemoadsorption. The goal is to see if the therapy helps lower the need for drugs that raise blood pressure, improves lab results, and affects survival. The study does not give any new treatment—it simply analyzes data from routine care.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Hemoadsorption (CytoSorb or Efferon LPS cartridge)
- What this could lead to
- If results are positive, this could point toward a way to reduce the need for blood-pressure-raising drugs in critically ill patients.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, single-center observational study, so it cannot prove cause and effect. The therapy may not work for everyone, and results may not apply to other hospitals.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 60 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jan 2020
- Expected to finish
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Sep 2026
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.
Who is studied
The study will be retrospective. Patients who received adjunctive hemoadsorption therapy at the Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care of Flór Ferenc Hospital between January 1, 2020, and May 31, 2026, will be included in the study.
- 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: * \>18 years; * CytoSorb or Efferon LPS hemoadsorption treatment, * with available relevant pre- and post-treatment clinical and laboratory data Exclusion Criteria: * age under 18 years * missing key demographic or outcome data; * unknown treatment type or timing; * data unavailable for legal or ethical reasons.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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How to take part
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The places running it
1 site. The list below names each one and where it is.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Pest County Flór Ferenc Hospital, Dept. of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Therapy
RECRUITINGKistarcsa, Pest County, 2143, Hungary
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