New study seeks to unlock immune secrets behind deadly fungal infections in ICU patients
NCT ID NCT07130799
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looks at how the immune system responds in critically ill patients with severe abdominal infections. Researchers want to understand why some patients develop a serious fungal infection while others do not. They will measure a specific immune marker (HLA-DR) in 100 adults after emergency abdominal surgery. The goal is to improve early detection and risk assessment for fungal infections.
This is an AI summary of the original study and may miss details. Read our disclaimer.
Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
-
About 100 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
-
Nov 2025
- Expected to finish
-
Mar 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
-
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
This study will include adult patients (≥18 years) admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) for severe intra-abdominal infections requiring urgent abdominal surgery. Participants must present at least one recognized risk factor for intra-abdominal candidiasis, such as recent abdominal surgery, gastrointestinal perforation, healthcare-associated infection, immunosuppression, septic shock, or recent exposure to broad-spectrum antibiotics.
- Ages
-
18 years and older
- Sex
-
Anyone
Show the full entry requirements Hide the full entry requirements
Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Adult patient (≥ 18 years old) * Patient admitted to the ICU or intermediate care unit for a severe intra-abdominal infection requiring urgent abdominal surgery * Presence of at least one risk factor for intra-abdominal candidiasis: * Abdominal surgery within the last 7 days * Supramesocolic gastrointestinal perforation * Healthcare-associated intra-abdominal infection * Community-acquired intra-abdominal infection in an immunocompromised patient\* * Intra-abdominal infection complicated by septic shock * Broad-spectrum antibiotic exposure within 72 hours prior to surgery * And/or a Peritonitis Score ≥ 3 out of 4 * Patient affiliated with or benefiting from a national health insurance system * Patient who has received full information about the clinical study Exclusion Criteria: * Radiologically guided drainage without surgery * Infected acute pancreatitis * Limitation or withdrawal of life-sustaining treatments * Moribund patient with an expected life expectancy \< 48 hours * Woman of childbearing potential without effective contraception * Refusal to participate in the study
Get updates
Get notified about this study
Sign up to get updates when this study changes or when new studies for Candida sepsis are added.
Genom att skicka in godkänner du våra Användarvillkor
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.
How to take part
Only the study team decides who joins. These are the ways to reach them.
-
The places running it
1 site. The list below names each one and where it is.
-
The official record
ClinicalTrials.gov lists the study team's own contact details, including names and phone numbers. We don't republish those.
-
A doctor treating you
A doctor who knows your case can contact a study site on your behalf, and can tell you whether this study is worth pursuing at all.
Contacts and locations
Locations
-
CHRU de NANCY
RECRUITINGVandœuvre-lès-Nancy, 54500, France
More trials for these conditions
Other studies related to the condition(s) this trial covers.
- Why do some ICU patients bleed in the gut? researchers map the risk
- Hidden pressure: how continuous kidney dialysis may affect the abdomen in ICU patients
- Do antibiotics reach the battlefield? muscle probe tests drug delivery in sick kids
- Do ICU family meetings for the very old vary across europe?
- COVID-19's hidden toll: muscle wasting in the ICU
- Can protein and pedaling save ICU Patients' muscles?