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Could a simple pill help ICU patients get off blood pressure meds faster?
NCT ID NCT06930235
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested whether adding the oral drug midodrine to standard IV norepinephrine helps critically ill patients with shock stop IV blood pressure support sooner. 112 stable ICU patients on low-dose norepinephrine were included. The goal was to see if midodrine shortens weaning time.
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Study facts
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- 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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112 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Mar 2025
- Finished
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Oct 2025
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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- 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 with refractory hypotension on an intravenous vasopressor for more than 24 h but deemed clinically stable. * Patients on noradrenaline support \<10 μg/min Exclusion Criteria: * Known allergy to midodrine. * Severe shock state, as evidenced by multiple vasopressor infusions or high vasopressor requirement (i.e. noradrenaline \>10 μg/min) * Patients with severe organic heart disease (e.g., heart failure, sever aortic stenosis), pregnancy, thyrotoxicosis or pheochromocytoma. * Those with no enteral route available.
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Sohag University Hospital
Sohag, Egypt
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