Tiny blood cells may hold key to septic shock damage
NCT ID NCT02635854
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looked at how platelets (small blood cells that help with clotting) become activated in people with septic shock, a life-threatening infection that causes organ failure. Researchers measured specific markers on platelets and platelet-white blood cell clumps in 27 patients. The goal was to understand if these changes contribute to organ damage, which could lead to better treatments in the future.
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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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27 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Mar 2016
- Finished
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Jan 2017
- 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: EXPERIMENTAL GROUP * Patient who possibly gave an oral agreement to inclusion and may sign a consent once out of intensive care * Patients hospitalized in general intensive care * Patient hospitalized for less than 72 hours * Patient suffering from severe sepsis, whatever their origin, with hypotension (PAs \<90mmHg) despite adequate fluid resuscitation and vasoactive requiring the use of amines, with hypoperfusion and / or at least one organ dysfunction ( septic shock) * Patient with a Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) score\> 8 (or\> 2 in an organ) in the first 24 hours * Patient enjoying a social security scheme or equivalent CONTROL GROUP * Signed informed consent * Patient seen anesthesia consultation for orthopedic knee prosthesis of laying or hip with a negative balance infectious * Patient enjoying a social security scheme or equivalent Exclusion Criteria: EXPERIMENTAL GROUP * Patient on safeguarding justice, guardianship * Patient suffering from a haematological malignancy (leukemia, lymphoma ...) * Patient suffering from thrombocytopenia or constitutional thrombopathy * Pregnant CONTROL GROUP * Patient on safeguarding justice, guardianship * Patient with infectious positive balance (dental, urinary tract) prior to surgery * Patient suffering from a haematological malignancy (leukemia, lymphoma ...) * Patient suffering from thrombocytopenia or constitutional thrombopathy * Pregnant
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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CHU Toulouse
Toulouse, France
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