Ambulance sepsis blitz: early treatment cuts deaths?
NCT ID NCT02473263
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Aug 25, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This study tested whether giving strong, early treatment to people with severe sepsis or septic shock right in the ambulance could lower the number of deaths. The treatment included early antibiotics and fluids to support blood pressure. The study involved 398 adults and measured how many patients died, as well as their hospital stay and need for life support.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 3
Large-scale testing in a bigger group. Usually the last step before a treatment can be approved.
- Participants
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398 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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May 2016
- Finished
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Feb 2019
- 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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Inclusion Criteria: All patients fulfilling the following criteria: * Age ≥ 18 years * Patient with suspected severe infection defined by the existence of a suspected infection AND * Hypotension before vascular fluid loading AND/OR * Lactataemia greater than 4 mmol/l AND/OR * Glasgow scale lower than 13 AND/OR * Mottling score greater than 2 * Patient with a septic shock Exclusion Criteria: * Age \<18 years or Unable * Pregnant * Severe concomitant pathology requiring urgent care(i.e.epilepsy) * Status "not to be reanimated" life expectancy less than 6 months with no indication of reanimation support ( prior decision on care limitation). * Fulminans purpura * True allergy to beta-lactam defined by an angioedema or by an anaphylactic shock during a prior exposure to beta-lactam. * Patient who have already received hemodynamic optimization or antibiotic treatment before the MICU's (Mobile Intensive Care Unit) care.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Anesthesiology, Intensive Care Unit and emergency department - Necker Hospital
Paris, 75015, France