New blood filter for sepsis: does it remove Life-Saving antibiotics?
NCT ID NCT06602245
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looked at whether a blood-filtering device called Efferon LPS removes antibiotics from the blood of people with sepsis. Sepsis is a severe infection that can lead to organ failure, and doctors sometimes use filters to clean the blood. The study included 30 patients and measured how much antibiotic was cleared by the filter. The goal was to see if the filter might accidentally reduce antibiotic levels, which could make treatment less effective.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Efferon LPS hemoperfusion device
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could help doctors understand how to safely use the Efferon LPS device without reducing antibiotic effectiveness in sepsis patients.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small pilot study with only 30 participants, so results may not apply to all patients. It only measures drug clearance, not patient outcomes.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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30 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Oct 2024
- Finished
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Apr 2025
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
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 expected number of study subjects is 30 adult patients with sepsis and/or septic shock (presumably of Gramnegative aetiology and any localisation). It is planned to recruit : * 10 patients receiving meropenem * 10 patients receiving vancomycin * 10 patients receiving linezolid. Patients may receive more than one of these antibiotics at the same time, in which case they will be included in several subpopulations of the study.
- Ages
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18 to 80 years
- 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: * Patient weight greater than 40 kg. * Diagnosis of sepsis and/or septic shock according to CEPSIS-3 criteria (2016), presumed (at time of enrolment) to be of Gram-negative aetiology, requiring, in the opinion of the investigator, isolated lipopolysaccharide hemoperfusion. Exclusion Criteria: * Failure to obtain informed consent from the patient, family member or legal representative. * Any patient condition requiring other methods of renal replacement therapy (e.g. hemodialysis, hemofiltration, hemodiafiltration). * Pregnancy, breastfeeding period. * General contraindications to extracorporeal treatments. * Any other condition that, in the opinion of the investigator, would prevent the patient from being a suitable candidate for inclusion in the study (e.g. terminal chronic disease). * Development of an adverse event, including a serious adverse event; individual intolerance to the investigational product, hypersensitivity to the components of the product due to which further participation in the study is not possible. * Continued participation in the study is not, in the opinion of the investigator, in the best interests of the patient\'s health. * The patient, in the opinion of the investigator, fails to comply with the requirements of the study procedures. * The presence of protocol deviations that, in the opinion of the Sponsor and the investigator, require withdrawal of the participant from the study. * A positive pregnancy test result at any time during the study. * Use of any other methods of renal replacement therapy and extracorporeal hemocorrection during isolated hemoperfusion with the Efferon LPS device.
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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.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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N. V. Sklifosovsky Moscow Research Institute of Emergency
Moscow, Russia
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N.I. Pirogov City Clinical Hospital No. 1
Moscow, Russia
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Nizhny Novgorod Regional Clinical Hospital named after N.A. Semashko
Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
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Perm regional clinical hospital
Perm, Russia
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