New sepsis protocol aims to save lives by speeding up care
NCT ID NCT07460024
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study will test whether a standardized set of emergency steps—including early screening, blood tests, fluids, and antibiotics—can improve survival for sepsis patients. Researchers will compare outcomes for 120 adults treated before and after the new protocol is introduced. The goal is to get life-saving treatments to patients within one hour.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Adapted Surviving Sepsis Campaign Protocol (a set of clinical guidelines including screening, diagnosis, and a one-hour treatment bundle)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this protocol could become a standard way to quickly treat sepsis, potentially saving more lives in hospital emergency rooms and ICUs.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, single-hospital quality improvement project, not a large clinical trial. Results may not apply to other hospitals, and the protocol may not reduce deaths as hoped.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- 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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About 120 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Mar 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Nov 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- 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: * Adult patients aged 18 years or older. * Clinical suspicion of sepsis or a confirmed diagnosis of sepsis upon admission to the Emergency Department (ED) or Intensive Care Unit (ICU). * Presence of symptoms meeting the criteria for the sepsis management protocol during the study period. Exclusion Criteria: * Patients transferred from other healthcare facilities after sepsis treatment had already been initiated. * End-of-life cases or patients with "Do Not Attempt Resuscitation" (DNAR) status where data sets are incomplete. * Cases with insufficient medical documentation that prevents accurate outcome measurement or bundle compliance tracking.
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