Can a natural compound help seniors survive sepsis?
NCT ID NCT05758246
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Sep 02, 2026 · Updated 3 times
Summary
This study tests whether the drug fisetin can reduce organ failure in adults aged 65 and older who have sepsis (a severe response to infection). Researchers will give participants either one or two doses of fisetin or a placebo, and measure changes in heart, lung, and kidney function over a week. The goal is to see if fisetin can help prevent the progression of sepsis to more serious organ damage.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Fisetin (a drug given by mouth)
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could point toward a treatment that reduces organ damage in older patients with sepsis.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early phase 2 trial with only 220 participants, so results may not apply to all sepsis patients. The drug may not improve outcomes or could cause side effects.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 2
Tests whether the treatment actually works, and watches for side effects, in a larger group.
- Participants
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About 220 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Aug 2023
- Expected to finish
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Jun 2027
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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65 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: * Age \>=65 years * Primary diagnosis of acute infection (per investigator judgment) * SOFA \>1 * Admission order to the hospital * Expected length of stay \>=48 hours (per investigator judgment) Exclusion Criteria: * Admission to the ICU * Vasopressors, mechanical ventilation, or dialysis * Comfort care only * Total bilirubin \>3X or AST/ALT \>4x upper limit of normal * eGFR \< 25 ml/ min/ 1.73 m2 * Hemoglobin \<7 g/dL; white blood cell count ≤ 2,000/mm3; absolute neutrophil count ≤1 x 10\^9/;, or platelet count ≤ 40,000/μL * Known HIV, Hepatitis B, or Hepatitis C * Invasive fungal infection (per investigator judgment) * Uncontrolled effusions or ascites (per investigator judgment) * New/active invasive cancer except non-melanoma skin cancers * Known hypersensitivity or allergy to Fisetin. * Active treatment with potential drug-drug interactions * Enrolled in another sepsis clinical trial
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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.
How to take part
Only the study team decides who joins. These are the ways to reach them.
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The places running it
8 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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A doctor treating you
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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HCMC
RECRUITINGMinneapolis, Minnesota, 55415, United States
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M Health Fairview St. John's
RECRUITINGMaplewood, Minnesota, 55109, United States
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Ridges
RECRUITINGBurnsville, Minnesota, 55337, United States
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Southdale
RECRUITINGEdina, Minnesota, 55435, United States
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St. John's
RECRUITINGMaplewood, Minnesota, 55109, United States
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UMMC
RECRUITINGMinneapolis, Minnesota, 55455, United States
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University of Florida
ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITINGGainesville, Florida, 32608, United States
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University of Iowa
RECRUITINGIowa City, Iowa, 52242, United States
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University of Minnesota
ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITINGMinneapolis, Minnesota, 55414, United States
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University of Mississippi Medical Center
RECRUITINGJackson, Mississippi, 39216, United States
More trials for these conditions
Other studies related to the condition(s) this trial covers.
- Can two blood markers catch sepsis before it turns deadly?
- Two cheap blood ratios put to the test as sepsis death predictors
- Can a computer model speed up sepsis blood tests?
- Stem cells put to the test against Sepsis's immune chaos
- Can the immune system reveal who will suffer kidney injury after sepsis?
- A routine calcium reading could reveal how sick a sepsis patient really is