Herbal hope: can ancient formula mend Sepsis-Damaged hearts?
NCT ID NCT06686355
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether adding a Chinese herbal formula called Yiqilishui to standard hospital care can improve heart function and reduce deaths in people with sepsis-induced heart damage. About 80 adults aged 50-85 in intensive care will take either the herbal granules or a placebo twice daily for 7 days. Researchers will monitor heart markers and side effects over two weeks.
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Study facts
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- 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 80 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Nov 2024
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
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50 to 85 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 1. Patients hospitalized in the ICU of Tongzhou Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital and Dongzhimen Hospital of Beijing University of Chinese Medicine between January 2024 and December 2026. 2. Patients diagnosed with SIMD and qi deficiency and water flooding syndrome. 3. Aged 50 to 85 years. 4. SOFA score: 2 to 12 points. 5. Diagnosis of SIMD within 24 hours. 6. Signed informed consent by the patient or their family. Exclusion Criteria 1. Subjects diagnosed with acute coronary syndrome. 2. Subjects with heart failure caused by cardiomyopathies such as hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, dilated cardiomyopathy, myocardial amyloidosis, diabetic cardiomyopathy, or hypothyroid cardiomyopathy. 3. Subjects with heart failure caused by structural heart abnormalities, arrhythmias, pulmonary heart disease, or cardiorenal syndrome. 4. Subjects with severe primary diseases affecting survival, including uncontrolled, unresectable metastatic malignant tumors, hematologic diseases, and HIV. 5. Subjects with liver or kidney dysfunction, with an individual SOFA score of ≥3 for liver or kidney function. 6. Subjects who have used immunosuppressants continuously in the last 6 months or have undergone organ transplantation. 7. Subjects who have used corticosteroids (equivalent to methylprednisolone ≥20mg/day) continuously within 7 days prior to enrollment. 8. Subjects who have used Chinese herbal medicines or Chinese patent medicine replenishing qi, activating blood circulation and facilitating diuresis within 14 days prior to enrollment. 9. Subjects deemed unable to take decoctions by clinicians. 10. Pregnant or breastfeeding women. 11. Subjects who have participated in other clinical trials within the last 30 days. 12. Subjects deemed unable to complete or unsuitable for this study by the researchers (e.g., expected death within 48 hours or refusal of active treatment).
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Locations
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Dongzhimen Hospital Affiliated to Beijing University of Chinese Medicine
RECRUITINGBeijing, 100007, China
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