E.1 Medical condition or disease under investigation |
E.1.1 | Medical condition(s) being investigated |
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E.1.1.1 | Medical condition in easily understood language |
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E.1.1.2 | Therapeutic area | Diseases [C] - Bacterial Infections and Mycoses [C01] |
MedDRA Classification |
E.1.2 Medical condition or disease under investigation |
E.1.2 | Version | 17.0 |
E.1.2 | Level | PT |
E.1.2 | Classification code | 10040070 |
E.1.2 | Term | Septic shock |
E.1.2 | System Organ Class | 10021881 - Infections and infestations |
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E.1.3 | Condition being studied is a rare disease | No |
E.2 Objective of the trial |
E.2.1 | Main objective of the trial |
Evaluating the safety and efficacy of iloprost and eptifibatide co-administration compared to placebo as an addition to standard care in septic shock patients. |
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E.2.2 | Secondary objectives of the trial |
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E.2.3 | Trial contains a sub-study | No |
E.3 | Principal inclusion criteria |
1. Adult intensive care patients (age ≥18 years)
AND
2. Sepsis, defined as suspected or confirmed site of infection or positive blood culture and ≥2 of 4 systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) criteria fulfilled within the last 24h:
a) Temperature ≤ 36˚ C or ≥ 38˚C
b) Heart rate ≥ 90 beats per minute
c) Mechanical ventilation for acute respiratory process or respiratory rate ≥ 20 breaths per min or PaCO2 < 4.2kPa
d) WBC ≥ 12,000/mm³ OR ≤ 4,000/mm³ OR > 10% bands
AND
3. Septic shock within the last 24h, defined as:
a. Hypotension (MAP <70 mmHg, Lactate 4 mmol/L) despite ongoing resuscitation with fluids (crystalloids, colloids, blood products) within the last 24h OR
b. ≥30 ml/kg ideal body weight (IBW) fluid (crystalloids, colloids, blood products) given in the last 24h AND
c. Need for vasopressor/inotropic agents (noradrenaline, adrenaline, dopamine) within the last 24h
AND
4. Can be randomized into trial and dosed < 24 hours after septic shock diagnosis (the time-point for the septic shock diagnosis corresponds to the time-point where the vasopressor/inotropic therapy (3c) is initiated)
AND
5. Consent is obtainable |
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E.4 | Principal exclusion criteria |
1. Patient is pregnant or breast-feeding
2. Patient weights more than 125 kg
3. Patients with known allergy towards any of the investigational products or contraindications which
should be excluded according to the investigational product specifications
4. Patients in whom the clinician finds antithrombotic therapy contraindicated - prophylaxis included
5. Patients at increased risk of bleeding:
a. Surgery in the previous 48 hours and expected surgery within 48 hours
b. Epidural or spinal puncture in the previous 12 hours
c. Platelet count less than 10,000/mm3 in the previous 24 hours
d. Need of blood products for bleeding in the previous 24 hours (3 or more RBC/24 h)
e. Treatment with any antithrombotics within 12 hours (profylaxis excepted)
f. Current intracranial bleeding
g. Traumatic brain or spinal injury within the last month
6. Patients requiring any form of antithrombotics (beyond profylaxis) in therapeutic doses or
prothrombotics in any dose, including:
a. Unfractionated heparin within 8 hours before the infusion (prophylactic heparin up to 15,000 U/day permitted)
b. LMWH within 12 hours before the infusion (prophylactic doses permitted)
c. Warfarin within 1 day before the infusion
d. Acetylsalicylic acid more than 650 mg/day within 3 days before the study
e. Thrombolytic therapy within 3 days before the study (catheter clearance doses permitted)
f. GPIIb/IIIa receptor inhibitors within 4 days before the study
g. Antithrombin III with dose greater than 10,000 U within 12 hours before the study
7. Patients with a do-not-resuscitate order (expected not to survive more than few days because of uncorrectable medical or surgical condition other than sepsis)
8. Patient with chronic renal failure requiring dialysis (renal failure without need for dialysis permitted)
9. Patients who have undergone transplantation of bone marrow, liver, pancreas, heart, lung, or bowel (kidney transplant permitted)
10. Patient with known hypercoagulable condition:
a. Activated protein C resistance
b. Hereditary protein C, protein S, or antithrombin III deficiency
c. Anticardiolipin or antiphospholipid antibody
d. Lupus anticoagulant
e. Homocysteinemia
f. Recent or highly suspected pulmonary embolism or deep venous thrombosis (within 3 months)
11. Patients with known congenital hypocoagulable diseases
12. Patient with known primary pulmonary hypertension |
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E.5 End points |
E.5.1 | Primary end point(s) |
* Change in biomarkers indicative of endothelial activation and damage from baseline to 48 hours post-randomization
* Change in platelet count from baseline to 48 hours post-randomization
* Change in D-dimer and fibrin split products indicative of fibrinolysis from baseline to 48 hours post-randomization |
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E.5.1.1 | Timepoint(s) of evaluation of this end point |
48 hours post-randomization |
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E.5.2 | Secondary end point(s) |
* Severe bleeding (intracranial or clinical bleeding with the use of 3 RBC units or more/24 hours)
* Use of blood products (in ICU) post-randomization
* Difference in day 7, 30 and 90 day mortality between patients receiving active treatment and placebo
* Changes in SOFA score from baseline to 48 h and day 5 and 7 post-randomization
* Days of vasopressor, ventilator and renal replacement therapy post-randomization |
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E.5.2.1 | Timepoint(s) of evaluation of this end point |
The secondary endpoint are evaluated througout the 48 hour treatment period and after 7, 30 and 90 days |
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E.6 and E.7 Scope of the trial |
E.6 | Scope of the trial |
E.6.1 | Diagnosis | No |
E.6.2 | Prophylaxis | No |
E.6.3 | Therapy | Yes |
E.6.4 | Safety | Yes |
E.6.5 | Efficacy | Yes |
E.6.6 | Pharmacokinetic | No |
E.6.7 | Pharmacodynamic | No |
E.6.8 | Bioequivalence | No |
E.6.9 | Dose response | No |
E.6.10 | Pharmacogenetic | No |
E.6.11 | Pharmacogenomic | No |
E.6.12 | Pharmacoeconomic | No |
E.6.13 | Others | No |
E.7 | Trial type and phase |
E.7.1 | Human pharmacology (Phase I) | No |
E.7.1.1 | First administration to humans | No |
E.7.1.2 | Bioequivalence study | No |
E.7.1.3 | Other | No |
E.7.1.3.1 | Other trial type description | |
E.7.2 | Therapeutic exploratory (Phase II) | Yes |
E.7.3 | Therapeutic confirmatory (Phase III) | No |
E.7.4 | Therapeutic use (Phase IV) | No |
E.8 Design of the trial |
E.8.1 | Controlled | Yes |
E.8.1.1 | Randomised | Yes |
E.8.1.2 | Open | No |
E.8.1.3 | Single blind | No |
E.8.1.4 | Double blind | Yes |
E.8.1.5 | Parallel group | No |
E.8.1.6 | Cross over | No |
E.8.1.7 | Other | No |
E.8.2 | Comparator of controlled trial |
E.8.2.1 | Other medicinal product(s) | No |
E.8.2.2 | Placebo | Yes |
E.8.2.3 | Other | No |
E.8.2.4 | Number of treatment arms in the trial | 2 |
E.8.3 |
The trial involves single site in the Member State concerned
| Yes |
E.8.4 | The trial involves multiple sites in the Member State concerned | No |
E.8.5 | The trial involves multiple Member States | No |
E.8.6 Trial involving sites outside the EEA |
E.8.6.1 | Trial being conducted both within and outside the EEA | No |
E.8.6.2 | Trial being conducted completely outside of the EEA | No |
E.8.7 | Trial has a data monitoring committee | Yes |
E.8.8 |
Definition of the end of the trial and justification where it is not the last
visit of the last subject undergoing the trial
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All patients who withdraw from the trial for any reason and at any time
should have an end of trial examination. Patients will be examined for
any status changes that require further follow-up. All withdrawn
patients will be followed-up as the remaining patients in the trial. If
consent is withdrawn, the person making the withdrawal will be asked
for permission to follow up for 90 days after randomisation. |
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E.8.9 Initial estimate of the duration of the trial |
E.8.9.1 | In the Member State concerned years | 1 |
E.8.9.1 | In the Member State concerned months | 0 |
E.8.9.1 | In the Member State concerned days | 0 |