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Statin for Immunomudulation in Sepsis

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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00452608
Recruitment Status : Unknown
Verified June 2009 by Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre.
Recruitment status was:  Recruiting
First Posted : March 27, 2007
Last Update Posted : June 26, 2009
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Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre

Study Description
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Brief Summary:
The purpose of this study is to determine whether atorvastatin can improve the inflammatory answer in the septic patients

Condition or disease Intervention/treatment Phase
Sepsis Drug: amido pill Drug: atorvastatina Phase 2

Study Design
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Study Type : Interventional  (Clinical Trial)
Estimated Enrollment : 80 participants
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Quadruple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
Official Title: Use of Statins in Modulation of Inflammatory Answer in Septic Patients
Study Start Date : December 2006
Estimated Primary Completion Date : December 2009
Estimated Study Completion Date : December 2009

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MedlinePlus related topics: Sepsis Statins

Arms and Interventions
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Arm Intervention/treatment
Placebo Comparator: amido pill Drug: amido pill
one pill of amido/d by mouth for 10 days
Experimental: atorvastatina
atrovastatina 80 mg/d by mouth for 10 days
 Drug: atorvastatina
atorvastatina 80 mg/day by mouth for 10 days


Outcome Measures
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Primary Outcome Measures :
  1. action in inflammmatory biologic makers [ Time Frame: 24h; 72h; 10 days ]
  2. valuation of flow-mediated vasodilation of the brachial artery [ Time Frame: 24h; 72; 10 days ]

Secondary Outcome Measures :
  1. mortality [ Time Frame: at end ]
  2. time of permanence in intensive care unity [ Time Frame: at end ]
  3. time of permanence in mechanical ventilation [ Time Frame: at end ]

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Ages Eligible for Study:   15 Years and older   (Child, Adult, Older Adult)
Sexes Eligible for Study:   All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   No
Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

  • clinical diagnosis of several sepsis or shock septic
  • no more than twenty four hours than diagnosis

Exclusion Criteria:

  • use of statins in the last thirty days
  • unequivocal indication for statin treatment
  • active treatment with imunosuppressors drugs
  • High risk of rhabdomyolysis: multiple trauma, crush injuries, baseline creatinine kinase > three times upper limit of normal
  • diagnosis of AIDS
  • unable to receive enteral medications
  • pregnancy
  • expected survival of less than 48 hours
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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00452608


Contacts
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Contact: Karen F Prado, investigator 051-98088153 ext 55 karen@portoweb.com.br

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Brazil
HCPA - Clinical Hospital fo Porto Alegre Recruiting
Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, 90035-903
Sub-Investigator: Karen F Prado         
Sponsors and Collaborators
Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre
Investigators
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Principal Investigator: Nadine Clausell Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul - Brazil
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Responsible Party: Nadine Clausell, Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00452608    
Other Study ID Numbers: 05589
First Posted: March 27, 2007    Key Record Dates
Last Update Posted: June 26, 2009
Last Verified: June 2009
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
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Sepsis
Infection
Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome
Inflammation
Pathologic Processes
Atorvastatin
Anticholesteremic Agents
 Hypolipidemic Agents
Antimetabolites
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Lipid Regulating Agents
Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors
Enzyme Inhibitors