The Clinical Outcome and the Cost-effectiveness Analysis of Simvastatin Plus Standard Therapy Versus Standard Therapy Alone in Critically Ill Septic Patient"
试验速览
- 阶段
- 3 期
- 状态
- 已完成
- 发起方
- 入组人数
- 100
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- 28 day ICU and hospital mortality
研究概览
简要总结
determination of the effectiveness and the cost-effectiveness of simvastatin(Zocor 40 mg) plus standard therapy (SSCG)versus standard therapy alone in critically ill septic patient from the societal perspective over one year.
详细描述
Prospective double blinded randomized controlled study Will be carried out at Ain-Shams university hospital Method: - After approval of the research ethics committee of Ain shams University and obtaining consent from each patient, 100 patients newly admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) diagnosed to have sepsis/severe sepsis defined by American College of Chest Physicians (ACP) *will be randomized by the clinical pharmacist using a computer-generated randomization sequence with a block size of four into two groups.
Group I (Control group):-50 patients will be treated according to "Surviving Sepsis Campaign guidelines (SSCG) (Dellinger, et al. 2013) Group II (Intervention group):-50 patients will be treated according SSCG plus simvastatin.
Outcomes:- Primary outcome measures: 28 day ICU and hospital mortality.
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- Requirement and length of renal replacement therapy, vasoactive agent support or mechanical ventilation
- Total ICU length of stay.(LOS)
- Number of patients alive 3, 6, and 12 months
- Incremental cost effectiveness ratio
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 盲法
- Double (Participant, Care Provider)
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 70 Years（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- 未提供
排除标准
- 未提供
研究组 & 干预措施
simvastatin
50 patients will be treated according SSCG plus simvastatin as single oral tablet 40 mg / day begin with inclusion in the study and continue until hospital discharge .If the patient is able to swallow; the tablet will be given orally. Otherwise, it will be crushed, suspended in water and administered via any existing enteral feeding or gastric drainage tube. (White R, Bradnam V, 2013)
干预措施: Simvastatin (Drug)
结局指标
主要结局
28 day ICU and hospital mortality
时间窗: one year
次要结局
- Number of patients alive 3, 6, and 12 months and incremental cost effectiveness ratio(one year)
研究者
sara mostafa amin eladawy
teaching assistant
Ain Shams University