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Prospective, Randomized Trial of Personalized Medicine With Pentaglobin® After Surgical Infectious Source Control in Patients With Peritonitis

Phase 2
Recruiting
Conditions
Septic Shock
Peritonitis
Sepsis
Interventions
Drug: Pentaglobin®/Standard of Care
Registration Number
NCT03334006
Lead Sponsor
RWTH Aachen University
Brief Summary

The aim of this prospective, randomized, controlled trial is to provide evidence for adjuvant IgGAM treatment with regard to

1. Improvement of patient outcomes for peritonitis. Improvement in outcome will be determined by scores such as MOF, SOFA and survival.

2. Identification of biomarkers (including immunoglobulin levels, HLA-DR, Nf-kB1 and other immunological biomarkers) to identify patient subpopulations that benefit most from IgGAM treatment. These patients will form the basis for a further randomized, controlled, double-blind Phase III trial (RCT) to demonstrate the benefit of this treatment.

3. In addition, these biomarkers could help to guide a targeted, i.e. "personalized", adjuvant therapy with Pentaglobin® (IgGAM) in the indication of peritonitis.

Detailed Description

The aim of this prospective, randomized, controlled trial is to provide evidence for adjuvant IgGAM treatment with regard to

1. Improvement of patient outcomes for peritonitis. Improvement in outcome will be determined by scores such as MOF, SOFA and survival.

2. Identification of biomarkers (including immunoglobulin levels, HLA-DR, Nf-kB1 and other immunological biomarkers) to identify patient subpopulations that benefit most from IgGAM treatment. These patients will form the basis for a further randomized, controlled, double-blind Phase III trial (RCT) to demonstrate the benefit of this treatment.

3. In addition, these biomarkers could help to guide a targeted, i.e. "personalized", adjuvant therapy with Pentaglobin® (IgGAM) in the indication of peritonitis.

The control group receives Standard-of-Care treatment. The intervention group is additionally treated with IgGAM (Pentaglobin®) as an add-on treatment to Standard-of-Care.

Pentaglobin® is administered by continuous intravenous infusion over a period of 5 days of 0.4ml/kg body weight/hour until the total dose of 7mL/kg body weight/day is reached.

Primary outcome: Change in Multiple Organ Failure (MOF) score (measured in lung, heart, kidney, liver, blood) from baseline to day 7 after surgical infectious source control in the context of peritonitis.

The MOF score is determined in the morning. The following score points are distributed per organ: Normal organ function: 0 score points; organ dysfunction: 1 score point; single organ failure: 2 score points. A score \> 4 in the sum of the 5 organs indicates multiple organ failure. Patients who died before the MOF score was obtained are assigned a score of 10 score points.

Secondary outcome:

* Death within 28 days

* Death within 90 days

* Change in MOF score from baseline to day 5

* Multi-organ Failure ( \> 4 MOF score points on day 7)

Exploratory objectives:

* Effects of Pentaglobin® therapy on the SOFA score (determined in the organs lung, CNS, circulation, liver, coagulation and kidney).

* Interaction of the biomarkers "NF-kB1" (steady), "CRP (≥ 70 mg/L), IgA (\< 150 mg/dl), IgG (\< 300 mg/dl), IgM (\< 35 mg/dl) and HLA-DR expression (≤ 8,000 molecules per monocyte) with therapy in terms of change in MOF score from baseline to days 5 and 7 and death within 28 and 90 days.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
RECRUITING
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
200
Inclusion Criteria
  1. The patient is diagnosed with secondary or quaternary peritonitis
  2. The time of the surgical infectious source control is within 6 hours of indication (defined as date and time of registration for surgical or minimal invasive procedure).
  3. Sepsis and / or septic shock (according to the current sepsis guideline of the German Sepsis Society).
  4. SOFA Score ≥ 8
  5. The concentration of IL-6 is ≥ 1000 pg / ml
  6. Treatment with antibiotics is started within 12 hours of admission to the Intensive Care Unit
  7. The informed consent form has been signed by the patient and / or by his legal representative (such as his spouse, an health care proxy authorized or a legal representative) or by a consultant physician

Exclusion criteria

  1. Patients with a life expectancy of less than 90 days due to medical conditions unrelated to peritonitis nor with sepsis and / or septic shock.
  2. For female patients : The patient is pregnant or breastfeeding
  3. The patient is a minor (< 18 years of age).
  4. The patient has known chronic renal dysfunction requiring dialysis (creatinine ≥ 3.4 mg / dl or creatinine clearance ≤ 30 mL / min / 1.73 m2).
  5. The patient has acute, primarily non-infectious pancreatitis or mediastinitis
  6. The patient has a BMI> 40.
  7. The patient has any contraindication to study drug.
  8. The patient has participated in another clinical trial within the last 30 days.
  9. The patient is in a dependent or employment relationship with the sponsor or investigator.
  10. The patient is institutionalized by court or government order
Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Verum armPentaglobin®/Standard of CareStandard of Care treatment + Pentaglobin®
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Change in Multiple Organ Failure (MOF) score (measured in lung, heart, kidney, liver, blood) from baseline to day 7 after surgical infectious source control in the context of peritonitis.7 days

The MOF score is determined in the morning. The following points are distributed per organ: Normal organ function: 0 points; organ dysfunction: 1 point; single organ failure: 2 points. A score \> 4 in the sum of the 5 organs indicates multiple organ failure. Patients who died before the MOF score was obtained are assigned a score of 10 points.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Change in MOF Score from baseline to day 55 days

Change in MOF Score from baseline to day 5.

Death within 90 days90 days

Evaluation of death within 90-days.

Multi-Organ Failure (i.e., > 4 MOF points) on Day 77 days

MOF (i.e., \> 4 MOF points) on Day 7 Day 7

Death within 28 days28 days

Evaluation of death within 28-days.

Trial Locations

Locations (19)

Medizinische Universität Wien, Klinische Abteilung für Allgemeine Anästhesie und Intensivmedizin

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Wien, Austria

Universitätsklinikum Tübingen, Universitätsklinik für Anästhesiologie und Intensivmedizin

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Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Universitätsklinikum Essen, Klinik für Anästhesiologie und Intensivmedizin

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Essen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

Uniklinik RWTH Aachen, Klinik für Operative Intensivmedizin und Intermediate Care

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Aachen, Germany

Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Klinik für Anästhesiologie mit Schwerpunkt operative Intensivmedizin

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Berlin, Germany

Universitätsklinikum Knappschaftskrankenhaus Bochum GmbH, Klinik für Anästesiologie, Intensivmedizin und Schmerztherapie

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Bochum, Germany

Klinikum Westfalen, Knappschaftskrankenhaus Dortmund, Klinik für Anästhesiologie, operative Intensivmedizin und Schmerztherapie

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Dortmund, Germany

Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus, Klinik und Poliklinik für Anästhesiologie und Intensivtherapie

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Dresden, Germany

Universitätsklinikum Düsseldorf, Klinik für Anästhesiologie

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Düsseldorf, Germany

Universitätklinikum Frankfurt, Klinik für Anästhesiologie, Intensivmedizin und Schmerztherapie

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Frankfurt, Germany

Universitätsklinikum Freiburg, Klinik für Allgemein- und Viszeralchirurgie

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Freiburg, Germany

Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf, Zentrum für Anästhesiologie und Intensivmedizin

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Hamburg, Germany

Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Zentrum für Anästhesiologie und Intensivmedizin

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Hannover, Germany

Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg, Anästhesiologische Klinik

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Heidelberg, Germany

Klinikum Magdeburg, Klinik für Intensivmedizin

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Magdeburg, Germany

Universitätsmedizin der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Klinik für Allgemein-, Viszeral- und Transplantationschirurgie

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Mainz, Germany

Klinikum der Universität München, Klinikum der Universität München, Klinik für Allgemein-, Viszeral- und Transplantationschirurgie

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München, Germany

Klinikum Nürnberg, Klinik für Anästhesiologie und operative Intensivmedizin

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Nürnberg, Germany

Heinrich-Braun-Klinikum gGmbH, Klinik für Anästhesie, Intensivmedizin, Notfallmedizin und Schmerztherapie

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Zwickau, Germany

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