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The Efficacy and Safety of Ta1 for Sepsis

Phase 3
Completed
Conditions
Sepsis
Interventions
Registration Number
NCT02867267
Lead Sponsor
Sun Yat-sen University
Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether thymalfasin is safe and effective in patients who have sepsis

Detailed Description

Our previous study reported that the 7-day treatment of Ta 1 demonstrated positive active effect as to the 28-day all-cause mortality and the augmentation of mHLA-DR (monocyte Human Leukocyte Antigen DR) at the secondary endpoint. Therefore, we intend to verify this finding through a randomized, double-blind and placebo-controlled clinical trial and the trail will include subjects with impaired immunologic functions.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
1106
Inclusion Criteria
  1. Age ≥ 18 and ≤85;

  2. Signed informed consent signed;

  3. Diagnosed as a sepsis according to the sepsis diagnosis criteria in "Surviving Sepsis Campaign: International Guidelines for Management of Sepsis and Septic Shock: 2016": at least one acute severe organ dysfunction related to sepsis, and total SOFA scores ≥2;

  4. Infected focus are confirmed or suspected and satisfy at least one of the followings:

    1. pathogenic microbes grow in blood or at aseptic locations

    2. presence of abscess or partially-infected tissues

    3. suspected infection identified by at least one of the following evidences:

      • leukocytes at normal aseptic locations
      • organic perforation (confirmed by imaging evidence, examination result or intestinal content leak during drainage)
      • Imaging evidence of pneumonia accompanied by purulent secretion
      • Related syndromes with high infection risk (cholangitis for example)
Exclusion Criteria
  1. History of organ or bone marrow transplantation;
  2. Acute phase connective tissue diseases (such as rheumatoid diseases, systemic lupus erythematosus) and glomerulonephritis;
  3. Under pregnancy or in suckling period;
  4. Presence of hematologic malignancies;
  5. The patient has received radiotherapy or chemotherapy within the past 30 days;
  6. The patient is inclined to stop or cancel the artificial intervention for sustaining life, in other words, has abandoned treatment;
  7. The patient has in the past 30 days received immunosuppressive drugs (tripterygium wilfordii, CellCept, cyclophosphamide, FK506, etc.) or received continuous treatment with prednisolone >10 mg/day (or the same dose of other hormones);
  8. The patient could die of an underlying disease within 28 days or is in end-stage;
  9. The patient has undergone CPR in the 72 hours before signing the informed consent and the neuromechanism has not fully recovered (GCS score ≤ 8);
  10. The patient has in the past 30 days used thymosin or undergone certain clinical drug or instrument trials which could affect immunity (such as Xuebijing, ulinastatin and CRRT);
  11. The patient has a medical history of allergy or intolerance to thymalfasin;
  12. The source of infection cannot be contained, for example: infections that cannot be handled during surgical operations and drainage.

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
PlaceboPlacebo1ml subcutaneous injection with placebo, every 12±2 hours for not more than 7 days depending on the change of the subjects' condition
thymosin alpha 1Thymosin alpha 11ml subcutaneous injection with 1.6 mg thymosin alpha 1, every 12±2 hours for not more than 7 days depending on the change of the subjects' condition
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
28-day all-cause mortality28 days
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
ICU-free days within 28 days28 days
Vasoactive agents-free days within 28 days28 days
ICU stays90 days
Changes of SOFA score at screening, end of CTM, days 7 (if applicable), day 14 and day 2828 days
Variance of the count of monocyte human lymphocyte antigens-DR (mHLA-DR) at days 7, 14 and 28 compared with the baseline at screening28 days
28-day re-hospitalization rate28 days
ICU mortality90 days
Ventilator-free days within 28 days28 days
90-day SF-36 QOL scale90 days
28-day clearance rate of pathogenic microorganism28 days
Hospital stays28 days
The percentage of Treg cells at screening and days 77 days
Incidence of new onset infection within 28 days28 days

from initial injection on day 0 to day 28

90-day all-cause mortality90 days
CRRT-free days within 28 days28 days

Trial Locations

Locations (22)

Shanghai Ruijin Hospital

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Shanghai, Shanghai, China

Guangzhou First People's Hospital

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Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University

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Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

The First People's Hospital of Foshan

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Foshan, Guangdong, China

Chinese PLA General Hospital

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Beijing, Beijing, China

Peking Union Medical College Hospital

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Beijing, Beijing, China

Qingyuan People's Hospital

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Qingyuan, Guangdong, China

The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University

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Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

The Sixth Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University

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Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi 'an Jiaotong University

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Xi'an, Shaanxi, China

Peking University Shenzhen Hospital

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Shenzhen, Guangdong, China

Zhuhai People's Hospital

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Zhuhai, Guangdong, China

Union Hospital affiliated to Tongji Medical College of Huazhong University of Science and Technology

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Wuhan, Hubei, China

Nanjing General Hospital of Nanjing Military Commend

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Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Shandong Provincial Hospital

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Jinan, Shandong, China

Shanghai Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University

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Shanghai, Shanghai, China

West China Hospital, Sichuan University

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Chengdu, Sichuan, China

The Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine

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Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

Zhejiang Hospital

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Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital

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Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University

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Beijing, China

The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University

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Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

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