Evaluation of Corticosteroid therapy in Childhood Severe Sepsis (Steroids in Paediatric Sepsis, StePS) - a randomised pilot study - Steroids in Paediatric Sepsis, StePS

Southampton University Hospital NHS Trust0 sites90 target enrollmentSeptember 14, 2007

Overview

Phase: Phase 1
Intervention: Not specified
Conditions: Children with severe sepsis requiring mechanical ventilation presenting within 12 hours of onset. The majority of children will either have community acquired sepsis (most commonly meningococcal or pneumococcal disease) or post operative infection. Few patients will have additional co-morbidities.
Sponsor: Southampton University Hospital NHS Trust
Enrollment: 90
Status: Active, not recruiting
Last Updated: 6 years ago

No summary available.

Registry

who.int

Start Date

September 14, 2007

End Date

TBD

Last Updated

6 years ago

Study Type

Interventional clinical trial of medicinal product

Sponsor

Southampton University Hospital NHS Trust

•Children 3 months to 14 years inclusive (to include children in puberty)
•Severe sepsis within 12 hours of onset
•Requiring mechanical ventilation (The subjects must be mechanically ventilated for entry into the study but this is not time limited. It is routine practice at study centres to pre\-emptively ventilate children with evolving sepsis)
•Definition of sepsis:
•Presence of a documented infection (eg clinical evidence of pneumonia, skin or soft tissue infection, purpura fulminans, urinary tract infection, abdominal infection) or a diagnostic positive blood culture (community or hospital acquired) within the last 72 hours and at least two of the following, one of which must be abnormal temperature or leucocyte count core temperature of \>38\.5°C or \<36°C; tachycardia (mean heart rate \>2 SD above normal for age); mean respiratory rate \> 2 SD above normal for age; leucocyte count elevated or depressed for age.
•Definition of severe sepsis
•Sepsis plus cardiovascular organ dysfunction (the need for at least 5mcg/kg/min dopamine or dobutamine, or any amount of adrenaline or noradrenaline support), acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), or 2 or more other organ dysfunctions.
•Are the trial subjects under 18? yes
•Number of subjects for this age range:
•F.1\.2 Adults (18\-64 years) no

•Concomitant steroid therapy, vasopressor treatment \>24 hrs or use of etomidate (not recommended for use in children less than 10 years and selectively inhibits 11 beta\-hydroxylase)
•Patients who have a recognised indication for steroids
•Other immunosuppressive/immunomodulatory therapy (not including intravenous immunoglobulin which is considered standard therapy in toxic shock syndrome and may be given for this indication)
•Significant immunocompromise (eg HIV infection)
•Advanced malignancy
•Cardiopulmonary resuscitation
•Children not likely to survive the time period of the intervention
•Patients who have undergone organ transplantation (including bone marrow transplantation)
•Patients undergoing plasma exchange or whole blood exchange transfusion
•Treatment with an investigational drug or device within the last 30 days prior to enrolment.