Staphylococcal Infections Clinical Trials

The high chloride content of 0.9%sodium chloride (0.9%NaCl) leads to adverse pathophysiological effects in both animals and healthy human volunteers. Small randomized trials confirm that the hyperchloremic acidosis induced by 0.9%NaCl also occurs in patients. A strong signal is emerging from recent large propensity-matched and cohort studies for the adverse ...

Despite the advances of modern medicine, sepsis persists as one of the leading causes of death in the United States and poses a significant burden on U.S. health care, accounting for more than $24 billion of total hospital costs in 2013. The high mortality and cost of treating sepsis at ...

Nociceptin is a protein found in the body, with a number of functions in the central nervous system, blood vessels and the gut. There is evidence that it may have a role in controlling the immune response to infection, and may act as a link between the brain and immune ...

The patient will be followed during their ICU stay up to two weeks while on mechanical ventilation. Patient will be followed daily for the initial 48 hours and then once per week for 2 weeks while mechanically ventilated.

XueBiJing injection, a five-herb combination approved by Chinese FDA in 2004, has been widely used as an add-on therapy in routine sepsis care in Chinese clinics. A comprehensive pharmacokinetic research on this herbal injection has been conducted in healthy human subjects, and the major circulating XueBiJing compounds, as well as ...

This is a multi-site, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial comparing a regimen of moderate-dose (6000 mg per day) Vitamin C supplementation versus placebo for the treatment of patients presenting to the ICU with septic shock. Both groups will continue to receive all other standard of care measures for septic shock as ...

The purpose of this study is to compare the effect of a short course antimicrobial therapy (5-days) versus a 10-days therapy on sepsis-related organ dysfunction.

Staphylococcus aureus nasal carriage is a major risk factor of infection with this bacterium. Staphylococcus aureus colonization of the posterior nasal cavity is still misunderstood. This study is aimed at evaluating the relationship between Staphylococcus aureus strains colonizing the vestibulum nasi, the sphenoethmoidal recess and the nasopharynx.

Anticholium per Se is a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, monocentric trial to assess whether the CAP can be transferred from bench to bedside. In this pilot study, 20 patients with perioperative sepsis and septic shock as a result of intra-abdominal infection are enrolled. According to randomization, participants are treated with physostigmine ...

Investigational drugUlinastain for Injection Study title A Prospective, Multi-Centre, Double-Blind, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled, Trial of Ulinastatin Treatment in Adult Patients with Sepsis and Septic Shock in China Principal InvestigatorProfessor Bin Du, Medical Intensive Care Unit, Peking Union Medical College Hospital; Professor Xiangyou Yu, Critical Care Medicine, First Affiliated Hospital, Xinjiang Medical ...