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CompletedNCT03475732Updated Jan 5, 2021

Pharmacokinetics of XueBiJing in Patients With Sepsis

An interventional study of XueBiJing injection in Sepsis, Septic Shock and Community Acquired Pneumonia, sponsored by Southeast University, China. Completed at 1 site in China. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 70 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2021-01-05.

Primary conditionShock, SepticRegistry: SepsisReclassifiedWhy we changed it
Registry
Sepsis — the first condition term the registry derived for this study.
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Shock, Septic
Why
  1. The study's listed conditions name Shock, Septic, a narrower term within Sepsis.
Confidence
High: the new condition is named in the study's own listed conditions. Of 351 hand-checked studies reclassified this way, 68% were exactly right and 84% in the right disease family; the registry's first term was right for 5% (measured 2026-10-21). How we classify →
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Sponsored by Southeast University, China · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment

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Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
35
Allocation
Not applicable
Ages
18 Years to 70 Years
Sex
All
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Where this study stands

Counted across the records on this site · 2026-11-14

Among 16 studies in Shock, Septic by Southeast University, China — none open to participants now, 1 under way, none of them phase 3. Shock, Septic · Southeast University, China.

Enrollment
6th of 12
35 · median 31
Started
2018
with 1 other
No phase
5 of 16
none open now
Registered
10th of 16
by date

Among the 16 studies in Shock, Septic by Southeast University, China, this one is the 6th largest by enrollment of the 12 interventional ones that give a count, is one of 2 that started in 2018, is one of 5 with no phase, and was the 10th registered.

Shock, Septic

1,078 studies on the registry are indexed under Shock, Septic; 232 are open to participants now.

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Open to participants now

None of the 16 studies in Shock, Septic by Southeast University, China is open now. The open studies under Shock, Septic, anywhere →

Where they have run

Who these studies take

Of the 136 Shock, Septic studies recruiting now, 102 (75%) set no upper age limit and 19 (14%) stop at 75 or younger; 12 take children under 18; 13 take healthy volunteers.

This study: 18 Years to 70 Years · all sexes · no healthy volunteers.

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Study summary

Pharmacokinetics and disposition of XueBiJing compounds in patients with sepsis

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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 their systemic exposure levels and forms and pharmacokinetic characteristics, have been identified. However, it is known that sepsis may induce hepatic, renal and cardiac dysfunction, alter drug metabolizing enzymes and transporters activities, increase capillary permeability, and induce various pathophysiological changes. All these will affect the concentrations at the action sites and pharmacokinetic characteristics of XueBiJing compounds, which contribute to the injection's overall therapeutic action, thus influencing the anti-septic efficacy of the injection. The purpose of this prospective, open label study is to identify the circulating XueBiJing compounds in patients with sepsis after intravenously dosing XueBiJing injection and their systemic exposure forms and levels, pharmacokinetic characteristics, and the associated inter-patient differences of these XueBiJing compounds.

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Conditions studied

  • Sepsis
  • Septic Shock
  • Community Acquired Pneumonia

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Keywords

  • XueBiJing injection
  • Sepsis
  • Septic shock
  • Pharmacokinetics
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In context

Shock, Septic Reclassified

1,078 studies on the registry are indexed under Shock, Septic; 232 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 35 is below the median of 79 across 636 interventional studies indexed under Shock, Septic.

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Lead sponsor

Southeast University, China is the lead sponsor of 168 studies on the registry; 45 are open to participants now.

Compared within Shock, Septic, this study's primary condition as ClinicalTrials.gg classifies it; the registry's first condition term is Sepsis. The counts are of registry records indexed under each term, refreshed daily. How we classify →

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 70 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

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Inclusion criteria

  • 18≤ age ≤70 years old
  • Community acquired pneumonia patients who met the Sepsis-3 criteria from Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) /European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM) with2 ≤SOFA ≤13
  • To use XueBiJing injection as an add-on therapy to treat sepsis decided byclinician
  • obtained

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Diagnosis of sepsis for over 48 h
  • Pregnant or lactating women
  • Patients with a history of anaphylaxis or allergyto XueBiJing or its component herbs
  • Patients participated in an clinical trial within 30 days prior to this study
  • Patients unable or unsuitable to participate in this study decided by the investigator (i.e., patients whose death are deemed within 48 h or who poorly adhere to the treatment)
Terms in these criteria, in plain language(2)

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Investigational drug or device

A drug or device being studied in a clinical trial.

It may be new, or already approved and being studied for another use, dose or form. Criteria often leave out people who took part in another study of one within a recent period, commonly 30 days or five half-lives.

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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
35 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    XueBiJing injection

    100mL XueBiJing injection (dissolved with 100 mL of 0.9% normal saline),intravenous infusion for 1.25 h, q12h for 5 days

    Drug: XueBiJing injection

Interventions

  • 100mL XueBiJing injection (dissolved with 100 mL of 0.9% normal saline),intravenous infusion for 1.25 h, q12h for 5 days

    Also known as: Tianjin Chase Sun Pharmaceutical Co. LTD

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Plasma concentrations of XueBiJing injection compounds

    Plasma concentrations of XueBiJing injection compounds

    Time frame: On 1stand 5th day of giving XueBiJing injection: pre-dose, 1.25 h after starting the infusion, and 0.5, 1, 2, 4, and 8 h after terminating the infusion On 2nd to 4th day of giving XueBiJing injection: pre-dose and 1.25 h after starting the infusion

Secondary outcomes

  1. Accumulative amounts of XueBiJing compounds in urine

    Accumulative amounts of XueBiJing compounds in urine

    Time frame: On 1st day of giving XueBiJing injection: pre-dose and 0-3.25 and 3.25-12 h after starting the infusion On 5thday of giving XueBiJing injection:0-3.25 and 3.25-12 h after starting the infusion

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Study locations

1 site
  • Zhongda Hospital, Southeast University
    Nanjing, Jiangsu 210009, China
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References and documents

Publications

  • Li YP, Qiao YJ, Wu ZX, Yao YM, Yu Y, Wu Y. [Effects of Xuebijing injection on high-mobility group box chromosomal protein 1 in septic rats]. Zhongguo Wei Zhong Bing Ji Jiu Yi Xue. 2007 Apr;19(4):239-41. No abstract available. Chinese. PubMed 17448282 ↗
  • Singer M, Deutschman CS, Seymour CW, Shankar-Hari M, Annane D, Bauer M, Bellomo R, Bernard GR, Chiche JD, Coopersmith CM, Hotchkiss RS, Levy MM, Marshall JC, Martin GS, Opal SM, Rubenfeld GD, van der Poll T, Vincent JL, Angus DC. The Third International Consensus Definitions for Sepsis and Septic Shock (Sepsis-3). JAMA. 2016 Feb 23;315(8):801-10. doi: 10.1001/jama.2016.0287. PubMed 26903338 ↗
  • Cheng C, Lin JZ, Li L, Yang JL, Jia WW, Huang YH, Du FF, Wang FQ, Li MJ, Li YF, Xu F, Zhang NT, Olaleye OE, Sun Y, Li J, Sun CH, Zhang GP, Li C. Pharmacokinetics and disposition of monoterpene glycosides derived from Paeonia lactiflora roots (Chishao) after intravenous dosing of antiseptic XueBiJing injection in human subjects and rats. Acta Pharmacol Sin. 2016 Apr;37(4):530-44. doi: 10.1038/aps.2015.103. Epub 2016 Feb 1. PubMed 26838074 ↗
  • Li X, Cheng C, Wang F, Huang Y, Jia W, Olaleye OE, Li M, Li Y, Li C. Pharmacokinetics of catechols in human subjects intravenously receiving XueBiJing injection, an emerging antiseptic herbal medicine. Drug Metab Pharmacokinet. 2016 Feb;31(1):95-98. doi: 10.1016/j.dmpk.2015.10.005. Epub 2015 Nov 4. PubMed 26830081 ↗
  • Sinnollareddy MG, Roberts MS, Lipman J, Roberts JA. beta-lactam pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics in critically ill patients and strategies for dose optimization: a structured review. Clin Exp Pharmacol Physiol. 2012 Jun;39(6):489-96. doi: 10.1111/j.1440-1681.2012.05715.x. PubMed 22519600 ↗
  • Blot SI, Pea F, Lipman J. The effect of pathophysiology on pharmacokinetics in the critically ill patient--concepts appraised by the example of antimicrobial agents. Adv Drug Deliv Rev. 2014 Nov 20;77:3-11. doi: 10.1016/j.addr.2014.07.006. Epub 2014 Jul 15. PubMed 25038549 ↗
  • Harvey RD, Morgan ET. Cancer, inflammation, and therapy: effects on cytochrome p450-mediated drug metabolism and implications for novel immunotherapeutic agents. Clin Pharmacol Ther. 2014 Oct;96(4):449-57. doi: 10.1038/clpt.2014.143. Epub 2014 Jul 2. PubMed 24987833 ↗

Individual participant data

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Timeline

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
ElapsedEstimatedEstimated, not yet reachedSimilar studies: half by the dot; the band is the middle halfHalf of similar studies reached it by the dot; the band is the middle half, from a quarter to three quarters

Ran from Mar 2018 to primary completion in Jun 2019, 15 months.

Of 164 non-industry interventional studies with no phase under Shock, Septic, half reached primary completion within 25 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 12 and three quarters within 41. This study's 15 months is below that.

Counting every sponsor, half of 172 studies reached it within 25 months; a quarter within 12 and three quarters within 42.

How these figures are worked out, and which studies are left out of them.

Registered
Mar 18, 2018
First posted
Mar 23, 2018
StartActual
Mar 18, 2018
Primary completionActual
Jun 30, 2019
CompletionActual
Dec 31, 2019
Last update
Jan 5, 2021
What these dates mean
Start.
When the first participant enrolled; while estimated, when the study expects to open to recruitment.
Primary completion.
When the last participant was examined or treated to collect data for the study's main question, its primary outcome. A study that stopped early gives the date its data collection stopped.
Completion.
When the last participant's last visit took place, for every outcome, secondary ones and side effects included: the end of the study. Often later than primary completion, sometimes the same day.
Actual and Est.
Actual means the registry says the date has happened. Est. (estimated) is a date the sponsor plans or expects. It can still move, and the sponsor is expected to change it to actual once it has passed.
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Jan 5, 2021, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT03475732
Collaborators
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Responsible party
Songqiao Liu (Principal Investigator, Southeast University, China) — Principal investigator
First posted
Mar 23, 2018
Start date
Mar 18, 2018
Primary completion
Jun 30, 2019
Completion
Dec 31, 2019
Last update
Jan 5, 2021

Study contacts

Chuan Li, Doctor
study director · Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences,China

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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