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Status unknownNCT04089072Updated Jul 26, 2022

Methylene Blue as a Third-line Vasopressor in Septic Shock

A Phase 2 interventional study of Methylene Blue and Phenylephrine in Septic Shock, sponsored by Carilion Clinic. Status unknown at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2022-07-26.

Sponsored by Carilion Clinic · Phase 2, Interventional, and Treatment

The sponsor has not verified this record recently (last verified Jul 2022), so the status shown — last known as Recruiting — may be out of date.
Phase
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
250
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

A randomized, prospective study comparing ProvayBlue® to standard care with multiple sympathomimetic vasopressors.

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The study will be an un-blinded, Phase 2, randomized, 1:1, prospective trial comparing patients in septic shock receiving norepinephrine and vasopressin followed by phenylephrine versus ProvayBlue® as the third-line vasopressor. The third line vasopressor will be compared at 1 hour to see if it affects the patient's mean arterial blood pressure (MAP).

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Conditions studied

  • Septic Shock

Keywords

  • Methylene Blue
  • Vasopressors
  • Septic Shock
  • Provay Blue®
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In context

Shock, Septic

862 studies on the registry are indexed under Shock, Septic; 207 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 250 is above the median of 80 across 530 interventional studies indexed under Shock, Septic.

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Lead sponsor

Carilion Clinic is the lead sponsor of 71 studies on the registry; 13 are open to participants now.

Of its 9 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 2 (22%) have results posted.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

  1. Meets Sepsis-3 Criteria (Suspected source of infection plus any 2 criteria of the qSOFA)

2 .Septic Shock (any patient requiring vasopressor therapy to maintain MAP >65 mmHg or any patient with serum lactate >2 mmol/dL even in the absence of hypovolemia ).

  1. Greater than 18 years old

4 ) ICU Admission

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

Inability to obtain informed consent from an appropriate surrogate decision maker.

Also:

  1. Children less than 18 years old
  2. Pregnant women or positive urinary pregnancy test in reproductive-aged women
  3. Prisoners
  4. Evolving myocardial infarction or known cardiomyopathy with documented EF\<35%
  5. Known grade 3 diastolic dysfunction document by echocardiogram
  6. Known hypersensitivity to thiazine dyes
  7. Pulmonary hypertension that is currently requiring vasodilator therapy
  8. Concurrent form of shock present or suspected: Obstructive, Neurogenic, Hemorrhagic
  9. Known documented history of G6PD deficiency or favism
  10. Active prior to admission medication prescription for a SSRI or SNRI , systemic heparin anticoagulation or other medications listed above (under Study Agent). These medications will be listed in the printed enrollment form.
  11. Severe renal failure is a contraindication to use of ProvayBlue®.
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Study design

Phase
Phase 2
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
250 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Control group

    Patients in the control group will have phenylephrine infusion starting at 50 mcg/min and titrated to maintain a MAP \>65 mmHg as a third line vasopressor. Maximum dose of Phenylephrine is 300 mcg/min.

    Drug: Phenylephrine

  • Experimental
    Intervention group

    Patients enrolled in the intervention group will receive 2 mg/kg IBW (Ideal Body Weight) bolus, given over 15 mins, of ProvayBlue® followed by a concomitant infusion at 2 mg/kg/hr (IBW) mixed in D5W, which will continue for 24 hours. ProvayBlue® ( Methylene Blue) will be used as the third-line vasopressor.

    Drug: Methylene Blue

Interventions

  • DrugMethylene Blue

    Prior to the initiation of the randomized treatment, the subject will have received 2 vasopressors ( norepinephrine and vasopressin), they will be initiated on IV hydrocortisone . Once the patient is unable to maintain a mean arterial pressure of \>65mmHg and the hydrocortisone has been administered there will be an addition of a third-line vasopressor. Patients enrolled in the intervention group will receive ProvayBlue® and Patients enrolled in the control group will receive Phenylephrine infusion as a third line vasopressor in the treatment of septic shock.

    Also known as: ProvayBlue®

  • DrugPhenylephrine

    Prior to the initiation of the randomized treatment, the subject will have received 2 vasopressors ( norepinephrine and vasopressin) already , they will be initiated on IV hydrocortisone . Once the patient is unable to maintain a mean arterial pressure of \>65mmHg and the hydrocortisone has been administered there will be an addition of a third-line vasopressor. Patients enrolled in the intervention group will receive ProvayBlue® and Patients enrolled in the control group will receive Phenylephrine infusion as a third line vasopressor in the treatment of septic shock.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Change in mean arterial pressure

    The primary objective is to determine if the administration of ProvayBlue® is non-inferior to the use of phenylephrine as a third-line vasopressor to keep a mean arterial pressure (MAP)\>65 mmhg after one hour and at 24 hours after the initiation of the drugs.

    Time frame: One hour and 24 hours after dose

Secondary outcomes

  1. Incidence of acute kidney injury requiring dialysis

    The secondary objectives are to see if the total vasopressor dosing and renal replacement needs are different in those patients receiving ProvayBlue® rather than standard care with escalating number of vasopressors.

    Time frame: through time of patient discharge, an average of 8 days after admission

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Study locations

1 of 1 sites recruiting
  • Carilion Clinic
    Roanoke, Virginia 24014, United States
    • Frank Biscardi · Contact
    Recruiting
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No — To publish aggregated data

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Jul 26, 2022, 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
NCT04089072
Lead sponsor
Carilion Clinic
Collaborators
Provepharm Life Solutions
Responsible party
Frank H Biscardi (MD, Carilion Clinic) — Principal investigator
First posted
Sep 13, 2019
Start date
Dec 1, 2019
Primary completion
Oct 1, 2024 (estimated)
Completion
Nov 1, 2024 (estimated)
Last update
Jul 26, 2022

Study contacts

Frank Biscardi, MD
Contact
fhbiscardi@carilionclinic.org
540-981-7000
Ruth Ndolo, RN
Contact
rmndolo@carilionclinic.org
540-266-6557
Frank Biscardi
principal investigator · Carilion Clinic

Oversight

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