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Status unknownNCT05122884Updated Sep 15, 2022

Milrinone Versus Placebo in Patients With Septic Shock

A Phase 2 interventional study of Milrinone in Septic Shock and Cardiac Output, sponsored by Mahidol University. Status unknown at 2 sites in Thailand. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2022-09-15.

Sponsored by Mahidol University · Phase 2, Interventional, and Treatment

The sponsor has not verified this record recently (last verified Sep 2022), so the status shown — last known as Recruiting — may be out of date.
Phase
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
64
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

Sepsis is one of the most serious healthcare problems, worldwide, and financial burdens.

The overall mortality of severe sepsis/septic shock was 44.5-52.6%. A common cause of death is refractory shock and multi-organ failure. Myocardial dysfunction is a relatively common complication of septic shock. This causes a decrease in the amount of cardiac output, resulting in insufficient blood supply to the organ and multi-organ failure and lead to death Early goal-directed therapy began to use dobutamine in patients with septic shock Sepsis Survival Campaign Guideline 2016 recommended drug is dobutamine and an alternative drug is milrinone in septic shock patients with clinical signs of poor tissue perfusion.

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According to several studies, the use of dobutamine increases the amount of cardiac output but it has also been reported to increase mortality rates too. There are few studies of milrinone in patients with septic shock.

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Conditions studied

  • Septic Shock
  • Cardiac Output

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Keywords

  • Milrinone
  • Septic shock
  • Cardiac output
  • Poor tissue perfusion
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In context

Shock, Septic

890 studies on the registry are indexed under Shock, Septic; 210 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 64 is below the median of 78 across 547 interventional studies indexed under Shock, Septic.

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Lead sponsor

Mahidol University is the lead sponsor of 744 studies on the registry; 116 are open to participants now.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

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

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Inclusion criteria

  • Patients ≥ 18 years old
  • Diagnosis Septic Shock from the definition of SEPSIS III in intensive care unit at Siriraj hospital and Hat-Yai hospital
  • Receive fluid resuscitation at least 30 ml/kg and/or Vasopressor until mean arterial pressure ≥ 65 mmHg
  • Persistence lactate >2mmol/L at 6th hour after resuscitation
  • Urine output \< 0.5 ml/kg at 6th hour after resuscitation
  • Left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) \< 40 %

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Chronic kidney disease stage 5 and denied renal replacement therapy
  • Life-threatening tachyarrhythmia before enrolled e.g. Ventricular tachycardia, Ventricular fibrillation
  • Patient sign do-not-resuscitation and terminally ill
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Study design

Phase
Phase 2
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Quadruple (Participant, Care provider, Investigator, Outcomes assessor)
Enrollment
64 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Milrinone group

    The pharmacist prepares milrinone 20 mg with normal saline solution (NSS) 100 ml then starts dose 0.5 mg/kg/min for up to 12 hours. The doctor performs Echocardiogram before start Milrinone, during infusion, and after 12 hours from stop Milrinone. Other medications or interventions were used or not used depending on own doctor.

    Drug: Milrinone

  • Placebo comparator
    Placebo group

    The pharmacist uses 100 ml of NSS, packed out in the same format, dose, and administration of the drug were exactly the same as in the milrinone group. The doctor performs Echocardiogram same time as the milrinone group

    Drug: Milrinone

Interventions

  • Prepare milrinone 20 mg with NSS 100 ml then starts dose 0.5 mg/kg/min for up to 12 hours.

    Also known as: Primacor

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. The change of cardiac output from baseline (before study drug administration) to 6 hours (during study administration)

    by echocardiogram or Pulse contour analysis or Thermodilution technique from pulmonary artery catheter

    Time frame: upto 24 hours

Secondary outcomes

  1. Intensive care unit (ICU) mortality

    Proportion of participant who die during ICU admission

    Time frame: upto 120 days

  2. Hospital mortality

    Proportion of participant who die during hospital admission

    Time frame: upto 120 days

  3. 28-day mortality

    Proportion of participant who die during 28 days after enrollment

    Time frame: upto 28 days

  4. Dose of vasopressor after intervention

    present as vasopressor equivalent dose compare before and after intervention, and percent of decrease

    Time frame: upto 7 days

  5. Lactate clearance

    lactate level after and before intervention and percent clearance

    Time frame: upto 7 days

  6. Mechanical ventilator free day

    day of the patient does not use mechanical ventilator during admission

    Time frame: upto 28 days

  7. Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) or Renal replacement therapy (RRT)

    incident of initial ECMO or RRT

    Time frame: upto 28 days

  8. Incident of tachyarrhythmia

    Incident of ventricular tachycardia, ventricular fibrillation, Atrial fibrillation

    Time frame: upto 28 days

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Study locations

2 of 2 sites recruiting
  • Hat Yai Hospital
    Hat Yai, Changwat Songkhla 10700, Thailand
    Recruiting
  • Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University
    Bangkok, 10700, Thailand
    Recruiting
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References and documents

Publications

  • Tongyoo S, Chobngam S, Yolsiriwat N, Jiranakorn C. Effects of adjunctive milrinone versus placebo on hemodynamics in patients with septic shock: a randomized controlled trial. Ann Med. 2025 Dec;57(1):2484464. doi: 10.1080/07853890.2025.2484464. Epub 2025 Mar 26. PubMed 40138463 ↗

Individual participant data

Plan to share: Yes — Anonymous identification data will be prepared per request, after study publication 6 months.

Supporting information: Study protocol, Statistical analysis plan, Clinical study report, Analytic code

Time frame: 6 months post study publication

Access criteria: Request to principal investigation, after protocal approval from ethical committee.

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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

Started Dec 2021 (actual). Primary completion is estimated for Dec 2024, 36 months after the start.

Of 34 non-industry phase 2 interventional studies under Shock, Septic, half reached primary completion within 29 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 15 and three quarters within 33. This study's planned 36 months is above that.

Counting every sponsor, half of 38 studies reached it within 29 months; a quarter within 15 and three quarters within 42.

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

Registered
Sep 23, 2021
First posted
Nov 17, 2021
StartActual
Dec 1, 2021
Primary completionEst.
Dec 2024
CompletionEst.
Jun 2025
Last update
Sep 15, 2022
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 Sep 15, 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
NCT05122884
Lead sponsor
Mahidol University
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Nov 17, 2021
Start date
Dec 1, 2021
Primary completion
Dec 2024 (estimated)
Completion
Jun 2025 (estimated)
Last update
Sep 15, 2022

Study contacts

Surat Tongyoo, Doctor
Contact
surat_Ty@yahoo.co.uk
+6624198534
Suratee Chobngam, Doctor
Contact
areefsu123@gmail.com
+66807155065
Surat Tongyoo
principal investigator · Mahidol University

Oversight

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