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CompletedNCT05658588PedCytoUpdated Dec 21, 2022

Hemodynamic Impact of Cytosorb and CKRT in Children With Septic Shock

An interventional study of Cytosorb in Septic Shock, sponsored by Ospedale Pediatrico Bambin Gesù. Completed at 1 site in Italy. Open to participants aged 1 Year to 17 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2022-12-21.

Sponsored by Ospedale Pediatrico Bambin Gesù · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment

From the registry’s dates

  • Registered 3 years 3 months after the study started (first participant enrolled Sep 2019, registered Dec 2022).
Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
17
Allocation
Not applicable
Ages
1 Year to 17 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

Impact of the hemoadsorption with Cytosorb on hemodynamic in pediatric patients with septic shock: a prospectic pediatric pilot study

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Prospective interventional pilot study included children with septic shock, weight ≥ 10 Kgs and requiring continuous kidney replacement therapy. Cytosorb (CytoSorbents Inc, New Jersey, USA) cartridge was added to CKRT every 24 hours for a maximum of 96 hours. A control group of matched patients was also identified from an external database. The primary outcome of the study was the proportion of patients who achieved an equal or more than 50% relative reduction in vasopressors or inotropes dose from baseline to the end of treatment. Secondary outcomes included doses of vasopressors and inotropes, hemodynamic and biological changes, changes in severity scores and 28-day mortality.

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Conditions studied

  • Septic Shock

Keywords

  • Pediatric Septic Shock
  • Blood Purification
  • AKI
  • Pediatric Critical Care
  • Hemoperfusion
  • CKRT
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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 enrollment of 17 is below the median of 80 across 530 interventional studies indexed under Shock, Septic.

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Lead sponsor

This is the only study on the registry with Ospedale Pediatrico Bambin Gesù as lead sponsor.

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

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
1 Year to 17 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

  1. Children weighing ≥ 10 kg
  2. Septic shock as defined by the International Pediatric Consensus Conference
  3. Need for Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy (CRRT) = acute kidney injury defined by the KDIGO criteria (16) AND/OR fluid overload ≥ 10%

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Refused consensus by parents
  • Concomitant use of other extracorporeal blood purification techniques.
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Study design

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

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Hemoperfusion and CKRT in pediatric septic shock

    Hemoperfusion with Cytosorb in combination with CKRT

    Device: Cytosorb

Interventions

  • DeviceCytosorb

    Cytosorb cartridge It is composed of polystyrene divinylbenzene and polyvinylpyrrolidone copolymers and targets molecules in the 5-50 kDa range, which includes the molecular mass of several cytokines

    Also known as: CKRT

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Vasopressors and inotropes reduction

    Proportion of patients who achieved a significant reduction in vasopressors or inotropes dose from baseline to the end of treatment.

    Time frame: 96 hours

Secondary outcomes

  1. Changes in hemodynamic parameters

    changes in CI, SVRI, systolic pressure - Psys, diastolic pressure - Pdia, and mean pressure

    Time frame: 96 hours

Other outcomes

  1. Organ dysfunction change

    changes in PELOD-2 score

    Time frame: 96 hours

  2. Biomarkers of infection change

    time-course of C-Reactive Protein, procalcitonin

    Time frame: 96 hours

  3. Perfusion indexes change

    Change lactate, PCO2 gap baseline

    Time frame: 96 hours

  4. Mortality

    Mortality at 28 days, at PICU and hospital discharge

    Time frame: 90 days

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Study locations

1 site
  • Gabriella Bottari
    Rome, 00151, Italy
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Dec 21, 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
NCT05658588
Lead sponsor
Ospedale Pediatrico Bambin Gesù
Responsible party
Gabriella Bottari (Medical Doctor, Principal Investigator, Pediatric Intensivist, Ospedale Pediatrico Bambin Gesù) — Principal investigator
First posted
Dec 21, 2022
Start date
Sep 1, 2019
Primary completion
Oct 1, 2021
Completion
Oct 1, 2021
Last update
Dec 21, 2022

Oversight

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