An interventional study of NuRapid-CRISPR Rapid Pathogen Detection Technology and Traditional pathogen culture in Sepsis, sponsored by Shanghai 10th People's Hospital. Not yet recruiting at 3 sites in China. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-05-12.
Sponsored by Shanghai 10th People's Hospital · Not applicable, Interventional, and Diagnostic
This study is a prospective, multicenter, integrated trial designed to evaluate, from the perspectives of diagnostic performance and clinical utility, whether a diagnostic and treatment strategy based on the NuRapid-CRISPR rapid pathogen detection technology can reduce the 28-day all-cause mortality rate in patients with sepsis or septic shock in the ICU, compared to traditional pathogen culture.
The study consists of two parts:
2,416 studies on the registry are indexed under Sepsis; 541 are open to participants now.
This study's planned enrollment of 396 is above the median of 102 across 1,165 interventional studies indexed under Sepsis.
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Malignancy means cancer. Criteria about another or earlier malignancy ask whether you have had a different cancer, usually within a set number of years.
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Anti-inflammatory medicines such as prednisone, prednisolone and dexamethasone — not the anabolic steroids used for muscle.
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A weakened immune system. It can come from an illness, such as HIV or some blood cancers, or from medicines that turn the immune system down, for example after an organ transplant or for an autoimmune disease; steroids at higher doses count.
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Informed consent
Before you join, the study team explains what taking part involves — its purpose, what happens, the risks and possible benefits — and answers your questions, so you can decide freely. Consent is usually recorded on a form (the informed consent form, ICF) signed by you or, where the law allows, by someone legally authorised to decide for you.
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Cancer (malignancy)
Malignancy means cancer. Criteria about another or earlier malignancy ask whether you have had a different cancer, usually within a set number of years.
Some are commonly allowed, such as treated skin cancers other than melanoma and early cancers removed completely — check the exceptions this study lists.
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Corticosteroids (steroids)
Anti-inflammatory medicines such as prednisone, prednisolone and dexamethasone — not the anabolic steroids used for muscle.
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Immunosuppression
A weakened immune system. It can come from an illness, such as HIV or some blood cancers, or from medicines that turn the immune system down, for example after an organ transplant or for an autoimmune disease; steroids at higher doses count.
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Eligible specimens from enrolled patients undergo NuRapid-CRISPR testing concurrently with submission for conventional culture. Test results (including pathogen species and resistance gene information) are delivered to the attending physician via the hospital information system and/or telephone notification within 2-4 hours of validation. The test report is accompanied by an abstract of the \*Expert Consensus on Clinical Interpretation of Rapid Molecular Test Results and Treatment Recommendations\*, developed by experts in infectious diseases and clinical microbiology. Clinicians are encouraged and authorized to adjust antimicrobial treatment regimens as appropriate based on these rapid results and the patient's specific clinical condition, even before receiving conventional antimicrobial susceptibility test results. The timing of decisions to adjust antimicrobial therapy based on rapid results, the specific regimens, and the rationale for such adjustments must be documented in detail.
Diagnostic Test: NuRapid-CRISPR Rapid Pathogen Detection Technology
Patient specimens were submitted for conventional pathogen culture and antimicrobial susceptibility testing in accordance with standard clinical procedures. The NuRapid-CRISPR assay was performed concurrently; however, its results were blinded to clinicians until the conventional culture report was issued and were not used as a basis for clinical decision-making. The initial selection and adjustment of antimicrobial agents were based entirely on clinical experience, routine inflammatory markers such as procalcitonin, and subsequent conventional culture and susceptibility test results. All treatment decisions and their rationale were routinely documented.
Diagnostic Test: Traditional pathogen culture
Adjusting early-stage treatment based on NuRapid-CRISPR results.
Primarily based on traditional cultivation methods or empirical treatment.
28-day all-cause mortality rate
Death from any cause occurring between the date of randomization and day 28 (±2 days).In-hospital deaths: Recorded in real time through daily medical record reviews. Out-of-hospital deaths: Confirmed via a structured telephone follow-up conducted on Day 28 of enrollment. The telephone follow-up will use a standardized questionnaire and will be conducted by trained study coordinators.
Time frame: From the date of randomization through Day 28 (±2 days)
Time to first targeted therapy
The time interval (in hours) from the time of enrollment to the first use of an antimicrobial agent effective against the final confirmed pathogen (based on conventional culture or clinical diagnosis).Calculated precisely by comparing the time of antibiotic prescription execution with the time of the final microbiology report.
Time frame: From the date of randomization through Day 28 (±2 days)
Rate of adequate initial treatment
The proportion of empirical antimicrobial regimens initiated within 24 hours of enrollment whose antimicrobial spectrum covers the ultimately identified pathogen.Conducted by infectious disease specialists based on the final microbiological diagnosis and antimicrobial susceptibility testing results.
Time frame: From the date of randomization through Day 28 (±2 days)
Length of stay in the ICU
Length of stay in the ICU.Extracted directly from discharge records in the hospital information system, accurate to the day.
Time frame: From the subject's admission to the ICU until their discharge from the ICU
Total length of stay
Total length of stay.Extracted directly from discharge records in the hospital information system, accurate to the day.
Time frame: From the subject's admission to the hospital until their final discharge
Number of days without ventilator or vasoactive drug support
Calculated based on cumulative daily organ support records over the 28-day observation period.
Time frame: During the 28-day observation period, every day
SOFA Rating
Calculate the SOFA score daily and record any new or worsening cases of organ failure.The higher the SOFA score, the higher the incidence of multiple organ dysfunction syndrome (MODS); conversely, the lower the score, the lower the incidence.
Time frame: During the 28-day observation period, every day
Total medical expenses
Retrieve the total medical costs for patients from enrollment through discharge from the hospital's financial system.
Time frame: On the day of discharge from the hospital
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