Effects of the V1a Agonist FE 202158 in Patients With Septic Shock

Completed · Phase 2 · Has a placebo group

Conditions studied: Septic Shock

In brief

The purpose of this trial was to examine the safety and tolerability, pharmacokinetics of FE 202158 and to assess whether it can stabilize blood pressure and reduce vascular (blood vessel) leakage. FE 202158 had previously been tested in healthy volunteers.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01000649

Run by

Ferring Pharmaceuticals

People needed

53

Starts

2009-11-01

Expected to finish

2011-09-01

Last updated by the study team

2017-09-25

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Signed informed consent form by the patient or a legal representative according to local regulations
• Man or woman 18 years of age or older
• Proven or suspected infection
• Low blood pressure
• Signs of decreased circulation in the tissues
• Willing to use an adequate barrier method or hormonal method of contraception, if not abstinent, from the day of informed consent to one week after the end of infusion of study medication.

You may not qualify if…

• Present or a history (within the last 5 years) of acute coronary syndrome (myocardial infarction or unstable angina). Patients who have been asymptomatic for 6 months after coronary revascularisation are eligible.
• Hypovolaemia suspected on clinical grounds, e.g. cold extremities with delayed capillary filling, low cardiac filling pressure, marked systolic or pulse pressure variation or positive leg raising test.
• Known or suspected cardiac failure
• Pregnancy or breastfeeding
• Any cause of hypotension other than early septic shock
• Use of vasopressin or terlipressin for blood pressure support during the current hospital admission
• Proven or suspected acute mesenteric ischemia, as judged by the investigator
• Known episode of septic shock within 1 month prior to randomisation
• Underlying chronic heart disease
• Traumatic brain injury
• Present hospitalisation with burn injury
• Symptomatic peripheral vascular disease including Raynaud's syndrome
• Previously randomized in this trial
• Intake of an investigational drug within the last 3 months (or longer if judged by the Investigator to possibly influence the outcome of the current study)
• Known participation in another clinical trial
• Considered by the investigator to be unsuitable to participate in the trial for any other reason

Where it is running

• Christiana Care Health System — Newark, Delaware, United States
• Baystate Medical Center — Springfield, Massachusetts, United States
• Division of Education and Research SMDC Health System — Duluth, Minnesota, United States
• Cooper University Hospital — Camden, New Jersey, United States
• Mount Sinai School of Medicine — New York, New York, United States
• Baylor College of Medicine — Houston, Texas, United States
• Clinique Universitaire St-Luc — Brussels, Belgium
• Erasme Hospital (Free University of Brussels) — Brussels, Belgium
• University Hospital Vrije Universiteit — Brussels, Belgium
• Service des Soins Intensits — Dinant, Belgium
• Royal Columbian Hospital — Vancouver, Canada
• St. Paul´s Hospital — Vancouver, Canada
• Bispebjerg Hospital — Bispebjerg, Denmark
• Rigshospitalet — Copenhagen, Denmark
• Hillerød Hospital — Hillerød, Denmark
• Hvidovre Hospital — Hvidovre, Denmark

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