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Meprin a serum levels in critically ill patients and healthy volunteers.

Meprin a serum levels in critically ill patients and healthy volunteers.

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
DRKS
Registry ID
DRKS00032213
Enrollment
140
Registered
2024-08-21
Start date
2024-03-01
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-04-07

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Infection, sepsis, septic shock, biomarker, meprin-alpha

Interventions

Group 1: Patients treated in intensive care with suspected infection, proven infection, sepsis and septic shock. Serum samples are collected from all participating patients on the day of study inclusi

Sponsors

Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Treatment on an intensive care unit Written informed consent Suspected diagnosis of infection, diagnosis of infection, diagnosis of sepsis, or septic shock

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Women during pregnancy and breastfeeding Participation in a clinical trial according to AMG (intervention study) within the last 30 days Current participation in another clinical trial (intervention study)

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
The primary end point is sensitivity and specificity of serum Meprin a levels for the diagnosis of sepsis or septic shock.

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Secondary endpoints are the correlation of Meprin a in serum with different patient characteristics (positivity of blood culture, Gram behavior of detected pathogens, gender differences, shock vs. no shock, and others) and the association of Meprin a to different surface protein expression patterns of regulatory monocytes and biomarkers.

Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactMatthias Lindner

Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel

matthias.lindner@uksh.de0049 431 500 68103

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026