Skip to content

Nanoselenium as adjunctive therapy for patients with sepsis

Standard care supplemented with nanoselenium versus standard care alone for sepsis: a randomized clinical trial

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
ISRCTN
Registry ID
ISRCTN10478464
Enrollment
516
Registered
2026-05-05
Start date
2026-05-01
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2026-05-19

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

Conditions

Sepsis Infections and Infestations

Interventions

Eligible patients will be randomly assigned in a 1:1 ratio to receive either the standard care supplemented with nanoselenium or standard care alone. The random allocation sequence will be generated b

Sponsors

First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 100 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Age = 18 years 2. Meet the criteria for sepsis according to the Sepsis-3 definition 3. Expected ICU length of stay > 48 hours 4. Written informed consent obtained from the patient or their legally authorized representative

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Pregnant or breastfeeding women 2. Current use of selenium supplements or known allergy or intolerance to selenium preparations 3. Chronic renal insufficiency requiring regular dialysis 4. Severe hepatic insufficiency (Child-Pugh class C) or acute liver failure 5. Next of kin expressing a wish to withdraw life-sustaining treatment or initiate hospice care 6. Expected survival <3 days 7. Active hematologic malignancy 8. History of organ or bone marrow transplantation 9. History of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) within 72 hours prior to signing informed consent 10. Inability to obtain informed consent from a legally authorized representative, or explicit refusal to sign informed consent

Countries

China

Contacts

Public ContactWan-Jie Gu
guwanjie@jnu.edu.cn+86 (0)15850546835

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: May 22, 2026