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Lactate Clearance Goal-directed Therapy in Sepsis

Multi-center Clinical Trial of Lactate Clearance Goal-directed Fluid Resuscitation in Patients With Sepsis

Status
UNKNOWN
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT03256461
Enrollment
1128
Registered
2017-08-22
Start date
2017-08-21
Completion date
2021-12-31
Last updated
2017-08-22

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

Conditions

Sepsis

Keywords

sepsis, lactate clearance, protocolized resuscitation

Brief summary

Serum lactate level is depended on the balance between lactate production and clearance. It is seen as a sensitive indicator reflecting not only the low systemic perfusion but microcirculatory dysfunction which cause global or regional tissue hypoxia (as a result of impaired mitochondrial oxidation). 2016 Surviving Sepsis Campaign guideline stated We suggest guiding resuscitation to normalize lactate in patients with elevated lactate levels as a marker of tissue hypoperfusion, with weak recommendation and low quality of evidence. Several trials which evaluated the resuscitation strategy included lactate clearance as a target while based on 2.0 diagnostic criteria for sepsis, finally showed conflicting results. The aim of this study is to explore the feasibility of lactate clearance guide resuscitation in sepsis that defined by The Third International Consensus Definitions for Sepsis and Septic shock through multi-center, central-randomization clinical trial.

Detailed description

Sepsis remains a great challenge for clinicians, early goal-directed therapy(EGDT), referring to a number of target-achieving indicators including systemic central venous oxygen saturation(ScvO2) after initial fluid resuscitation within 6 hours, has been one of the main treatment for sepsis. ScvO2 is the only indicator that reflects tissue oxygen metabolism. However, there're studies confirmed that ScvO2 oriented EGDT cannot reduce the mortality of sepsis. So it is important to find out a more effective indicator. Lactic acid is a product of anaerobic metabolism of the body, lactate clearance has been found to effectively predict the prognosis of sepsis. Few studies have shown that lactate clearance oriented fluid resuscitation can be of benefit in patients with sepsis. Nevertheless, whether lactate clearance could be combined with sepsis Bundle as a new marker to improve the prognosis remains a problem. The objective of this study is to discuss the feasibility of lactate clearance oriented sepsis treatment through multi-center clinical trial.

Interventions

BEHAVIORALLactate clearance 10% target group

Participants receive the protocolized resuscitation to achieve the goal of 10-percent lactate clearance every two hours within the initial six hours of treatment.

BEHAVIORALLactate clearance 20% target group

Participants receive the protocolized resuscitation to achieve the goal of 20-percent lactate clearance every two hours within the initial six hours of treatment.

BEHAVIORALStandard EGDT group

Participants receive the strategy of early goal-directed treatment of sepsis fluid resuscitation.

Sponsors

Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE (Subject, Outcomes Assessor)

Intervention model description

This trial is a prospective, multicenter, single-blind, parallel-group, central-randomized, controlled trial

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* Older than 17 years old. * Primary diagnosis is sepsis, means being confirmed or suspected infection while have at least 2 points of quickSOFA(qSOFA). * Be transferred to intensive care unit (ICU) for the first time during this hospitalization. * Elevated lactate ≥3.0mmol/L.

Exclusion criteria

* Acute hemorrhage uncontrolled. * Pregnancy. * Known liver disease - Child-Pugh classes C, acute hepatic failure, severe hepatopathy accompany with prominent portal hypertension. * Known being in an immunosuppressive state: 1. Suffering from any disease that is unrelated with sepsis that severely inhibits the immune to infection, such as: active hematological or lymphoma malignancy, or during immunosuppressive therapy, such as chemotherapy or radiotherapy. 2. Known human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) serology positive. * Known chronic kidney disease. * Suffering from any disease that affects lactate kinetics, such as mitochondrial encephalopathy, congenital hyperlipidemia, Wernicke encephalopathy, etc. Or other probable cause of hyperlactatemia. * Took any drugs that affect lactate kinetics within the effective time window, such as taking metformin or phenylephrine within 1 week. * Suffering from any disease that restricts resuscitation, such as heart failure, cardiac surgery, severe heart disease etc, or suffered from a cardio-pulmonary resuscitation,.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
28-d mortalityFour yearsAll-cause mortality at 28 days

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
ICU Length of stayFour yearsLength of stay in the intensive care unit (ICU)
Hospital Length of stayFour yearsLength of stay in hospital
90-d mortalityFour yearsAll-cause mortality at 90 days
In-hospital mortalityFour yearsAll-cause mortality during hospitalization
In-ICU mortalityFour yearsAll-cause mortality during ICU stay
Administered treatmentsFour yearsAdministered treatments included: crystalloid volume, vasopressor administered, dobutamine, red blood cell(RBC) transfusion, mechanical ventilation, renal-replacement therapy
SOFA at 24hFour yearsSequential Organ Failure Assessment(SOFA) at 24 hours
Adverse eventsFour yearsProportion of patients reporting treatment-emergent adverse events

Countries

China

Contacts

Primary ContactChen Zhongqing, Ph.D
13503049103@163.com020-61641886

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026