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Assessing Immune Dysfunction in Sepsis

Assessing Immune Dysfunction in Sepsis

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT07154615
Enrollment
150
Registered
2025-09-04
Start date
2026-03-01
Completion date
2028-11-01
Last updated
2026-03-19

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

Conditions

Sepsis

Brief summary

Sepsis leads to sustained immune system dysfunction resulting in increased susceptibility to secondary infection while in the hospital or after discharge. Consequently, many of the \ 2 million Americans that develop sepsis every year will end up back in the ICU, weeks and months later. The objective of this study is to define the cellular and molecular mechanisms driving the dysfunction and reprogramming of T cells and B cells that mediate cellular and humoral immunity using a combination of phenotypic, functional, genomic, and metabolomic assays.

Interventions

No intervention is included in this study

Sponsors

University of Minnesota
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Observational model
CASE_CONTROL
Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

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

Inclusion criteria

ICU With Sepsis Inclusion Criteria: * Age ≥ 18 * Presumed diagnosis of sepsis, defined as "patients with life-threatening organ dysfunction caused by a dysregulated host response to infection" * Patients in the ICU who meet 2 or more of the quick SOFA (qSOFA) definition along with organ dysfunction: 1. Respiration rate ≥ 22 breaths/min and/or mechanically ventilated 2. An alteration in mental status 3. Systolic blood pressure of less than 100 mm Hg and/or receiving inotropes to maintain blood pressure AND/OR <!-- --> 1. An acute change in SOFA score ≥2 points, consequent to the infection (can assume SOFA score = 0 in patients with no pre-existing organ dysfunction) ICU Without Sepsis Inclusion Criteria: * Age ≥ 18 * Patients requiring care at a M Health Fairview ICU due to high acuity of illness and no other evidence of sepsis Healthy Volunteer Inclusion Criteria * Age greater or equal to 18 * ASA status 1, 2 or 3 * May include patients who are receiving dialysis in an outpatient setting

Exclusion criteria

(all groups): * Active cancer with chemotherapy and/or radiation treatment within the past 6 weeks * Medication usage that includes immunosuppressive drugs, biologic agents, cytokines, growth factor and interleukins * Steroid medication usage of \&gt; 300mg hydrocortisone per day (equivalent of \&gt; 20mg prednisone). Patients with chronic steroid use will be excluded, however patients who have had stress dose steroids administered following admission will be included. * Patients with a history of, or who currently have evidence of autoimmune disease, including but not limited to: myasthenia gravis, Guillain Barré syndrome, systemic lupus erythematosus, multiple sclerosis, scleroderma, ulcerative colitis, Crohn's disease, autoimmune hepatitis, Wegener's granulomatosis, HIV/AIDS, etc. * Patients with active or a history of acute or chronic lymphocytic leukemia * Known history of chronic hepatitis B (HBV) infection and not on treatment with HBV nucleoside analogues prior to the current hospitalization, or HBV DNA \&gt; 100 IU/mL * Known history of infection with hepatitis C (HCV) and currently undergoing treatment for HCV infection or has detectable HCV RNA * Participation in another investigational interventional drug study within the past 4 weeks * Current pregnancy * Current incarceration

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
EliSpot - Day 7Day 7Sample analysis to determine waxing and waning of Course of Sepsis parameters associated with clinical outcomes
EliSpot - Day 14Day 14Sample analysis to determine waxing and waning of Course of Sepsis parameters associated with clinical outcomes
EliSpot - Day 21Day 21Sample analysis to determine waxing and waning of Course of Sepsis parameters associated with clinical outcomes
EliSpot - Day 1Day 1Sample analysis to determine waxing and waning of Course of Sepsis parameters associated with clinical outcomes
EliSpot - Day 4Day 4Sample analysis to determine waxing and waning of Course of Sepsis parameters associated with clinical outcomes
EliSpot - Day 28Day 28Sample analysis to determine waxing and waning of Course of Sepsis parameters associated with clinical outcomes
Ex Vivo TNF Production - Day 1Day 1Sample analysis to determine waxing and waning of Course of Sepsis parameters associated with clinical outcomes
Ex Vivo TNF Production - Day 4Day 4Sample analysis to determine waxing and waning of Course of Sepsis parameters associated with clinical outcomes
Ex Vivo TNF Production - Day 7Day 7Sample analysis to determine waxing and waning of Course of Sepsis parameters associated with clinical outcomes
Ex Vivo TNF Production - Day 14Day 14Sample analysis to determine waxing and waning of Course of Sepsis parameters associated with clinical outcomes
Ex Vivo TNF Production - Day 21Day 21Sample analysis to determine waxing and waning of Course of Sepsis parameters associated with clinical outcomes
Ex Vivo TNF Production - Day 28Day 28Sample analysis to determine waxing and waning of Course of Sepsis parameters associated with clinical outcomes
Flow Cytometry of Peripheral Blood Leukocytes - Day 1Day 1Sample analysis to determine waxing and waning of Course of Sepsis parameters associated with clinical outcomes
Flow Cytometry of Peripheral Blood Leukocytes - Day 4Day 4Sample analysis to determine waxing and waning of Course of Sepsis parameters associated with clinical outcomes
Flow Cytometry of Peripheral Blood Leukocytes - Day 7Day 7Sample analysis to determine waxing and waning of Course of Sepsis parameters associated with clinical outcomes
Flow Cytometry of Peripheral Blood Leukocytes - Day 14Day 14Sample analysis to determine waxing and waning of Course of Sepsis parameters associated with clinical outcomes
Flow Cytometry of Peripheral Blood Leukocytes - Day 21Day 21Sample analysis to determine waxing and waning of Course of Sepsis parameters associated with clinical outcomes
Flow Cytometry of Peripheral Blood Leukocytes - Day 28Day 28Sample analysis to determine waxing and waning of Course of Sepsis parameters associated with clinical outcomes
Quantification of Cytokines in Serum - Day 1Day 1Sample analysis to determine waxing and waning of Course of Sepsis parameters associated with clinical outcomes
Quantification of Cytokines in Serum - Day 4Day 4Sample analysis to determine waxing and waning of Course of Sepsis parameters associated with clinical outcomes
Quantification of Cytokines in Serum - Day 7Day 7Sample analysis to determine waxing and waning of Course of Sepsis parameters associated with clinical outcomes
Quantification of Cytokines in Serum - Day 14Day 14Sample analysis to determine waxing and waning of Course of Sepsis parameters associated with clinical outcomes
Quantification of Cytokines in Serum - Day 21Day 21Sample analysis to determine waxing and waning of Course of Sepsis parameters associated with clinical outcomes
Quantification of Cytokines in Serum - Day 28Day 28Sample analysis to determine waxing and waning of Course of Sepsis parameters associated with clinical outcomes
Quantification of Chemokines in Serum - Day 1Day 1Sample analysis to determine waxing and waning of Course of Sepsis parameters associated with clinical outcomes
Quantification of Chemokines in Serum - Day 4Day 4Sample analysis to determine waxing and waning of Course of Sepsis parameters associated with clinical outcomes
Quantification of Chemokines in Serum - Day 7Day 7Sample analysis to determine waxing and waning of Course of Sepsis parameters associated with clinical outcomes
Quantification of Chemokines in Serum - Day 14Day 14Sample analysis to determine waxing and waning of Course of Sepsis parameters associated with clinical outcomes
Quantification of Chemokines in Serum - Day 21Day 21Sample analysis to determine waxing and waning of Course of Sepsis parameters associated with clinical outcomes
Quantification of Chemokines in Serum - Day 28Day 28Sample analysis to determine waxing and waning of Course of Sepsis parameters associated with clinical outcomes
Transcriptional Profiling - Day 1Day 1Sample analysis to determine waxing and waning of Course of Sepsis parameters associated with clinical outcomes
Transcriptional Profiling - Day 4Day 4Sample analysis to determine waxing and waning of Course of Sepsis parameters associated with clinical outcomes
Transcriptional Profiling - Day 7Day 7Sample analysis to determine waxing and waning of Course of Sepsis parameters associated with clinical outcomes
Transcriptional Profiling - Day 14Day 14Sample analysis to determine waxing and waning of Course of Sepsis parameters associated with clinical outcomes
Transcriptional Profiling - Day 21Day 21Sample analysis to determine waxing and waning of Course of Sepsis parameters associated with clinical outcomes
Transcriptional Profiling - Day 28Day 28Sample analysis to determine waxing and waning of Course of Sepsis parameters associated with clinical outcomes
CBC - Day 1Day 1Sample analysis to determine waxing and waning of Course of Sepsis parameters associated with clinical outcomes
CBC - Day 4Day 4Sample analysis to determine waxing and waning of Course of Sepsis parameters associated with clinical outcomes
CBC - Day 7Day 7Sample analysis to determine waxing and waning of Course of Sepsis parameters associated with clinical outcomes
CBC - Day 14Day 14Sample analysis to determine waxing and waning of Course of Sepsis parameters associated with clinical outcomes
CBC - Day 21Day 21Sample analysis to determine waxing and waning of Course of Sepsis parameters associated with clinical outcomes
CBC - Day 28Day 28Sample analysis to determine waxing and waning of Course of Sepsis parameters associated with clinical outcomes

Countries

United States

Contacts

CONTACTKristine Kancans
kanca008@umn.edukanca008@umn.edu
PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATORThomas Griffith, PhD

University of Minnesota

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Mar 20, 2026