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Effectiveness and Safety of Penehyclidine Hydrochloride for Improving Microcirculatory Dysfunction in Critically Ill Children

Effectiveness and Safety of Penehyclidine Hydrochloride for Improving Microcirculatory Dysfunction in Critically Ill Children: A Single-Center, Prospective, Randomized Controlled Trial

Status
Completed
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT07519226
Enrollment
98
Registered
2026-04-09
Start date
2024-05-08
Completion date
2026-03-01
Last updated
2026-04-09

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

Conditions

Shock

Brief summary

This prospective randomized controlled trial was designed to evaluate whether the M1/M3-selective antagonist penehyclidine hydrochloride could more effectively reverse pediatric microcirculatory dysfunction than traditional atropine, particularly when macrohemodynamics appear normalized.

Interventions

DRUGatropine control group

atropine control group

DRUGpenehyclidine hydrochloride group

penehyclidine hydrochloride

Sponsors

Lihua Wen
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
28 Days to 18 Years
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

1. pediatric patients (aged 28 days to 18 years) admitted with shock who exhibited persistent microcirculatory impairment despite achieving macrohemodynamic stability (normalized mean arterial pressure) through standardized initial resuscitation. 2. presence of at least one of the following clinical markers: (1) capillary refill time (CRT)≥ 3 seconds; (2) serum lactate \> 2 mmol/L; (3) cool extremities; or (4) a core-to-peripheral temperature gradient ≥ 2°C.

Exclusion criteria

1. refusal of informed consent; 2. congenital cardiovascular malformations or known inherited metabolic disorders; 3. disease severity precluding reliable microcirculatory monitoring; 4. patients undergoing therapeutic hypothermia, which inherently alters vasomotor tone.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
the duration of CRT(capillary refill time)7 days

Countries

China

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Apr 10, 2026