Rapid Recognition of Corticosteroid Resistant or Sensitive Sepsis
NCT ID: NCT04280497
Last Updated: 2025-10-01
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Basic Information
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RECRUITING
NA
1800 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2020-04-10
2025-12-31
Brief Summary
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Secondary objectives and endpoints:
* Mortality and health-related quality of life at 6 months;
* Daily organ function (SOFA score days 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 10, 14, 28, and 90);
* Daily secondary infections (up to 90 days)
* Daily blood and urinary levels of glucose, sodium and potassium (up to 28 day)
* Daily gastroduodenal bleeding (up to 28 day)
* Daily cognitive function and muscles' strength (days 1 to 28, 90 and 180 days).
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Detailed Description
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Corticosteroids survival benefit is not affected by age, gender, disease severity, type of infection, source of infection, or type of pathogens. There is currently no diagnostic test for CS sensitivity/resistance in sepsis. The scientific community is competing to identify markers delineating between patients who draw survival benefit from corticosteroids (CS-sensitive sepsis) and those who may be harmed (CS-resistant sepsis). In sepsis, the deregulated response may result in systemic inflammation and organs damage, or immune paresis and secondary infections. Obviously, patients with systemic inflammation may benefit from CS whereas those with immune paresis may deteriorate. The study team had have looked for an interaction between survival in response to corticosteroids and the presence of CIRCI according to the ACTH test results (cortisol increment of less than 9µg/dL). The benefits from corticosteroids were more important in patients with CIRCI in the Ger-Inf-05 trial but not in the APROCCHS trial. Thus, current sepsis guidelines suggest that the ACTH test may not reliably guide the use of corticosteroids. Indeed, this test provides information neither on corticosteroids bioactivity nor on patient's immune status, when this information should precede any corticotherapy. Recent studies suggested that a transcriptomic signature based on 100 genes may identify a subset of paediatric sepsis that had increased risk of death when exposed to corticosteroids. Another study found transcriptomic based sepsis response signatures (SRS) associated with immune paresis (SRS1) or with systemic inflammation (SRS 2). In this study, patients with a SRS 2 transcriptomic signature had significantly higher mortality when treated with hydrocortisone. Thus, we have started exploring the mechanisms of sensitivity/resistance to corticosteroids in sepsis, namely by investigating endocan, as a surrogate of patient's inflammatory status, and GILZ expression as a marker of corticosteroids bioactivity.
This is a new multicentre concealed-allocation multi-arms, parallel-group, adaptive blinded randomized controlled trial. The overall objective of the trial is to determine whether different signatures of immune status and/or corticosteroids biological activity influence the responses to hydrocortisone plus fludrocortisone of adults with sepsis. To remain pragmatic, this trial has broad eligibility criteria and includes all patients admitted to the ICU with a primary diagnosis of sepsis. Patients will be randomly assigned to hydrocortisone plus fludrocortisone or placebo for 7 days, targeting 1800 patients with full follow-up up to 6 months.
Conditions
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
TREATMENT
QUADRUPLE
Study Groups
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Biomarker CIRCI neg: Corticosteroid arm
Hydrocortisone plus fludrocortisone as treatment: hydrocortisone hemisuccinate and 9 alpha fludrocortisone as experimental treatment.
Administration procedures
Hydrocortisone hemisuccinate / hydrocortisone placebo will be given as 50 mg intravenous bolus every 6 hours;
9 alpha fludrocortisone / 9 alpha fludrocortisone placebo will be given as a 50 μg tablet via a nasogastric tube once per day in the morning.
Study drugs will be started immediately after randomization (day 0 of the study), until discharge from ICU for a maximal duration of 7 days. Study drugs will be stopped without tapering off.
Biomarker CIRCI neg: Placebo arm
Placebo: hydrocortisone placebo and 9 alpha fludrocortisone placebo as placebo treatment.
Administration procedures
Hydrocortisone hemisuccinate / hydrocortisone placebo will be given as 50 mg intravenous bolus every 6 hours;
9 alpha fludrocortisone / 9 alpha fludrocortisone placebo will be given as a 50 μg tablet via a nasogastric tube once per day in the morning.
Study drugs will be started immediately after randomization (day 0 of the study), until discharge from ICU for a maximal duration of 7 days. Study drugs will be stopped without tapering off.
Biomarker endocan: Corticosteroid arm
Hydrocortisone plus fludrocortisone as treatment: hydrocortisone hemisuccinate and 9 alpha fludrocortisone as experimental treatment.
Administration procedures
Hydrocortisone hemisuccinate / hydrocortisone placebo will be given as 50 mg intravenous bolus every 6 hours;
9 alpha fludrocortisone / 9 alpha fludrocortisone placebo will be given as a 50 μg tablet via a nasogastric tube once per day in the morning.
Study drugs will be started immediately after randomization (day 0 of the study), until discharge from ICU for a maximal duration of 7 days. Study drugs will be stopped without tapering off.
Biomarker endocan: Placebo arm
Placebo: hydrocortisone placebo and 9 alpha fludrocortisone placebo as placebo treatment.
Administration procedures
Hydrocortisone hemisuccinate / hydrocortisone placebo will be given as 50 mg intravenous bolus every 6 hours;
9 alpha fludrocortisone / 9 alpha fludrocortisone placebo will be given as a 50 μg tablet via a nasogastric tube once per day in the morning.
Study drugs will be started immediately after randomization (day 0 of the study), until discharge from ICU for a maximal duration of 7 days. Study drugs will be stopped without tapering off.
Biomarker GILZ: Corticosteroid arm
Hydrocortisone plus fludrocortisone as treatment: hydrocortisone hemisuccinate and 9 alpha fludrocortisone as experimental treatment.
Administration procedures
Hydrocortisone hemisuccinate / hydrocortisone placebo will be given as 50 mg intravenous bolus every 6 hours;
9 alpha fludrocortisone / 9 alpha fludrocortisone placebo will be given as a 50 μg tablet via a nasogastric tube once per day in the morning.
Study drugs will be started immediately after randomization (day 0 of the study), until discharge from ICU for a maximal duration of 7 days. Study drugs will be stopped without tapering off.
Biomarker GILZ: Placebo arm
Placebo: hydrocortisone placebo and 9 alpha fludrocortisone placebo as placebo treatment.
Administration procedures
Hydrocortisone hemisuccinate / hydrocortisone placebo will be given as 50 mg intravenous bolus every 6 hours;
9 alpha fludrocortisone / 9 alpha fludrocortisone placebo will be given as a 50 μg tablet via a nasogastric tube once per day in the morning.
Study drugs will be started immediately after randomization (day 0 of the study), until discharge from ICU for a maximal duration of 7 days. Study drugs will be stopped without tapering off.
Biomarker CPD: Corticosteroid arm
Hydrocortisone plus fludrocortisone as treatment: hydrocortisone hemisuccinate and 9 alpha fludrocortisone as experimental treatment.
Administration procedures
Hydrocortisone hemisuccinate / hydrocortisone placebo will be given as 50 mg intravenous bolus every 6 hours;
9 alpha fludrocortisone / 9 alpha fludrocortisone placebo will be given as a 50 μg tablet via a nasogastric tube once per day in the morning.
Study drugs will be started immediately after randomization (day 0 of the study), until discharge from ICU for a maximal duration of 7 days. Study drugs will be stopped without tapering off.
Biomarker CPD: Placebo arm
Placebo: hydrocortisone placebo and 9 alpha fludrocortisone placebo as placebo treatment.
Administration procedures
Hydrocortisone hemisuccinate / hydrocortisone placebo will be given as 50 mg intravenous bolus every 6 hours;
9 alpha fludrocortisone / 9 alpha fludrocortisone placebo will be given as a 50 μg tablet via a nasogastric tube once per day in the morning.
Study drugs will be started immediately after randomization (day 0 of the study), until discharge from ICU for a maximal duration of 7 days. Study drugs will be stopped without tapering off.
Biomarker Transcriptomic SRS: Corticosteroid arm
Hydrocortisone plus fludrocortisone as treatment: hydrocortisone hemisuccinate and 9 alpha fludrocortisone as experimental treatment.
Administration procedures
Hydrocortisone hemisuccinate / hydrocortisone placebo will be given as 50 mg intravenous bolus every 6 hours;
9 alpha fludrocortisone / 9 alpha fludrocortisone placebo will be given as a 50 μg tablet via a nasogastric tube once per day in the morning.
Study drugs will be started immediately after randomization (day 0 of the study), until discharge from ICU for a maximal duration of 7 days. Study drugs will be stopped without tapering off.
Biomarker Transcriptomic SRS: Placebo arm
Placebo: hydrocortisone placebo and 9 alpha fludrocortisone placebo as placebo treatment.
Administration procedures
Hydrocortisone hemisuccinate / hydrocortisone placebo will be given as 50 mg intravenous bolus every 6 hours;
9 alpha fludrocortisone / 9 alpha fludrocortisone placebo will be given as a 50 μg tablet via a nasogastric tube once per day in the morning.
Study drugs will be started immediately after randomization (day 0 of the study), until discharge from ICU for a maximal duration of 7 days. Study drugs will be stopped without tapering off.
Biomarker Endotype B: Corticosteroid arm
Hydrocortisone plus fludrocortisone as treatment: hydrocortisone hemisuccinate and 9 alpha fludrocortisone as experimental treatment.
Administration procedures
Hydrocortisone hemisuccinate / hydrocortisone placebo will be given as 50 mg intravenous bolus every 6 hours;
9 alpha fludrocortisone / 9 alpha fludrocortisone placebo will be given as a 50 μg tablet via a nasogastric tube once per day in the morning.
Study drugs will be started immediately after randomization (day 0 of the study), until discharge from ICU for a maximal duration of 7 days. Study drugs will be stopped without tapering off.
Biomarker Endotype B: Placebo arm
Placebo: hydrocortisone placebo and 9 alpha fludrocortisone placebo as placebo treatment.
Administration procedures
Hydrocortisone hemisuccinate / hydrocortisone placebo will be given as 50 mg intravenous bolus every 6 hours;
9 alpha fludrocortisone / 9 alpha fludrocortisone placebo will be given as a 50 μg tablet via a nasogastric tube once per day in the morning.
Study drugs will be started immediately after randomization (day 0 of the study), until discharge from ICU for a maximal duration of 7 days. Study drugs will be stopped without tapering off.
Interventions
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Administration procedures
Hydrocortisone hemisuccinate / hydrocortisone placebo will be given as 50 mg intravenous bolus every 6 hours;
9 alpha fludrocortisone / 9 alpha fludrocortisone placebo will be given as a 50 μg tablet via a nasogastric tube once per day in the morning.
Study drugs will be started immediately after randomization (day 0 of the study), until discharge from ICU for a maximal duration of 7 days. Study drugs will be stopped without tapering off.
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
2. Admitted to ICU with proven or suspected infection as the main diagnosis;
3. Community acquired pneumonia related sepsis or vasopressors dependency (norepinephrine, epinephrine, vasopressin, dopamine, phenylephrine) or septic shock (vasopressor to maintain mean blood pressure of at least 65 mmHg and lactate levels above 2 mmol/l) or acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS: a- acute onset, i.e. within one week of an apparent clinical insult and with progression of respiratory syndrome, b- bilateral opacities on chest imaging not explained by other pulmonary pathologies, e.g. pleural effusion, atelectasis, nodules etc, c- no evidence for heart failure or volume overload, d- PaO2/FiO2 ≤ 300 mm Hg, - PEEP ≥ 5 cm H2O;
4. Patients who have been tested for one or more RECORDS specific biomarkers:
1. CIRCI
2. Endocan
3. GILZ
4. DUSP-1
5. MDW
6. lymphopenia
7. Transcriptomic SRS2
8. Endotype B
9. PCR COVID-19
10. PCR Influenza
11. PCR other respiratory virus
12. Cutaneous vasoconstrictor response to glucocorticoids
5. Patient who has signed an informed and written consent whevener he/she is able of consent, if not, if not ascent from his/her representant whenever he/she is present at time of screening for inclusion;
6. Patient affiliated to a social security system or to an universal health coverage (Couverture Maladie Universelle (CMU) in France;
7. Patient under guardianship or curatorship will be included;
8. Patient in case of simple emergency (legal definition) will be included;
9. Patients managed with covid 19 and having biological samples available.
Exclusion Criteria
2. Expected death or withdrawal of life-sustaining treatments within 48 hours;
3. Previously enrolled in this study
4. Formal indication for corticosteroids according to most recent international guidelines
5. Vaccination with live virus within past 6 months
6. Hypersensitivity to hydrocortisone or fludrocortisone or (microsined betamethasone dipropionate\*) or any of their excipients (spc)
7. Women of childbearing potential not using contraception
8. Nursing women \* For patients included in this stratum, if applicable, do not apply the cream to an infected or ulcerated area
18 Years
ALL
No
Sponsors
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Institut National de la Santé Et de la Recherche Médicale, France
OTHER_GOV
Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines University
OTHER
Université Paris-Saclay
OTHER
Paris 12 Val de Marne University
OTHER
Commissariat A L'energie Atomique
OTHER_GOV
Beckman Coulter, Inc.
INDUSTRY
Lumedix
UNKNOWN
Elice
UNKNOWN
Biothelis
UNKNOWN
Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Principal Investigators
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Djillali ANNANE, MD, PhD
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
Department of medical and surgical Intensive Care Unit, - Raymond Poincaré Hospital - APHP
Locations
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Department of medical and surgical Intensive Care Unit, Raymond Poincaré Hospital - APHP
Garches, Hauts-de-Seine, France
Countries
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Central Contacts
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References
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Other Identifiers
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2020-000296-21
Identifier Type: EUDRACT_NUMBER
Identifier Source: secondary_id
APHP191110
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id
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