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Sepsicure The Rogosin Institute |
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Information provided by: | Sepsicure |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00506454 |
The purpose of this study is to determine whether a phospholipid emulsion is effective in the treatment of chronic endotoxemia in hemodialysis patients.
Condition | Intervention | Phase |
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Fatigue Hemodialysis ESRD |
Drug: Lipidose Drug: Placebo |
Phase II |
Study Type: | Interventional |
Study Design: | Treatment, Randomized, Double Blind (Subject, Caregiver, Investigator), Placebo Control, Parallel Assignment, Efficacy Study |
Official Title: | A Phase II, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Randomized Study of the Effects of a Lipid Emulsion (Lipidose) on Endotoxin Levels in Patients on Chronic Hemodialysis |
Enrollment: | 22 |
Study Start Date: | August 2007 |
Study Completion Date: | February 2008 |
Primary Completion Date: | February 2008 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure) |
Arms | Assigned Interventions |
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A: Active Comparator |
Drug: Lipidose
Over the course of 2 weeks, immediately following subject's three (M/W/F) normal dialysis treatments, based on subject's current weight, subject will receive 1.5 mL/kg of Lipidose over a 2-hour period.
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P: Placebo Comparator |
Drug: Placebo
Over the course of 2 weeks, immediately following subject's three (M/W/F) normal dialysis treatments, based on subject's current weight, subject will receive 1.5 mL/kg of placebo over a 2-hour period.
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Over 70% of dialysis patients suffer chronically from severe fatigue and tiredness. A possible inciting factor may be high levels of circulating endotoxin, which is well-established as a potent stimulator of inflammatory cytokine release.
The source of increased endotoxin in dialysis patients remains unclear, with the most popular hypotheses including back-diffusion of bacterial products from nonsterile dialysate and translocation of bacterial products across what in most dialysis patients is an edematous gut wall. This endotoxin does not appear to be associated with the dialysis procedure itself and indeed, appears to be cleared with some efficiency by the procedure. However, by the next dialysis treatment, endotoxin levels rise rapidly to levels that are in some cases significantly higher than even those measured (via EAA) in patients suffering from septic shock. Although the mechanisms by which dialysis patients tolerate these high endotoxin levels without hemodynamic collapse are not understood, high levels have been shown by The Rogosin Institute to significantly correlate with patient fatigue.
Given the potent ability of endotoxin to induce expression of inflammatory cytokines (which in turn are likely responsible for the debilitating symptoms of fatigue and malaise that afflict the majority of the dialysis population), it is logical that binding and inactivation of endotoxin may lead to improved clinical outcomes. Unfortunately, there are no products currently approved for this purpose in dialysis patients.
One approach to this problem may be to augment the endogenous systems for endotoxin inactivation. For example, it has been suggested that the various serum lipoprotein fractions may in fact be a physiologic "sink" for endotoxin (and other toxins) via binding with surface phospholipids. Therefore, dialysis patients, who as a population are characterized with hypocholesterolemia and hypolipoproteinemia, are particularly at risk for the deleterious effects of endotoxemia.
This has led to the development of "LIPIDOSE," a protein-free phospholipid emulsion. The proposed mechanism of action of this compound is via remodeling of the infused phospholipids into lipoproteins, thereby increasing lipoprotein and phospholipid content and facilitating greater endotoxin binding and neutralization. "LIPIDOSE" has undergone extensive testing in both animals and humans, and has been found to significantly increase serum phospholipid and lipoprotein concentrations, improve survival in a lethal animal model of septic peritonitis, and mitigate the symptoms of endotoxemia in healthy volunteers.
Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older |
Genders Eligible for Study: | Both |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
Meets the following lab parameters on Screening labs:
Exclusion Criteria:
Has any of the following laboratory abnormalities when screened:
United States, New York | |
Rogosin Manhattan Dialysis Center | |
New York, New York, United States, 10021 |
Principal Investigator: | Roxana Bologa, MD | The Rogosin Institute |
Responsible Party: | The Rogosin Institute ( Dr. Roxana Bologa ) |
Study ID Numbers: | S201 |
Study First Received: | July 23, 2007 |
Last Updated: | February 22, 2008 |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00506454 |
Health Authority: | United States: Food and Drug Administration; United States: Institutional Review Board |
Fatigue Hemodialysis Endotoxemia Phospholipid Emulsion |
Signs and Symptoms Fatigue Endotoxemia Lipidoses |