NCT01364909

Exercise in Critically Ill Patients With Sepsis

Early Intervention With Exercise in Critically Ill Patients With Sepsis: a Randomized Controlled Trial

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 40 (estimated)
• Sponsor: The University of Queensland · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study will investigate whether early exercise in critically ill patients will decrease inflammatory markers, increase pro-inflammatory markers and prevent loss of muscle mass.

Detailed description

This study will investigate the effects of an early targeted rehabilitation program on inflammatory markers and muscle mass in patients with sepsis syndromes in intensive care. The Primary Hypothesis is that an early targeted rehabilitation ICU patients with sepsis syndromes over 7 days will Prevent loss of lean muscle mass by within 7 days of recruitment to the study. Decrease pro-inflammatory and increase anti-inflammatory cytokines within 7 days of recruitment to the study.

Conditions

• Sepsis Syndromes

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Exercise	The subjects will be given 2 x 30 minute sessions of exercise per day consisting of either passive, active, active assisted depending on level of sedation and stability of condition. According to level of sedation and stability they may also perform sitting exercises
OTHER	Usual practice	These patients will not receive exercise early in their intensive care admission

Timeline

• Start date: 2007-06-01
• Primary completion: 2011-12-01
• Completion: 2011-12-01
• First posted: 2011-06-03
• Last updated: 2011-06-03

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Australia