NCT01800877

Optimal VAsopressor titraTION Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial

Optimal Vasopressor Titration Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 120 (actual)
• Sponsor: Francois Lamontagne · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 17 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this research study is to determine if it is better to give vasopressors to patients to maintain a higher blood pressure target versus a lower blood pressure target. This study is important because the information we find out will help us know how best to administer vasopressors in patients with shock in the ICU.

Detailed description

Patients who are admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) commonly suffer from shock, a condition that causes life-threatening low blood pressure. Low blood pressure makes it difficult for the body to deliver blood to all of its organs. The standard treatment doctors in the ICU use for their patients is to give medications that help increase blood pressure. These medications are called vasopressors. There can be side effects related to using vasopressors. The purpose of this research study is to determine if it is better to give vasopressors to patients to maintain a higher blood pressure target versus a lower blood pressure target. This study is important because the information we find out will help us know how best to administer vasopressors in patients with shock in the ICU.

Conditions

• Hypotension
• Shock

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DRUG	Vasopressors

Timeline

• Start date: 2013-04-01
• Primary completion: 2014-12-01
• Completion: 2015-02-01
• First posted: 2013-02-28
• Last updated: 2019-03-12
• Results posted: 2019-03-12

Locations

10 sites across 2 countries: United States, Canada