Clinical Trials Logo

Clinical Trial Summary

The inflammatory response represents an important, central component of sepsis. Therefore, it is believed that blunting inflammation will decrease mortality. In vivo test series with mice that had undergone cecal ligation and puncture (recognized sepsis model), physostigmine salicylate significantly inhibited the release of various cytokines (tumor necrosis factor α, interleukin1β, and interleukin 6). These results were similar to those obtained by vagus nerve stimulation.

In animal sepsis model using physostigmine not only decreased inflammation but also, diminished the decrease in blood pressure following infection.

Animals treated with the peripheral choline esterase inhibitor neostigmine showed no difference compared with physostigmine-treated animals. Therefore, this study aims to investigate the efficacy of choline esterase inhibitors as adjuvant therapy in patients with sepsis or septic shock. Outcome measures include: percentage reduction in procalcitonin blood level, percentage of patients achieving significant reduction in procalcitonin levels, Mean Sequential Organ Failure Assessment score, percentage decrease in lactate dehydrogenase blood level, length of stay in hospital intensive care unit, and in hospital mortality.


Clinical Trial Description

n/a


Study Design


Related Conditions & MeSH terms


NCT number NCT04130230
Study type Interventional
Source Mansoura University
Contact Mona M El-Tamalawy, Master
Phone 01220650700
Email mona.m.eltamalawy@gmail.com
Status Recruiting
Phase Phase 2
Start date March 6, 2019
Completion date June 2020

See also
  Status Clinical Trial Phase
Recruiting NCT03677102 - Fluids in Septic Shock (FISSH) Phase 2/Phase 3
Recruiting NCT04621981 - Sodium Bicarbonate Ringer's Solution Versus Normal Saline for Early Fluid Resuscitation in Patients With Sepsis N/A
Completed NCT00525369 - IL 6 Measurement Using a New Densitometric Bedside (POC) Test N/A