Sepsis in Geriatric Patients With Suspected Infection.

Sepsis Clinical Trial

Official title:

La Sepsi Nel Paziente Anziano: Studio Prospettico Sui Pazienti Ricoverati in Ambiente Internistico.

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04945889
• Other study ID #: 0069708/2019
• Status: Completed
• Start date: April 1, 2019
• Est. completion date: October 31, 2019

Study information

• Verified date: June 2021
• Source: Azienda Ospedaliera Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

Sepsis is a complex clinical syndrome that has been defined as a life-threatening organ dysfunction caused by a dysregulated host response to infection. It is more frequent and severe in older subjects, at least in part because of delayed diagnosis and treatment due to low clinical suspicion and atypical manifestation.

The Sepsis-III consensus proposed the easy to use bedside clinical score quick Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (qSOFA) to identify patients at risk for sepsis and death outside intensive care units. However, some Authors have disputed this recommendation, proposting the use of other more complex bedside tools such as the National and Modified Early Warning Scores (NEWS and MEWS, respectively) for the same purpose.

Published studies on these scores included generally younger, selected subjects, not fully representative of the population at risk for sepsis.

In the present study we aimed to evaluate the incidence of sepsis in older subjects with suspected infection in a geriatric acute ward setting, to determine and compare the accuracies of qSOFA, NEWS and MEWS to identify sepsis and to investigate factors associated with in-hospital mortality.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 580
• Est. completion date: October 31, 2019
• Est. primary completion date: October 31, 2019
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 65 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Hospitalization in the Acute Geriatric Unit

• Presence of at least one National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidance risk factor for sepsis (i.e. age =75 years, impaired immune function - diabetes mellitus, previous splenectomy, hematologic diseases - long-term corticosteroid therapy, immunosuppressive or antineoplastic drug treatment, surgery or other invasive procedures in the previous 6 weeks, any breach of skin integrity - e.g. pressure ulcers - intravenous drug misuse, indwelling lines or catheters)

Exclusion Criteria:

• Refusal to give written informed consent

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Sepsis

Intervention

Diagnostic Test:
• Quick Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (qSOFA)
Clinical bedside tool that evaluates three vital parameters, scoring one point each if altered: respiratory rate (RR) =22 breaths/minute, systolic blood pressure (SBP) =100 mmHg and altered mental status (defined in our study as either Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) score <15 or any worsening in the Italian Oriented, Disoriented, Agitated, Sleepy scale). A qSOFA score =2 points is considered indicative of sepsis.
• Modified Early Warning Score (MEWS)
Clinical bedside tool that evaluates five vital parameters, with multiple scoring according to alteration: respiratory rate (0-3 points), heart rate (0-3 points), systolic blood pressure (0-3 points), body temperature (0-2 points), mental status (0-3 points, evaluated using the Alert, Verbal, Pain, Unresponsive - AVPU scale). A MEWS score =5 points is considered indicative of an acute condition at risk of sudden clinical deterioration.
• National Early Warning Score (NEWS)
Clinical bedside tool that evaluates seven parameters, with multiple scoring according to alteration: respiratory rate (0-3 points), oxygen saturation (0-3 points), need for any supplemental oxygen (0-2 points), body temperature (0-3 points), heart rate (0-3 points), systolic blood pressure (0-3 points), mental status (0-3 points, evaluated using the Alert, Verbal, Pain, Unresponsive - AVPU scale). A NEWS score =7 points is considered indicative of an acute condition at risk of sudden clinical deterioration.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Italy	S.C. Geriatria U, A.O.U. Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino	Turin

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Azienda Ospedaliera Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Italy, 

References & Publications (8)

Angus DC, Linde-Zwirble WT, Lidicker J, Clermont G, Carcillo J, Pinsky MR. Epidemiology of severe sepsis in the United States: analysis of incidence, outcome, and associated costs of care. Crit Care Med. 2001 Jul;29(7):1303-10. — View Citation

Kramer AA, Sebat F, Lissauer M. A review of early warning systems for prompt detection of patients at risk for clinical decline. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2019 Jul;87(1S Suppl 1):S67-S73. doi: 10.1097/TA.0000000000002197. Review. — View Citation

Rowe TA, McKoy JM. Sepsis in Older Adults. Infect Dis Clin North Am. 2017 Dec;31(4):731-742. doi: 10.1016/j.idc.2017.07.010. Review. — View Citation

Seymour CW, Liu VX, Iwashyna TJ, Brunkhorst FM, Rea TD, Scherag A, Rubenfeld G, Kahn JM, Shankar-Hari M, Singer M, Deutschman CS, Escobar GJ, Angus DC. Assessment of Clinical Criteria for Sepsis: For the Third International Consensus Definitions for Sepsi — View Citation

Singer M, Deutschman CS, Seymour CW, Shankar-Hari M, Annane D, Bauer M, Bellomo R, Bernard GR, Chiche JD, Coopersmith CM, Hotchkiss RS, Levy MM, Marshall JC, Martin GS, Opal SM, Rubenfeld GD, van der Poll T, Vincent JL, Angus DC. The Third International C — View Citation

Smith GB, Prytherch DR, Meredith P, Schmidt PE, Featherstone PI. The ability of the National Early Warning Score (NEWS) to discriminate patients at risk of early cardiac arrest, unanticipated intensive care unit admission, and death. Resuscitation. 2013 A — View Citation

Song JU, Sin CK, Park HK, Shim SR, Lee J. Performance of the quick Sequential (sepsis-related) Organ Failure Assessment score as a prognostic tool in infected patients outside the intensive care unit: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Crit Care. 2018 — View Citation

Subbe CP, Kruger M, Rutherford P, Gemmel L. Validation of a modified Early Warning Score in medical admissions. QJM. 2001 Oct;94(10):521-6. — View Citation

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Other	In hospital mortality	Presence in discharge documents of death during hospital stay for any cause.	10 days from enrollment in mean (discharge from hospital)
Primary	Sepsis diagnosis at discharge	Presence in discharge documents of International Classification of Diseases 9th revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM) codes at discharge of either severe sepsis (995.92) or septic shock (785.52) or as the simultaneous presence in discharge documents of ICD-9-CM codes of infection and at least one acute organ dysfunction (Angus method).	10 days from enrollment in mean (discharge from hospital)

External Links

•   NEWS
•   NICE sepsis guidance