Outcome Following Vitamin C Administration in Sepsis

• Status: Unknown status
• Trial end date: 2013-09-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

This study is designed to determine if Vitamin C administration to septic patients will result in an improvement in organ dysfunction which occurs during a septic illness.

Hypothesis: 1. Vitamin C in sepsis will reduce the injury to organs 2. Vitamin C will reduce the length of time on a ventilator, length of stay in the intensive care unit and in hospital.

• Phase: Phase 2
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Lawson Health Research Institute
• Treatments: Ascorbic Acid; Vitamins

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• diagnosis of severe sepsis

• admitted to the intensive care unit

Exclusion Criteria:

• allergy to Vitamin C

• history of kidney stones

• glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency

• history of iron overload/hemochromatosis