Vitamin C, Steroids, and Thiamine, and Cerebral Autoregulation and Functional Outcome in Septic Shock
Status:
Recruiting
Trial end date:
2021-12-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
This study has been approved as a nested substudy of a multicenter trial (CORVICTES,
Clinicaltrials.gov Identifier: NCT03592693). The current, randomized, placebo-controlled
study will compare steroids/vitamin C versus placebo/placebo in septic shock, with respect to
cerebral autoregulation, biomarkers, and functional outcome. The following hypotheses will be
tested: The steroids/vitamin C/thiamine intervention may result in attenuation of the septic
shock-associated impairment in cerebral autoregulation; and 2) The increased frequency of
intact cerebral autoregulation in the intervention group may result in more neurologic
failure free days and ventilator free days during a 60-day follow-up; improved survival to
hospital discharge with good functional outcome; and better patient-reported health-related
outcomes at 90-day follow-up.