Doppler Echocardiography Versus Clinical Targets Guided Therapy on the Outcome of Postpartum Septic Shock.

Doppler Echocardiography Versus Clinical Targets Guided Therapy on the Outcome of Postpartum Septic Shock, a Randomized Controlled Trial

Postpartum sepsis is widely known as a preventable main cause of maternal morbidity and mortality. According to the World Health Organization, approximately 11% of the estimated maternal deaths worldwide were attributed to sepsis. Recent global assessments indicate that obstetric infections rank as the third most prevalent cause of maternal death, with a prevalence mainly observed in low- and middle-income nations.

Study Overview

• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Conditions: Doppler Echocardiography; Postpartum Septic Shock
• Intervention / Treatment: Procedure: a clinically guided resuscitation protocol,; Procedure: a transthoracic bedside focused echocardiographic assessment

Detailed Description

The management of septic shock is a major medical concern. Early goal-directed therapy emerged as a novel approach for reducing sepsis mortality and was incorporated into Surviving Sepsis Campaign guidelines in 2012. Early detection of sepsis, rapid initiation of antibiotics and effective resuscitation with fluids, vasopressors, and inotropes were important concerns. However, many randomized trials were done to examine the effect of EGDT on morbidity and mortality and showed that EGDT was not associated with a significant reduction in mortality in patients with septic shock compared to usual care. That it wasn't addressed in recent guidelines in 2016 and 2021.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Estimated): 60
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

• Study Contact: Name: Ghada Abo Elfadl, MD; Phone Number: 01005802086; Email: ghadafadl77@gmail.com

Study Locations

• Egypt
  • Assiut, Egypt, 71515
    • woman health hospital , Assiut university

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Adult
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• postpartum women, within 6 weeks following delivery
• meeting the third international consensus definitions for septic Shock (2016) (Sepsis-3): acute persisting hypotension requiring vasopressors to maintain mean arterial pressure (MAP) ≥ 65 mm Hg and having a serum lactate > 2 mmol/L (18 mg/dL) despite adequate volume resuscitation

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patient refusal
• History of any chronic cardiac disease
• Requirement for immediate surgery
• Hypotension attributable to another cause
• Do-not-resuscitate status
• Contraindication to central venous catheter placement
• Difficult transthoracic echocardiographic evaluation
• Primary cardiogenic cause of shock, instead of sepsis.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Prevention
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: Triple

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: CTGT group; a clinically guided resuscitation protocol, derived from EGDT	Procedure: a clinically guided resuscitation protocol,; a clinically guided resuscitation protocol, derived from EGDT and modified to match with the latest survival sepsis campaign guidelines
Experimental: ECHO group; a transthoracic bedside focused echocardiographic assessment of the patient	Procedure: a transthoracic bedside focused echocardiographic assessment; a transthoracic bedside focused echocardiographic assessment of the patient will be done, as a baseline ECHO in a three-step approach to monitor hemodynamics using Logiq P7, S5-1 ECHO probe;

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
SOFA score	The change in Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA score)	48 hours.

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Assiut University

Publications and helpful links

General Publications

• Mouncey PR, Osborn TM, Power GS, Harrison DA, Sadique MZ, Grieve RD, Jahan R, Harvey SE, Bell D, Bion JF, Coats TJ, Singer M, Young JD, Rowan KM; ProMISe Trial Investigators. Trial of early, goal-directed resuscitation for septic shock. N Engl J Med. 2015 Apr 2;372(14):1301-11. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1500896. Epub 2015 Mar 17.
• Hernandez G, Ospina-Tascon GA, Damiani LP, Estenssoro E, Dubin A, Hurtado J, Friedman G, Castro R, Alegria L, Teboul JL, Cecconi M, Ferri G, Jibaja M, Pairumani R, Fernandez P, Barahona D, Granda-Luna V, Cavalcanti AB, Bakker J; The ANDROMEDA SHOCK Investigators and the Latin America Intensive Care Network (LIVEN); Hernandez G, Ospina-Tascon G, Petri Damiani L, Estenssoro E, Dubin A, Hurtado J, Friedman G, Castro R, Alegria L, Teboul JL, Cecconi M, Cecconi M, Ferri G, Jibaja M, Pairumani R, Fernandez P, Barahona D, Cavalcanti AB, Bakker J, Hernandez G, Alegria L, Ferri G, Rodriguez N, Holger P, Soto N, Pozo M, Bakker J, Cook D, Vincent JL, Rhodes A, Kavanagh BP, Dellinger P, Rietdijk W, Carpio D, Pavez N, Henriquez E, Bravo S, Valenzuela ED, Vera M, Dreyse J, Oviedo V, Cid MA, Larroulet M, Petruska E, Sarabia C, Gallardo D, Sanchez JE, Gonzalez H, Arancibia JM, Munoz A, Ramirez G, Aravena F, Aquevedo A, Zambrano F, Bozinovic M, Valle F, Ramirez M, Rossel V, Munoz P, Ceballos C, Esveile C, Carmona C, Candia E, Mendoza D, Sanchez A, Ponce D, Ponce D, Lastra J, Nahuelpan B, Fasce F, Luengo C, Medel N, Cortes C, Campassi L, Rubatto P, Horna N, Furche M, Pendino JC, Bettini L, Lovesio C, Gonzalez MC, Rodruguez J, Canales H, Caminos F, Galletti C, Minoldo E, Aramburu MJ, Olmos D, Nin N, Tenzi J, Quiroga C, Lacuesta P, Gaudin A, Pais R, Silvestre A, Olivera G, Rieppi G, Berrutti D, Ochoa M, Cobos P, Vintimilla F, Ramirez V, Tobar M, Garcia F, Picoita F, Remache N, Granda V, Paredes F, Barzallo E, Garces P, Guerrero F, Salazar S, Torres G, Tana C, Calahorrano J, Solis F, Torres P, Herrera L, Ornes A, Perez V, Delgado G, Lopez A, Espinosa E, Moreira J, Salcedo B, Villacres I, Suing J, Lopez M, Gomez L, Toctaquiza G, Cadena Zapata M, Orazabal MA, Pardo Espejo R, Jimenez J, Calderon A, Paredes G, Barberan JL, Moya T, Atehortua H, Sabogal R, Ortiz G, Lara A, Sanchez F, Hernan Portilla A, Davila H, Mora JA, Calderon LE, Alvarez I, Escobar E, Bejarano A, Bustamante LA, Aldana JL. Effect of a Resuscitation Strategy Targeting Peripheral Perfusion Status vs Serum Lactate Levels on 28-Day Mortality Among Patients With Septic Shock: The ANDROMEDA-SHOCK Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA. 2019 Feb 19;321(7):654-664. doi: 10.1001/jama.2019.0071.

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Estimated): December 30, 2024
• Primary Completion (Estimated): November 1, 2026
• Study Completion (Estimated): November 30, 2026

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: December 27, 2024
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: December 27, 2024
• First Posted (Actual): March 25, 2025

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): March 25, 2025
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: January 3, 2025
• Last Verified: January 1, 2025

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Pathologic Processes; Infections; Sepsis; Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome; Inflammation; Shock; Shock, Septic
• Other Study ID Numbers: Doppler echocardiography

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: UNDECIDED

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No