Status:

COMPLETED

The Prognostic Impact of Selenium On Critical Surgical Patients

Lead Sponsor:

Chang Gung Memorial Hospital

Conditions:

Critical Illness

Selenium Deficiency

Eligibility:

All Genders

20+ years

Phase:

PHASE4

Brief Summary

Selenium is an important trace element for human for its multiple roles such as the antioxidant activity. Previous evidences showed that critically ill patients may benefit from selenium supplement bu...

Detailed Description

Acute abdomen is a common surgical emergency and is often the result of peritonitis due to an acute inflammatory process within abdominal cavity. Many of the patients with acute abdomen have severe se...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Intensive care unit (ICU) patients receiving abdominal surgeries for acute abdomen
  • within 48 hours post-operatively
  • stay in ICU for more than 48 hours
  • meets sepsis criteria of Sepsis-3 (2016)

Exclusion

  • liver cirrhosis Child-Pugh score B or C
  • breastfeeding or pregnancy
  • allergy yo selenium
  • vegetative status or irreversible diseases with life-expectancy fewer than 28 days
  • End-stage renal disease under dialysis
  • Human immunodeficiency virus infection
  • neutropenia not due to sepsis (granulocyte \< 1000/mm3)
  • Heart failure (New York Heart Association class III-IV) or recent myocardial infarction (within 6 weeks)
  • post cardiopulmonary cerebral resuscitation within 4 weeks
  • taking immunosuppressants
  • receiving anti-cancer therapy
  • signed do not resuscitation
  • joined other clinical research

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

December 1 2020

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

November 16 2022

Estimated Enrollment :

36 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT04662242

Start Date

December 1 2020

End Date

November 16 2022

Last Update

February 10 2023

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Chang Gung Memorial Hospital

Taoyuan District, Taiwan, 333