Overview
Sponsor-declared trial summary
Patient with sepsis complicated by ARDS
To compare the effect of high-dose intravenous vitamin C vs. placebo on a composite of death or persistent organ dysfunction – defined as continued dependency on mechanical ventilation, new renal replacement therapy, or vasopressors – assessed at 28 days on ICU patients
Key facts
- Sponsor
- Assistance Publique Hopitaux De Paris
- Participant type
- Patients
- Age range
- 18-64 years, 65+ years
- Gender
- Male and Female
- Therapeutic area
- Diseases [C] - Bacterial Infections and Mycoses [C01], Diseases [C] - Respiratory Tract Diseases [C08]
- Trial duration
- 5 Nov 2024 → ongoing
- Decision date (initial)
- 2024-11-05
- Transition trial
- Yes
- Low-intervention
- No
- Rare-disease indication
- No
- Vulnerable population
- Yes
External identifiers
- EU CT number
- 2024-516394-78-00
- EudraCT number
- 2020-003923-40
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- NCT04404387
Trial design
CTIS Part I — objectives, methods, condition coding
Main objective
Scope: Therapy, Efficacy
To compare the effect of high-dose intravenous vitamin C vs. placebo on a composite of death or persistent organ dysfunction – defined as continued dependency on mechanical ventilation, new renal replacement therapy, or vasopressors – assessed at 28 days on ICU patients
Conditions and MedDRA coding
Patient with sepsis complicated by ARDS
| Version | Level | Code | Term | System organ class |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21.1 | PT | 10001052 | Acute respiratory distress syndrome | 100000004855 |
Eligibility criteria
Principal inclusion / exclusion criteria as submitted by sponsor
Inclusion criteria 9
- Patients ≥ 18 years old
- Admitted to the ICU with proven or suspected infection as the main diagnosis
- Currently treated with a continuous intravenous infusion of vasopressors (norepinephrine, epinephrine, vasopressin, dopamine, phenylephrine, angiotensin, others))
- Currently treated with high flow oxygen, CPAP OR NIV OR Invasive Ventilation
- Presenting with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndromedefined by all the following criteria: o Acute onset, i.e. within one week of an apparent clinical insult and with progression of respiratory syndrome o Bilateral opacities on chest imaging not explained by other pulmonary pathologies (e.g. pleural effusion, atelectasis, nodules, etc.) o No evidence for heart failure or volume overload o PaO2/FiO2 ≤ 200 mm Hg o PEEP ≥ 5 cm H2O
- Patient who has signed an informed and written consent whenener he/she is capable of consent, if not, Patient’s representant signed consent whenever he/she is present at inclusion
- Affiliation to a social security system or to an universal health coverage (Couverture Maladie Universelle, CMU)
- Patients under guardianship or curatorship can be included
- Patients in case of simple emergency (legal definition) or vital emergency will be included
Exclusion criteria 13
- 48 hours from diagnosis of ARDS
- Patient with critical COVID-19 according WHO definition
- Cardio-pulmonary resuscitation (CPR) in the past 72 hours
- Known Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency
- Pregnancy and breast-feeding
- Hyperoxaluria
- Known allergy excipients of vitamin C solution; or to one of the excipients in particular methyl parhydroxybenzoate (E218) or propyl (E216)
- Treatment with Deferoxamine
- Known kidney stones within the past 1 year
- Received any intravenous vitamin C during this hospitalization unless incorporated in parenteral nutrition (PN) in doses standard for PN
- Expected death or withdrawal of life-sustaining treatments within 48 hours
- Previously enrolled in this study
- Previously enrolled in an interventional trial for which co-enrolment is not allowed (co-enrolment to be determined case by case)
Endpoints
Primary and secondary outcome measures (English text)
Primary endpoints 1
- Death or persistent organ dysfunction (defined as continued dependency on mechanical ventilation, renal replacement therapy, or vasopressors) at 28 days
Investigational products
Investigational medicinal products (IMPs), comparators, placebo, auxiliary
Test 1
Biological Therapies Sodium Ascorbate Solution 30 g in 100 mL Injection
PRD12476135 · Product
- Active substance
- Sodium Ascorbate
- Substance synonyms
- SODIUM ASCORBATE E301
- Pharmaceutical form
- INJECTION
- Route of administration
- INJECTION
- Max daily dose
- 200 mg/kg milligram(s)/kilogram
- Max total dose
- 800 mg/kg milligram(s)/kilogram
- Max treatment duration
- 4 Day(s)
- Authorisation status
- Not Authorised
- ATC code
- A11GA01 — ASCORBIC ACID (VIT C)
- MA holder
- ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE - HOPITAUX DE PARIS
- Paediatric formulation
- No
- Orphan designation
- No
Placebo 1
SUB12581MIG · Substance
- Active substance
- Sodium Chloride
- Pharmaceutical form
- INFUSION
- Route of administration
- INTRAVENOUS USE
- Max daily dose
- 200 ml millilitre(s)
- Max total dose
- 800 ml millilitre(s)
- Max treatment duration
- 4 Day(s)
- Authorisation status
- Authorised
- ATC code
- - — -
- Marketing authorisation
- -
- Paediatric formulation
- No
- Orphan designation
- No
- Modified vs. Marketing Authorisation
- No
Sponsors and contacts
Sponsor organisations, regulatory contacts, third parties
Assistance Publique Hopitaux De Paris
- Sponsor organisation
- Assistance Publique Hopitaux De Paris
- Address
- Porte 23, 1 Avenue Claude Vellefaux 1 Avenue Claude Vellefaux
- City
- Paris Cedex 10
- Postcode
- 75475
- Country
- France
Scientific contact point
- Organisation
- Assistance Publique Hopitaux De Paris
- Contact name
- Coordinating investigator
Public contact point
- Organisation
- Assistance Publique Hopitaux De Paris
- Contact name
- Coordinating investigator
Locations
1 EU/EEA country · 17 investigational sites
By country
| Country | MS status | Planned subjects | Sites |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | Authorised, recruiting | 814 | 17 |
| Rest of world | — | 0 | — |
Investigational sites
Country notifications
Trial-start, recruitment-start, end and early-termination notifications submitted per Member State
| Country | Trial start | Trial end | Recruitment start | Recruitment end | Early termination |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| France | 2024-11-05 |
Results and documents
Annex IV summary of results, Annex V layperson summary, and all documents registered in CTIS for this trial
Documents 14 files
Public protocol annexes, IB summaries, regulatory submissions and post-authorisation documents registered in CTIS.
| Type | Title | Version |
|---|---|---|
| Protocol (for publication) | D1_Protocol_2024-516394-78-00_Public | 6-0 |
| Recruitment arrangements (for publication) | K1_Recruitment arrangements | 1-0 |
| Subject information and informed consent form (for publication) | L1_SIS adult patient unanalyzed | 1-0 |
| Subject information and informed consent form (for publication) | L1_SIS and ICF adults | 3-0 |
| Subject information and informed consent form (for publication) | L1_SIS and ICF adults - continued participation | 3-1 |
| Subject information and informed consent form (for publication) | L1_SIS and ICF adults in no fit state - continued participation | 3-0 |
| Subject information and informed consent form (for publication) | L1_SIS and ICF adults under curatorship | 3-0 |
| Subject information and informed consent form (for publication) | L1_SIS and ICF adults under curatorship - continued participation | 3-0 |
| Subject information and informed consent form (for publication) | L1_SIS and ICF adults under guardianship | 3-0 |
| Subject information and informed consent form (for publication) | L1_SIS and ICF adults under guardianship - continued participation | 3-0 |
| Subject information and informed consent form (for publication) | L1_SIS and ICF close relation | 3-0 |
| Subject information and informed consent form (for publication) | L1_SIS use of datas | 3-0 |
| Summary of Product Characteristics (SmPC) (for publication) | E2_SmPC_LAROSCORBINE | 1-0 |
| Synopsis of the protocol (for publication) | D1_Protocol synopsis FR_2024-516394-78-00 | 6-0 |
Application history
2 submissions — initial application plus substantial / non-substantial modifications
| # | Type | Code | Submitted | Reference MS | Conclusion | Decision date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | INITIAL | IN | 2024-10-15 | France | Acceptable 2024-10-31
|
2024-11-05 |
| 2 | SUBSTANTIAL MODIFICATION | SM-1 | 2025-08-12 | France | Acceptable with conditions 2025-11-17
|
2025-11-24 |