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Biomarkers in Infection

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center · NCT02545478

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Key facts

Compensation
Not posted. Ask the study team before screening.
Who can join
Ages 18+ · All sexes
Healthy volunteers
Accepted
Study type
Observational
Target enrollment
4200
US sites recruiting
1
Study start
April 2006
Record last updated
April 15, 2026

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What the study is about

The purpose of this investigation is to evaluate how early biomarkers of infection and inflammation perform in identifying patients at risk for poor outcome in sepsis and septic shock.

Conditions: Sepsis; Infection; Inflammation

Eligibility criteria

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Inclusion Criteria for Infected subjects

  • Age 18 years of age or older
  • Confirmed or suspected infection

Inclusion Criteria for Control Subjects

  • Age 18 years of age or older
  • A non-infectious clinical presentation to include
  • Normal white blood cell count ( > 4,000 and/or \< 12,000)
  • Normothermia ( > 96.5 and/or less 100.4)
  • Absence of the following clinical complaints: productive cough, fever, pyuria, rash
  • No evidence of acute coronary syndrome

Exclusion Criteria for Control Subjects

  • Suspected infection

Recruiting US locations

  • Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

    Boston, MA 02215

    Site contact: Nathan Shapiro, MD MPH · 617-754-2343 · nshapiro@bidmc.harvard.edu

Study contacts (from the official record)

  • Nathan Shapiro, MD MPH · 617-754-2343 · nshapiro@bidmc.harvard.edu
  • Carlo Ottanelli, BSc · 617-650-0042 · cottanel@bidmc.harvard.edu
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