Clinical trialNCT02130388TerminatedInterventional

The Impact of Zinc Supplementation on Innate Immunity and Patient Safety in Sepsis

SponsorOhio State UniversityEnrollment10Sepsis

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Summary

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Sepsis is the body's response to a life-threatening infection. This study will determine if zinc supplementation is safe to use in patients with severe sepsis or septic shock. This study will also gather preliminary information to evaluate the impact that zinc has on the immune system (the body's defense system against infection) and whether zinc can help monocytes and macrophages (specific types of cells that remove infections from the body) work more effectively.

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Investigators

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Beth Besecker, MD
Ohio State University
Principal Investigator
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Sites

1 registered facility, with the per-site recruitment status where the registry publishes one. ClinicalTrials.gov does not publish per-site enrollment counts.

United States

Osu Medical Center
Columbus, Ohio, United States

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Drugs studied

No drug or biological interventions are in our data for this study. It may test a procedure, device or behavioral intervention, or the intervention list isn't in our current snapshot. See the registry record ↗. Why? →

Registration & key dates

Registry attributes as recorded on the ClinicalTrials.gov study record.

Start: 31 May 2014
Primary completion: 31 Oct 2017
Completion: 31 Mar 2019
Last update posted: 22 Jul 2021
Registered enrollment: 10
Registry id: NCT02130388

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Source: ClinicalTrials.gov, via the CTTI AACT database, data as of 24 Aug 2026. Registry facts are shown as registered by the study sponsor; FindMyKOL does not interpret them.