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Empirical Meropenem Versus Piperacillin/Tazobactam for Adult Patients With Sepsis

NCT06184659

Phase 4 Recruiting 5800 enrolled Scandinavian Critical Care Trials Group
RandomizedParallel-groupOpen-labelTreatment

Summary

The EMPRESS trial aims to test the two most commonly used antibiotics (meropenem and piperacillin/tazobactam) among intensive care patients with sepsis (blood poisoning), as the safety of these two drugs is unclear in this group of patients.

Timeline

Start
2025-06-26
Primary completion
2028-06-30
Completion
2029-03-30

Drugs

EvaluationDrugModalityDoseRoute
Subject Meropenem Small molecule 1 g Intravenous
Subject Meropenem Small molecule 2 g Intravenous
Comparator Piperacillin Small molecule 4 g Intravenous
Comparator Tazobactam Small molecule 0.5 g Intravenous