Study Status: Recruiting
Recruit Status: Recruiting
Study Type: Interventional
Official Title: Case-observation and Compassionate Use: Use of Extracorporeal Treatment With the Cytosorb-Adsorber for the Reduction of Postoperative Hyperinflammation and SIRS After Heart-surgery With the Use of a H
Brief Summary:
Heart-surgery with the use of a heart-lung-machine can trigger the development of a full-blown SIRS (Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrom) with multi organ failure and severe sepsis in the course of disease.
For the treatment of full-blown SIRS extracorporeal treatment like the Cytosorb-Adsorber are in clinical testing. The Cytosorb-Adsorber is a CE-signed medical device with approval for the treatment of severe sepsis and hyperinflammation. The adsorber remove not-specific cytokines and other inflammation mediators from the patients blood.
In this study (as a case-observation and compassionate use) the effect of extracorporeal treatment with the Cytosorb-Adsorber for the reduction of postoperative hyperinflammation and SIRS after heart-surgery with use of a heart-lung-machine will be observed.
The aim of the study is recording the influence of the treatment with the Cytosorb-Adsorber on the course of hyperinflammation and multi organ failure in comparison with a historic control group.