Combination therapy for severe aluminum phosphide poisoning
Part of Injuries & trauma clinical trials.
This trial tests a combination of three medicines (glucose, insulin, potassium, a steroid, and a drug that binds poison) to treat severe aluminum phosphide poisoning. It may help if you have been poisoned and are in shock.
Summary written for real people, not researchers, by Clin2.
Who can take part
- You are between 12 and 60 years old.
- You have a confirmed history of eating or drinking aluminum phosphide (a grain fumigant) and have symptoms of poisoning.
- You are in shock (systolic blood pressure below 70 mmHg).
- You arrive at the hospital within 12 hours of taking the poison.
- You are not pregnant, have no other poison in your system, and do not have long-term heart, kidney, or liver failure or diabetes.
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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