Conditions: Septic Shock
Keywords: statin, sepsis, septic shock, simvastatin
Allocation: RANDOMIZED | Intervention model: PARALLEL
Enrollment: 18
Healthy volunteers: no

Brief summary:
Simvastatin will attenutat IL-6 levels and lead to a more rapid shock reversal than placebo

Detailed description:

Arms:
arm 1: Simvastatin 40 mg PO or NGT arm 2: Placebo

Interventions: intervention 1: Simvastatin intervention 2: Placebo
Intervention descriptions: intervention 1: Simvastatin 40mg PO or NGT intervention 2: Corn Starch

Protocol document: