# Effect of Different Electric Muscle Stimulation in Patients With Severe Sepsis and Respiratory Failure

> **NCT01895647** · NA · TERMINATED · sponsor: **Mackay Memorial Hospital** · enrollment: 25 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Severe Sepsis
- Acute Respiratory Failure
- Muscle Hypotonia
- Inflammation
- Weakness

## Interventions

- **DEVICE:** EMS

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT01895647
- **Lead sponsor:** Mackay Memorial Hospital
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** TERMINATED
- **Start date:** 2013-06
- **Primary completion:** 2015-09
- **Final completion:** 2015-09
- **Target enrollment:** 25 (ACTUAL)
- **Why stopped:** slow recruitment and high drop-out rate
- **Last updated:** 2019-07-08


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT01895647

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT01895647, "Effect of Different Electric Muscle Stimulation in Patients With Severe Sepsis and Respiratory Failure". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-04 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT01895647. Licensed CC0.

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