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    Critics Trying To Stop A Big Study Of Sepsis Say The Research Puts Patients At Risk

    The consumer advocacy group Public Citizen also says the multicenter study of life-threatening sepsis will at best produce confusing results. A Harvard doctor and designer of the research disagrees.
    by Richard Harris Aug 28, 2018 3 minutes
    Without including a "control group" of sepsis patients who get the usual mix of drugs and fluids, even a big study comparing two other experimental approaches won't deliver helpful answers, critics say.

    A consumer advocacy organization is asking federal health officials Tuesday to halt a large medical study being conducted at major universities nationwide.

    Public Citizen says that the study, involving treatment for sepsis, puts patients at risk and will at best produce confusing results.

    The seeks to answer a key question about sepsis, which is a common and life-threatening response to infection. Sepsis kills more than 250,000 Americans a year, often by triggering the failure of multiple organs. As patients' blood

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