Leukocyte ImmunoTest(TM): Feasibility study to develop links with sepsis clinical experts and organisations in the USA

脓毒症是身体对感染的极端反应。这是一种危及生命的医疗紧急情况，当你已经感染时，会在你的全身引发连锁反应。败血症每年影响英国约250，000人，并导致约48，000人死亡。早期诊断是改善临床结果的关键;然而，目前不存在用于脓毒症诊断的单一生物标志物，而是使用基于临床参数（例如改变的精神状态、高呼吸率和低血压）的观察的方法进行诊断。因此，迫切需要能够快速床边诊断和监测脓毒症的新方法。（10分钟）、便携式、即时（POC）、手指点刺血检测，在伯明翰（英国）和土耳其进行的早期临床研究表明，这是一种潜在的游戏-改变床边脓毒症诊断和监测试验。LIT监测某些白色血细胞的功能，现在已知在ICU脓毒症患者中这种功能会发生显著改变。在最近的一项脓毒症患者的临床研究中，我们最近发现我们测量的参数在脓毒症患者中发生了显着变化，这意味着它可能是一个有用的标志物。ICU）和急诊科专家临床医生以及美国的关键意见领袖，以提高认识并开始计划在美国进行临床试验。这些将是该公司在英国首次推出后在美国推出的长期战略的一部分。该项目还将帮助该团队建立一个在美国诊断行业工作的业务发展联系人网络，为商业推出做准备，并将使我们能够开始高-该项目的成功将导致一种改进的床边工具，用于诊断和监测这种影响全球数百万人的衰弱和昂贵的疾病。这将是Seroxo建立一家世界领先的临床诊断公司的关键基础，该公司将为英国创造数十个知识密集型工作岗位，并及时改善全球数百万人的临床结果。

Sepsis is the body's extreme response to an infection. It is a life-threatening medical emergency that happens when an infection you already have triggers a chain reaction throughout your body. Sepsis affects approximately 250,000 people in the UK each year and leads to approximately 48,000 deaths. Early diagnosis is key to improved clinical outcomes; however, currently no single biomarker exists for sepsis diagnosis which instead is diagnosed using a method based on observation of clinical parameters such as altered mental state, high breathing rate, and low blood pressure. Thus, there is an urgent need for novel approaches that enable rapid bedside diagnosis and monitoring of sepsis.Seroxo has developed the innovative Leukocyte ImmunoTest(tm) (LIT(tm)), a rapid (10-minute), portable, point-of-care (POC), finger-prick blood test, which has been shown in early clinical studies conducted in both Birmingham (UK) and Turkey to be a potentially game-changing test for bedside sepsis diagnosis and monitoring. The LIT monitors the function of certain white blood cells, something which is now known to be significantly altered in ICU sepsis patients. In a recent clinical study of sepsis patients we recently found the parameter we measure to be dramatically altered in sepsis patients, meaning it could be a useful markerIn this project we will develop links with Critical Care (i.e., ICU) and Emergency Department specialist clinicians and Key Opinion Leaders in the USA to raise awareness and start to plan clinical trials in the US. These will be key as part of the company's long-term strategy to launch in the US after its initial launch in the UK.The project will also help the team establish a network of business development contacts working in the diagnostics industry in the USA to prepare for commercial launch and will enable us to begin high-level preparation of the regulatory framework for the USA.Success in this project will lead to an improved bedside tool for diagnosis and monitoring of this debilitating and costly condition affecting millions worldwide. It will be a key basis upon which Seroxo builds a world-leading clinical diagnostics company that will create dozens of knowledge-intensive jobs for the UK and in time will lead to improved clinical outcomes for millions around the world.