Improving Care for Critically Ill Children in the ICU
Official title: Collaborative Pediatric Critical Care Research Network - Clinical Site
Funded at Utah State Higher Education System--University of Utah · NIH-11170735 · Data updated 2026-11-12
This project brings together leading children's hospitals to discover new and better ways to care for very sick children in the intensive care unit.
Quick facts
| Grant type | NIH-funded research |
|---|---|
| Study type | NIH-funded research |
| Funding institution | Utah State Higher Education System--University of Utah NIH-funded |
| Lab location | 1 site (Salt Lake City, United States) |
| Project start | August 13, 2021 |
| Project end | July 31, 2026 |
| Funding year | 2025 |
| Award (this year) | $90,408 |
| NIH project number | 5PL1HD105462-05 |
| Project ID | NIH-11170735 on NIH RePORTER |
Who could benefit from this research
✓Could help
Critically ill children, particularly those aged 0-11 years old admitted to a pediatric intensive care unit with conditions such as sepsis, might be candidates for future studies.
✕Less likely to help
Children who are not critically ill or are outside the specified age range would not directly benefit from this specific research.
What this research studies
This effort supports a network of children's hospitals, including Nationwide Children's Hospital and Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital, that work together to conduct important studies. The goal is to advance pediatric critical care medicine by developing and carrying out transformative research that helps critically ill children. A key focus is on understanding and treating sepsis, a severe infection, by studying how a child's immune system responds. Researchers plan to test personalized treatments to help children recover better from sepsis and organ failure.
Why it matters
Potential benefit: If successful, this work could lead to more effective and personalized treatments for children with severe infections like sepsis, improving their recovery and long-term health.
How similar studies have gone: Previous trials within this network have successfully shown that it is safe and feasible to monitor and adjust immune function in critically ill children across multiple hospitals.
Where this research is happening
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Utah State Higher Education System--University of Utah
Salt Lake City, United States Active
Researchers
- Principal investigator: Hall, Mark W — Utah State Higher Education System--University of Utah
- Study coordinator: Hall, Mark W
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Collaborative Pediatric Critical Care Clinical Site for Precision Sepsis Care
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About this research
- This is an active NIH-funded research project — typically early-stage science, not a clinical trial accepting patient enrollment.
- Some NIH-funded labs run parallel clinical studies or seek volunteers for related work. To check, contact the principal investigator or institution listed above.
- For full project details, budget, and progress reports, visit the official NIH RePORTER page.