Hope for an effective and inexpensive treatment for the deadly condition sepsis has dimmed following results of a major new study.

Researchers had hoped that a simple treatment involving infusions of vitamin C, vitamin B1 and steroids would work against a disease that kills an estimated 270,000 people each year in the United States and 11 million globally.

Sepsis, or blood poisoning, occurs when the body overreacts to infection.

It leads to leaky blood vessels, which can cause multiple organ failure.

The largest scientific study published to date has now reported its findings.

It finds no benefit at all from the “Marik cocktail.” It involved more than 200 patients in Australia, New Zealand and Brazil.

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