<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001209191-14-070188.txt : 20141119
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001209191-14-070188
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20141117
FILED AS OF DATE:		20141119
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20141119

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			VITAL THERAPIES INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001280776
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS [2834]
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		15222 AVENUE OF SCIENCE, SUITE B
		CITY:			SAN DIEGO
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			92128
		BUSINESS PHONE:		858-673-6840

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		15222 AVENUE OF SCIENCE, SUITE B
		CITY:			SAN DIEGO
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			92128

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			DUNN JOHN MICHAEL
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001238648

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-36201
		FILM NUMBER:		141237269

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O VITAL THERAPIES, INC.
		STREET 2:		15010 AVENUE OF SCIENCE, SUITE 200
		CITY:			SAN DIEGO
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			92128
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        <issuerName>VITAL THERAPIES INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>VTL</issuerTradingSymbol>
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            <rptOwnerZipCode>92128</rptOwnerZipCode>
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            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>General Counsel</officerTitle>
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    <remarks>Exhibit 24 - Power of Attorney</remarks>

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        <signatureName>/s/ John Michael Dunn</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2014-11-19</signatureDate>
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<PRE>
                                                                      Exhibit 24

                               POWER OF ATTORNEY


     The undersigned, as a Section 16 reporting person of Vital Therapies, Inc.
(the "Company"), hereby constitutes and appoints Terence E. Winters, Michael V.
Swanson, Duane Nash, Courtney Mathes, and Patrick Anding the undersigned's true
and lawful attorneys-in-fact to:

     1.   complete and execute Forms 3, 4 and 5 and other forms and all
          amendments thereto as such attorneys-in-fact shall in their discretion
          determine to be required or advisable pursuant to Section 16 of the
          Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (as amended) and the rules and
          regulations promulgated thereunder, or any successor laws and
          regulations, as a consequence of the undersigned's ownership,
          acquisition or disposition of securities of the Company; and

     2.   do all acts necessary in order to file such forms with the Securities
          and Exchange Commission, any securities exchange or national
          association, the Company and such other person or agency as the
          attorneys-in-fact shall deem appropriate.

     The undersigned hereby ratifies and confirms all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agent shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in
such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the
Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with
Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (as amended).

     This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to the
undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company,
unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the
Company and the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed as of this 19th day of November, 2014.


                                        Signature: /s/ John Michael Dunn
                                                   -----------------------------

                                        Print Name:  John Michael Dunn
                                                   -----------------------------


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