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Clinical Trials/NCT03922958
NCT03922958
Terminated
Not Applicable

Immunoparalysis in Acute Kidney Injury After Cardiac Surgery

University of Colorado, Denver1 site in 1 country60 target enrollmentStarted: February 22, 2019Last updated:

Overview

Phase
Not Applicable
Status
Terminated
Enrollment
60
Locations
1
Primary Endpoint
Determine if patients with AKI have a higher rate of immunoparalyisis after CPB

Overview

Brief Summary

Infection and sepsis are common after acute kidney injury (AKI) and increase mortality. In this study, the investigators will determine whether patients with acute kidney injury after cardiac surgery have immunosuppression as judged by blood markers of immunoparalysis.

Detailed Description

Immunoparalysis is an immunosuppressed state that occurs after a wide variety of insults including sepsis and cardiopulmonary bypass surgery. Due to the impaired infection fighting ability, patients with immunoparalysis are at risk of subsequent infection which can increase mortality. Immunoparalysis can be measured by two methods: 1) ex vivo endotoxin stimulation and 2) blood monocyte HLA-DR levels. Since sepsis is also a known complication of Acute Kidney Injury(AKI), the investigators hypothesize that AKI is a risk factor for immunoparalysis. The investigators plan to look at these blood factors of immune function from patients before and 3 days following cardiac surgery. Urine will also be collected from the patients before their surgery as well as the 3 days following for AKI biomarker measurement. This prospective cohort will enroll 300 patients and determine the duration and severity of immunoparalysis among patients who develop AKI and those who do not develop AKI.

Study Design

Study Type
Observational
Observational Model
Cohort
Time Perspective
Prospective

Eligibility Criteria

Ages
18 Years to — (Adult, Older Adult)
Sex
All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
No

Inclusion Criteria

  • All adults undergoing cardiac surgery with CPB will be considered for enrollment.

Exclusion Criteria

  • Factors that affect immune function or AKI assessment are the basis for exclusion criteria:
  • Concurrent disease associated with immunosuppression including malignancy, chronic infection (e.g., HIV, Hepatitis C), organ transplant and immunosuppressant medications
  • Documented acute infection with the past 1 month (e.g., pneumonia, urinary tract infection)
  • Prednisone or other steroid use currently or within the past one month
  • AKI at the time of surgery
  • ESRD requiring renal replacement therapy
  • Estimated GFR \<45 mL/min (as judged by the Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Collaboration (CKD-EPI) equation

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Determine if patients with AKI have a higher rate of immunoparalyisis after CPB

Time Frame: 2 years

Patients with AKI will have a higher rate of immunoparalysis compared to those without AKI when immunoparalysis is identified by TNF levels after ex vivo endotoxin stimulation. As well as patients with AKI will have a higher rate of immunoparalysis compared to those without AKI when immunoparalysis is identified by monocyte HLA-DR (mHLA-DR) expression.

Determine if the severity of immunoparalysis is greater among patients with AKI after CPB compared to patients without AKI after CPB.

Time Frame: 2 years

Patients with more severe AKI (based on KDIGO stage) will have a greater severity of immunoparalysis based on lower TNF levels after ex vivo endotoxin stimulation or lower mHLA-DR. As well as among the entire cohort, a greater increase in serum creatinine from baseline will be associated lower TNF levels after ex vivo endotoxin stimulation or lower mHLA-DR.

Secondary Outcomes

No secondary outcomes reported

Investigators

Sponsor Class
Other
Responsible Party
Sponsor

Study Sites (1)

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