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Minocycline to Prevent Acute Kidney Injury After Cardiac Surgery

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Kidney Failure, Acute
Acute Kidney Insufficiency
Interventions
Drug: placebo
Registration Number
NCT00556491
Lead Sponsor
Tarek M. El-Achkar
Brief Summary

This study proposes to investigate whether treatment with minocycline pre-operatively in patients with mild to moderate chronic kidney disease undergoing cardiac surgery will reduce the occurence of kidney injury.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
40
Inclusion Criteria
  • Age over 18 years
  • planned CABG or valvular surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass
  • Serum creatinine available (within 30 days)
  • Estimated GFR 15-90ml/min using the abbreviated MDRD formula (CKD stages 2-4)
Exclusion Criteria
  • Emergent or urgent surgery (to be performed within the next 36 hours)
  • End stage renal disease, or GFR < 15ml/min (CKD stage 5)
  • Estimated GFR>90ml/min (CKD stage 1 or no CKD)
  • Ongoing infection by positive blood, urine or sputum cultures or pneumonia on CXR
  • Allergy to minocycline or tetracyclines
  • inability to take oral medications
  • use of preoperative vasopressor agents at therapeutic doses
  • Pregnant or lactating females
  • Advanced liver disease by history or exam(cirrhosis, ascitis, jaundice)
  • Rising creatinine meeting the definition of acute kidney injury prior to surgery
  • Neurologic signs or symptoms or history of increased intracranial pressure
  • current participation in another research study involving an investigational drug or device

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
minocyclineminocycline-
placeboplacebo-
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Development of Post-operative Acute Kidney Injuryup to 5 days post cardiac surgery

Participants who develop a Creatinine increase by 0.3 mg/dl (AKIN definition) in any 48 hours time period, within 5 days post-operatively

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Post Operative Hospital Days30 days post-operative
On Vent >48 Hours30 days post op

on ventilator \> 48 hours

Infections Post Operative30 days post operative
Stroke Post Operative30 days post op
Re-operation30 days post-operative

Trial Locations

Locations (2)

Saint Louis University

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Saint Louis, Missouri, United States

Montefiore Medical Center

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Bronx, New York, United States

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