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Acute Kidney Injury in Coronavirus Disease-19 (COVID-19) Patients Admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU)

Completed
Conditions
Acute Kidney Injury
Critical Illness
COVID-19 Pneumonia
Interventions
Other: Observational study exploring the epidemiology and outcomes of AKI in critical COVID-19 patients admitted to the ICU
Registration Number
NCT04997915
Lead Sponsor
University Hospital, Ghent
Brief Summary

The aim of this study is to evaluate the rate and outcomes of COVID-19 associated acute kidney injury (AKI) and use of kidney replacement therapy (KRT) in critically ill COVID-19 patients in ICUs in several large hospitals in Flanders, the northern region of Belgium. We will also explore the associations between several baseline risk factors for AKI, therapeutic strategies and COVID-19 related clinical signs and the occurrence of AKI and use of KRT.

Detailed Description

The aim of this study is to evaluate the rate and outcomes of COVID-19 associated acute kidney injury (AKI) and use of kidney replacement therapy (KRT) in critically ill COVID-19 patients in ICUs in several large hospitals in Flanders, the northern region of Belgium. We will also explore the associations between several baseline risk factors for AKI, therapeutic strategies and COVID-19 related clinical signs and the occurrence of AKI and use of KRT.

This will be a cohort analysis of the rate of COVID-19 associated AKI and KRT during the period 1 February 2020 - 31 January 2021 in 6 large hospitals in Flanders Belgium and 3 Flemish University Hospitals. We will collect patients' baseline characteristics, specific treatment for COVID-19, other relevant therapies and severity of illness and ICU and hospital outcome data. AKI will be assessed during ICU stay up to 21 days of ICU stay, and will be defined according to the Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) definition. In addition, we will assess occurrence of AKI stages, duration of AKI, duration of AKI integrated with severity stage of AKI into the area under the curve of AKI, occurrence of rapid reversal of AKI, occurrence of Acute Kidney Disease (AKD) defined according to KDIGO.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
1286
Inclusion Criteria
  • Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome CoronaVirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection confirmed by Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) on nasopharyngeal swab or oropharyngeal swab or rectal swab or bronchoalveolar aspirate
  • admission to the ICU for monitoring or organ support
Exclusion Criteria
  • asymptomatic COVID-19 patients admitted to the ICU for medical reason not related to COVID-19

Study & Design

Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Study Design
Not specified
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Critical COVID-19Observational study exploring the epidemiology and outcomes of AKI in critical COVID-19 patients admitted to the ICUCritical COVID-19 patients admitted to the ICU
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)up to day 21 of ICU admission

AKI occurrence and severity stages defined according to KDIGO

Kidney outcomeday 30 after ICU admission

use of KRT and eGFR in patients without AKI (no AKI), AKI, and AKI stages

Mortalityday 30 after ICU admission

Mortality of AKI and no AKI patients will be compared

SurvivalAKI and AKD will be classified up to day 21 of ICU stay, and survival will be assessed up to day 30 or hospital discharge whichever is last

Survival of no AKI, AKI and AKI stages, AKD, and rapid reversal up to day 30 or hospital discharge whichever comes last

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI), rapid reversalup to day 21 of ICU admission

Occurrence of AKI for 48-h or less

Survival AKI-AUCAKI-AUC will be assessed up to day 21 of ICU stay, and survival will be assessed up to day 30 or hospital discharge whichever is last

Survival up to day 30 or hospital discharge (whichever is last) for quartiles of AKI-AUC will be assessed

Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) urine output criteriaup to day 21 of ICU admission

AKI occurrence and severity stages defined according to KDIGO urine output criteria

Mortality AKDday 30 after ICU admission

Mortality of patients with AKD and severity stages of AKD will be compared to no AKI and patients with AKI and different AKI stages

Mortality AKI stage 2-3day 30 after ICU admission

Mortality of patients with AKI stage 2 or greater and patients with no AKI or AKI stage 1 will be compared

Mortality AKI creatinine criteria versus urine output criteria versus full KDIGOday 30 after ICU admission

Mortality of patients with AKI and patients with no AKI will be compared

Mortality AKI-AUCday 30 after ICU admission

Mortality of quartiles of AKI-AUC will be assessed

Subgroup analysis: obese (BMI>30 kg/m2)ICU admission up to day 21

outcomes will be assessed in obese patients and non-obese

Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) creatinine criteriaup to day 21 of ICU admission

AKI occurrence and severity stages defined according to KDIGO creatinine criteria

Acute Kidney Disease (AKD)up to day 21 of ICU admission

Occurrence and severity staging of AKD according to KDIGO criteria

AKI-Area Under the Curve (AUC)up to day 21 of ICU admission

Assessment of AKI-AUC which is defined as the sum of the daily maximum severity stage of AKI

Duration of AKI and AKDup to day 21 of ICU admission

Duration of AKI, AKI on creatinine or urine output criteria and AKI stages, Rapid Reversal of AKI, and AKD and stages

KRT modalityICU admission up to day 21

initial modality of KRT and anticoagulation used

Subgroup analysis: Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) (estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR)<60 mL/min)ICU admission up to day 21

outcomes will be assessed in patients with and without CKD as baseline kidney function

Subgroup analysis: prone ventilationICU admission up to day 21

outcomes will be assessed in patients treated with mechanical ventilation and in prone position

Subgroup analysis: extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO)ICU admission up to day 21

outcomes will be assessed in patients treated with ECMO

Mortality AKI rapid reversalday 30 after ICU admission

Mortality of patients with AKI rapid reversal ill be compared to no AKI and patients with AKI and different AKI stages

Mortality AKI treated with KRTday 30 after ICU admission

Mortality of patients with AKI treated with KRT and patients with no AKI or AKI stage 1, 2 or 3 will be compared

Recovery of AKI and AKDday 30 after ICU admission

Recovery of AKI, AKI stages, AKD and AKD stages, KRT will be assessed

Timing of AKI, AKI severity grades and use of KRTICU admission up to day 21

timing of occurrence of AKI in relation to onset of symptoms, hospital admission, ICU admission

Subgroup analysis: Mechanical VentilationICU admission up to day 21

outcomes will be assessed in patients with and without mechanical ventilation at time of start of AKI

Subgroup analysis: elderly (>= 65 y)ICU admission up to day 21

outcomes will be assessed in patients older and younger than 65y

Kidney outcome AKI KDIGO creatinine or urine outputday 30 after ICU admission

use of KRT and eGFR in no AKI, AKI on creatinine or urine output criteria and AKI stages, Rapid Reversal of AKI, and AKD and stages

use of KRTICU admission up to day 21

number of KRT treatment days, and KRT free days

Trial Locations

Locations (9)

UZ Antwerp

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Antwerp, Belgium

Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg

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Genk, Belgium

AZ St-Jan AV

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Brugge, Belgium

Jessa Ziekenhuis

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Hasselt, Belgium

AZ Groeninge

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Kortrijk, Belgium

AZ Delta

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Roeselare, Belgium

AZ Turnhout

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Turnhout, Belgium

UZ Leuven

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Leuven, Belgium

Ghent University Hospital

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Ghent, Belgium

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