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HYdrocortisone and VAsopressin in Post-RESuscitation Syndrome

Phase 3
Recruiting
Conditions
Postresuscitation Syndrome
Interventions
Drug: Administration of AVP
Drug: Administration of placebo AVP
Registration Number
NCT04591990
Lead Sponsor
Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
Brief Summary

The primary objective is to demonstrate the superiority of arginine-vasopressin (AVP) and hydrocortisone compared with norepinephrine regarding day-30 survival and neurological recovery in post-cardiac arrest patients with hemodynamic failure.

Detailed Description

For patients successfully resuscitated who got restoration of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) after cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), the course is usually marked by a post-resuscitation syndrome including multiple organ failures of various intensity and anoxic brain damage. The cardiocirculatory failure usually dominates the clinical picture, and it often leads to multiorgan failure. This hemodynamic failure is multifactorial, including at various levels vasoplegia, myocardial dysfunction, endotoxin release and adrenal dysfunction and is at least partly related to a hormonal defect that could be counteracted by hormonal supplementation. Such a substitutive opotherapy by hydrocortisone and AVP could improve hemodynamic failure and decrease overall mortality in this setting.

This trial is a superiority multicentric trial and patients will be randomized in a 1:1:1:1 ratio using an electronic CRF.

Investigational medicinal products:

- Arginin-vasopressin or AVP (REVERPLEG) The solution for infusion is prepared by diluting 40 I.U. REVERPLEG® with sodium chloride 9 mg/ml (0.9%) solution. The total volume after dilution should be 50 ml (equivalent to 0.8 I.U. AVP per ml).

AVP will be administered according to mean arterial pressure to target a 65mmHg blood pressure for max 3 days.

- HYDROCORTISONE HEMISUCCINATE Vials with lyophilisate (100mg hydrocortisone) are provided by SERB laboratory. Hydrocortisone hemisuccinate will be administered as a 50mg intravenous bolus every 6 hours after an initial dose of 100mg, for 7 consecutive days. Stop of treatment by hydrocortisone will be performed without tapering.

Comparator treatment: placebos.

17 ICU centers in France will participate to this study targetting 380 patient's enrollment in the study.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
RECRUITING
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
380
Inclusion Criteria
  • Adult patients (>18y)
  • Cardiac arrest (in-hospital or out-of-hospital) with sustained ROSC (> 30 minutes) admitted to the ICU
  • Post-resuscitation shock defined as arterial hypotension (SAP < 90 mmHg or MAP < 65 mmHg) unresponsive to adequate fluid loading, which occurred within the first 24 hours after ROSC and requiring norepinephrine/epinephrine continuous infusion at a dose greater or equal to 0.2µg/kg/min for at least 3 hours
  • A maximal delay between the start of norepinephrine infusion and randomization of 9 hours
  • Informed written consent of the patient or a legally authorized close relative.
Exclusion Criteria
  • Evidence for a traumatic or a neurological cause of cardiac arrest
  • Shock due to uncontrolled haemorrhage
  • Previously known adrenal insufficiency
  • Limitation of life-sustaining therapies
  • Ongoing treatment by any steroids, whatever the dose
  • Ongoing extra-corporeal circulatory assistance
  • Gastrointestinal bleeding in the past 6 weeks
  • Pregnant or breastfeeding women
  • Participation in another interventional study involving human participants or being in the exclusion period at the end of a previous study involving human participants, if applicable
  • Hypersensitivity to arginin-vasopressin and to its excipients
  • Hypersensitivity to hydrocortisone and to its excipients
  • Legal protection (i.e. incompetence to provide consent, guardianship, curator or incarceration)
  • No affiliation with the French health care system.

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
FACTORIAL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
AVP + placebo hydrocortisoneAdministration of AVPREVERPLEG® 40 IU/2mL+ Placebo of hydrocortisone.
placebo AVP + hydrocortisoneAdministration of hydrocortisonePlacebo of REVERPLEG® 40 IU/2mL + Hydrocortisone 100mg UPJOHN®.
placebo AVP + hydrocortisoneAdministration of placebo AVPPlacebo of REVERPLEG® 40 IU/2mL + Hydrocortisone 100mg UPJOHN®.
AVP + hydrocortisoneAdministration of AVPREVERPLEG® 40 IU/2mL + Hydrocortisone 100mg UPJOHN®.
AVP + hydrocortisoneAdministration of hydrocortisoneREVERPLEG® 40 IU/2mL + Hydrocortisone 100mg UPJOHN®.
placebo AVP + placebo hydrocortisoneAdministration of placebo AVPPlacebo of REVERPLEG® 40 IU/2mL + placebo of hydrocortisone
AVP + placebo hydrocortisoneAdministration of placebo hydrocortisoneREVERPLEG® 40 IU/2mL+ Placebo of hydrocortisone.
placebo AVP + placebo hydrocortisoneAdministration of placebo hydrocortisonePlacebo of REVERPLEG® 40 IU/2mL + placebo of hydrocortisone
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Neurological outcomeat day-30

The primary endpoint will be the good neurological outcome at day-30. This will be evaluated using the Glasgow Outcome Scale (GOS, addendum 18.5.1) dichotomized as follow: good neurological outcome for categories 4 and 5 and poor neurological outcome or death for categories 3, 2 and 1. The GOS will be obtained at day-30 from an in-hospital visit if the patient is still hospitalized or from telephone contact with patients, relatives or general practitioners.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
All-cause mortalityat day-30

Vital status at day-30.

Mortality attributed to irreversible hemodynamic failureat day-30

Time to irreversible cardiovascular failure defined as death in pharmacologically uncontrollable hypotension (mean arterial blood pressure \< 60 mmHg) despite maximal ICU care, or withdrawal of care based on same, as previously defined (Witten L, Resuscitation 2019).

Brain damageat 48 hours and at 72hours

Neuron-specific enolase (NSE) blood level measured 48 and 72 hours after CA

mortality attributed to recurrent cardiac arrestat day-30

Time to recurrent cardiac arrest

Mortality attributed to comorbid withdrawal of careat day-30

Time to comorbid withdrawal of care. Comorbid withdrawal of care or refusal of life-sustaining therapy based on the expectation of a poor quality of life. This may be related to a preexisting or newly discovered terminal illness or other serious medical condition (e.g. dementia or cancer).

Other causesat day-30

Proportion of patients dead from a cause not listed above.

Neurological recovery at day-30at day-30

Glasgow outcome score - extended at day-30. This score will be evaluated similarly to the primary endpoint

Mortality attributed to neurological withdrawal of careat day-30

Time to neurological withdrawal of care. Withdrawal of care will be based on expectations of a poor neurological recovery based on most recent guidelines (Sandroni C, ICM 2015).

Day-30 brain deathat day-30

Time to brain death (according to French legislation)

Trial Locations

Locations (14)

Intensive care unit, Hotel Dieu hospital

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Nantes, France

Intensive care unit, CHU Dijon

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Dijon, France

Intensive care unit, Hospices civils de Lyon

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Lyon, France

Intensive care unit, CHI Robert Ballanger

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Aulnay-sous-Bois, France

Intensive care unit, CHU Amiens- Picardie

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Amiens, France

Intensive care unit, CHU Angers

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Angers, France

Medical Intensive Care Unit, Ambroise Paré hospital, APHP

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Boulogne-Billancourt, France

Intensive care unit, Hôpital Jacques Cartier

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Massy, France

Intensive care unit, CH public du Cotentin

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Cherbourg, France

Intensive care unit, CHU Montpellier

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Montpellier, France

Intensive care unit, Cochin hospital, APHP

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Paris, France

Intensive care unit, Brabois hospital

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Nancy, France

Intensive care unit, André Mignot hospital

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Versailles, France

Intensive care unit, Clinique Ambroise Paré

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Neuilly-sur-Seine, France

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