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Clinical Trials/NCT03331146
NCT03331146
Withdrawn
Phase 3

Randomized, Controlled, Double-blinded Pilot Study: Nitrite Infusion in High Risk Patients Undergoing Cardiopulmonary Bypass

University of Alabama at Birmingham1 site in 1 countryOctober 1, 2018

Overview

Phase
Phase 3
Intervention
Saline
Conditions
Acute Kidney Injury
Sponsor
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Locations
1
Primary Endpoint
Nitrite Metabolome Levels
Status
Withdrawn
Last Updated
7 years ago

Overview

Brief Summary

The main objective of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of intravenous sodium nitrite compared with placebo in reducing the occurrence of CSA-AK as diagnosed by KDIGO criteria during the first 72 hrs after cardiac surgery in high-risk patients undergoing cardiac surgery. Secondary objectives are to determine whether IV sodium nitrite achieves adequate pharmacokinetics (PK) in patients undergoing cardiac surgery with the use of CPB.

Detailed Description

Acute kidney injury is one of the most untoward consequences of cardiac-surgery with the use of CPB. As such it is associated with a high mortality and morbidity and health care expense. Unfortunately, currently, there is no effective preventive or treatment strategy for cardiac surgery-associated (CSA) AKI other than renal replacement therapy. It is postulated that a major mechanism of CSA-AKI is created by the ischemia reperfusion injury (IRI) resulting from aortic cross clamping and unclamping. This creates a cascade of events culminating in inflammation, microvascular dysfunction and tubular cell maladaptation and eventually renal tissue damage. Current treatment modalities that target the microcirculation such as blood pressure and cardiac output fails to prevent renal abnormalities and as such may be deleterious to the renal tissue microcirculation. The PI hypothesizes that a therapeutic strategy that limits IRI such as the administration of inhaled nitric oxide (NO) or sodium nitrite (NaNO2) would ameliorate CSA-AKI by limiting inflammatory injury to the kidney. The anion nitrite (NO2-) releases NO in biological systems and has been demonstrated to inhibit IR injury in the heart, liver and kidneys created by various pathologic states1-3 and improve outcomes in patients with acute myocardial infarction, in patients with pulmonary hypertension and is the putative active mediator of protection in liver-transplantation patients receiving inhaled nitric oxide4. The objective of this study is to determine whether the NO donor, nitrite will prevent I/R injury in patients at high risk of development of CSA-AKI undergoing open-heart surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass.

Registry
clinicaltrials.gov
Start Date
October 1, 2018
End Date
December 1, 2020
Last Updated
7 years ago
Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Parallel
Sex
All

Investigators

Responsible Party
Principal Investigator
Principal Investigator

Ahmed Zaky

Associate Professor

University of Alabama at Birmingham

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • Patients CCFS score ≥ 6 (Table 1)
  • Patients admitted to UAB cardiac intensive care unit (CICU) following elective cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass under general endotracheal anesthesia
  • 19 years old
  • Estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) ≥ 30 ml/min/1.73 m2

Exclusion Criteria

  • Prisoners directly admitted from a correctional facility.
  • Children \< 19 years or under 50 kg body weight if age is unknown.
  • Patients enrolled in a concurrent ongoing interventional, randomized clinical trial.
  • Patients with end stage renal disease or preexisting GFR \<30 mL/min/1.73 m2 or need for dialysis. 34
  • Patients with end stage heart disease on the cardiac transplant list.
  • Patients undergoing procedures without the use of CPB
  • All transplant patients.
  • Patients on ventricular assist devices.
  • Patients undergoing emergency procedures.
  • Patients with glucose 6-dehydrogenase deficiency

Arms & Interventions

Control group

saline infusion will be administered after induction of general anesthesia

Intervention: Saline

Control group

saline infusion will be administered after induction of general anesthesia

Intervention: Sodium Nitrite

Sodium Nitrite

sodium nitrite will start after induction of general anesthesia via a dedicated IV line for 6 hrs.

Intervention: Saline

Sodium Nitrite

sodium nitrite will start after induction of general anesthesia via a dedicated IV line for 6 hrs.

Intervention: Sodium Nitrite

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Nitrite Metabolome Levels

Time Frame: baseline to 73 hrs post-operatively

Measuring nitrite, nitrate, and nitrosothiols levels

Biomarkers of Hemolysis

Time Frame: baseline to 73 hrs post-operatively

Measuring hemolysis indicators heme, Hb, hemopexin, and hemopectin

Biomarkers of Kidney Injury

Time Frame: baseline to 73 hrs post-operatively

Measuring kidney injury indicators creatine, neutrophil-associated gelatinase, lipocalin (NGAL)

Cell Cycle Stress

Time Frame: baseline to 73 hrs post-operatively

Measuring cell cycle arrest biomarkers TIMP-2, IGFBP-7

Secondary Outcomes

  • Vasopressors Usage(baseline to 73 hrs post-operatively)
  • Biomarkers of Myocardial Injury(baseline to 24 hours post-operatively)
  • Urine Output(baseline to 73 hrs post-operatively)
  • Biomarkers of Kidney Injury(baseline to 24 hours post-operatively)
  • Cell Cycle Stress(baseline to 24 hours post-operatively)
  • Biomarkers of Hepatic injury(baseline to 24 hours post-operatively)

Study Sites (1)

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