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Kidney Failure, AcutePhase 3PARACHUTENCT00522756

Preventing Acute Renal Failure After Cardiac Surgery in High Risk Patients Using Sodium Bicarbonate Therapy

A Phase 3 study testing Sodium bicarbonate and Sodium chloride in people with Kidney Failure, Acute, run by McGill University Health Centre/Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre at 1 site in Canada.

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Status not confirmed. The sponsor has not verified this record for over two years, so it may be out of date.

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Trial summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether sodium bicarbonate is effective in reducing kidney injury that may occur during cardiac surgery. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and older
Conditions the study is for
Kidney Failure, Acute
What is being tested?
Sodium bicarbonate and Sodium chloride
Type of treatment
Injection or infusion
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
200 participants
Where
1 siteCanada
Study dates
May 2006to Mar 2013
Phase
Phase 3
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 18 years and older
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • age greater than or equal to 18 years
  • elective or urgent CABG +/- valve surgery, or elective or urgent isolated valve surgery
  • exposure to cardiopulmonary bypass
  • stable kidney disease: less than 25% change in serum creatinine during 3 months before surgery
  • Estimated glomerular filtration rate, by Modification of Diet in Renal Disease (MDRD) equation, less than or equal to 60 ml/min/1.73m2

Who cannot join

  • emergency CABG, cardiac transplantation, or insertion of VAD
  • planned off-pump surgery
  • N-acetylcysteine given in last 72 hours prior to operation
  • radiocontrast given in last 48 hours prior to operation
  • acute renal failure (greater than 25% increase in serum creatinine from preadmission baseline)
  • glomerular filtration rate less than 15 ml/min or chronic dialysis
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  • prior renal transplantation
  • enrollment in another research study, with the exception of MUHC study SDR-05-033
  • LV ejection fraction less than or equal to 20%

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

Canada1 site, 1 recruiting
  • McGill University Health Centre - Royal Victoria Hospital

    Montreal, Quebec, H3A1A1

    Benoit de Varennes, MD

    Ahsan Alam, MD

    Recruiting

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About this study

Official title: Preventing Acute Renal Failure After Cardiac Surgery in High Risk Patients Using Sodium Bicarbonate Therapy (PARACHUTE) - Pilot Study

The purpose of this study is to determine whether sodium bicarbonate is effective in reducing kidney injury that may occur during cardiac surgery.

Read the detailed description

Acute renal failure (ARF) is an important complication after cardiac surgery that has a prevalence ranging between 5 and 30%. In addition, the impact of chronic kidney disease (CKD) has been well correlated with poorer outcomes after cardiac surgery. These factors have been demonstrated to be associated with increased morbidity, mortality, as well as consuming limited health care resources.

Despite the identification of certain higher risk determinants such as emergency surgery, valvular surgery, preoperative creatinine level, diabetes, increasing age, obesity, and peripheral vascular disease, interventions to decrease postoperative ARF in these patients have been limited. Agents that have been successful in other settings, such as N-acetylcysteine and fenoldopam, have shown no difference in clinical outcomes of ARF when tested in randomized clinical trials in high-risk cardiac surgery patients. Although prophylactic hemodialysis has been shown to be effective for patients with underlying severe kidney disease, this is clearly a resource intensive therapy that may not be practical as a general prophylaxis strategy.

The use of sodium bicarbonate has shown efficacy in reducing the incidence of ARF due to contrast-induced nephropathy in those patients with moderate, stable renal dysfunction. The postulated mechanism of renal protection has been described through the prevention of free radical generation and damage. The generation of a higher renal proximal tubule pH with bicarbonate therapy may slow down the superoxide-generating Haber-Weiss reaction, limiting the formation of free radical oxidants. In addition, sodium bicarbonate may be directly scavenging reactive oxygen species generated from nitric oxide, at a physiologic pH.

If it is presumed that initiation and extension of ischemic renal injury occurs during cardiac surgery via oxidant injury, the use of sodium bicarbonate to disrupt this process could possibly be an effective therapeutic option to prevent ARF.

The objective of this study is to evaluate the renal protective effect of near-isotonic sodium bicarbonate as compared to sodium chloride when given as prophylaxis to patients with chronic kidney disease prior to non-emergent surgery involving the use of cardiopulmonary bypass.

Our hypothesis is that bicarbonate therapy may disrupt ischemia-induced, oxidant-mediated injury and this may prevent the propagation of renal damage. These events may be demonstrated clinically by a reduced incidence of ARF following surgery, decreased requirements for renal replacement therapy after surgery, and improved survival both perioperatively and in a longer-term follow up.

Being tested
Sodium bicarbonate, Sodium chloride
Keywords
Kidney Failure, Acute, Cardiac Surgical Procedures, Sodium Bicarbonate, Sodium Chloride, Prevention and control
Medical subject headings
Acute Kidney Injury

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • Sodium bicarbonateDrug

    Also called NaHCO3

    Three ampoules of 7.5% sodium bicarbonate (89.3 mOsm/ampoule; total 150 ml for three ampoules) added to 750 ml of 5% dextrose in water, given at 1 ml/kg/hour through a dedicated intravenous line for 6 hours, and completed prior to the initiation of cardiopulmonary bypass.

  • Sodium chlorideDrug

    Also called saline

    0.9% sodium chloride given at 1 ml/kg/hour through a dedicated intravenous line for 6 hours, and completed prior to the initiation of cardiopulmonary bypass.

Study groups in NCT00522756
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
InterventionExperimentalThree ampoules of 7.5% sodium bicarbonate (89.3 mOsm/ampoule; total 150 ml for three ampoules) added to 750 ml of 5% dextrose in water, given at 1 ml/kg/hour through a dedicated intravenous line for 6 hours, and completed prior to the initiation of cardiopulmonary bypass.
Receives: Drug: Sodium bicarbonate
ControlActive comparator0.9% sodium chloride given at 1 ml/kg/hour through a dedicated intravenous line for 6 hours, and completed prior to the initiation of cardiopulmonary bypass.
Receives: Drug: Sodium chloride

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Increase in serum creatinine of 44 micromol/L or by 25% within the first 3 days after surgery.

    Measured: 3 days

Secondary outcomes (1)
  1. Postoperative vasoactive medication, intra-aortic balloon pump, mechanical ventilation, reintubation, reoperation, myocardial infarction, stroke, infection, hypokalemia, dialysis, ICU and hospital length of stay and survival.

    Measured: 3 weeks post operative period

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted30 Aug 2007 (estimated)
  2. Study startMay 2006
  3. Primary completionDec 2012 (estimated)
  4. Study completionMar 2013 (estimated)

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 3
Primary purpose
Prevention
Allocation
Randomised
Intervention model
Parallel groups
Masking
Triple blind
Who is masked
Participant, Care provider, Investigator
Enrolment
200 participants (estimated)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT00522756
Sponsor's protocol ID
SDR-05-045
Acronym
PARACHUTE
Status last verified
Oct 2012
First submitted
29 Aug 2007
Last updated
24 Oct 2012
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
No

Publications

  • Merten GJ, Burgess WP, Gray LV, Holleman JH, Roush TS, Kowalchuk GJ, Bersin RM, Van Moore A, Simonton CA 3rd, Rittase RA, Norton HJ, Kennedy TP. Prevention of contrast-induced nephropathy with sodium bicarbonate: a randomized controlled trial. JAMA. 2004 May 19;291(19):2328-34. doi: 10.1001/jama.291.19.2328.

    PubMed 15150204

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 3 study testing Sodium bicarbonate and Sodium chloride in people with Kidney Failure, Acute, run by McGill University Health Centre/Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre at 1 site in Canada.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 5 inclusion and 9 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: status not confirmed, as of the sponsor's last update on 24 Oct 2012. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in Canada. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

What does this phase mean?

Phase 3 studies compare the treatment with the current standard treatment or a placebo in a large group, to confirm how well it works and watch for side effects.

Not every study follows the same path, and some studies (observational studies, device studies) have no phase.

Are results available for this study?

Results are not available in the source record.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

Contact Carole Albert, RN ((514) 934-1934 ext. 34980, carole.albert@muhc.mcgill.ca), or a site near the patient. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Increase in serum creatinine of 44 micromol/L or by 25% within the first 3 days after surgery. (time frame: 3 days). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT00522756, which also lists 1 linked publication.

Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 24 Oct 2012.

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