Acute Lung InjurySoLiRAGENCT01270295
Soluble Forms and Ligands of RAGE in ALI/ARDS (SoLiRAGE).
An observational study of Acute Lung Injury and Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome, run by University Hospital, Clermont-Ferrand at 1 site in France.
Trial summary
RAGE, the receptor for advanced glycation end products, is a novel marker of alveolar epithelial type I cell injury. Soluble RAGE (sRAGE) is elevated in the plasma and in the pulmonary edema fluid from patients with ALI/ARDS, but one should acknowledge that the RAGE/NF-B axis is also involved in the pathophysiology of… Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 18 to 95 years
- Conditions the study is for
- Acute Lung Injury, Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Mechanical Ventilation
- How many people
- 60 participants
- Where
- 1 siteFrance
- Study dates
- Jan 2011to Jan 2013
- Phase
- Observational
- 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 to 95 years
- All sexes
- No healthy volunteers
- Adult, Older adult
Study population: Defined population
Who may be able to join
- ICU patients under mechanical ventilation
- Patients within the first 24 hours after onset of ALI/ARDS according to the 1994 American-European Consensus Conference (AECC)
Who cannot join
- Pregnancy
- Acute exacerbation of diabetes
- Dialysis for end-stage kidney disease
- Alzheimer's disease
- Amyloidosis
- Evolutive neoplastic lesion
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country.
About this study
Official title: Soluble Forms and Ligands of the Receptor for Advanced Glycation End Products (RAGE) in the Pulmonary Edema Fluid and Plasma From ICU Patients With ALI/ARDS : an Observational Prospective Study.
RAGE, the receptor for advanced glycation end products, is a novel marker of alveolar epithelial type I cell injury. Soluble RAGE (sRAGE) is elevated in the plasma and in the pulmonary edema fluid from patients with ALI/ARDS, but one should acknowledge that the RAGE/NF-B axis is also involved in the pathophysiology of various other conditions. Few data are available about the levels of soluble forms and ligands of RAGE in the setting of ALI/ARDS. The purpose of this observational prospective study is to describe soluble forms (sRAGE, esRAGE) and ligands of RAGE (HMGB-1, S100A12, AGEs) levels in ICU patients with ALI/ARDS.
Read the detailed description
BACKGROUND:
The receptor for advanced glycation end products (RAGE) is now identified as a marker of alveolar type I cell injury. RAGE is a member of the immunoglobulin superfamily that acts as a multiligand receptor and is involved in propagating inflammatory responses. While the precise function of RAGE remains unclear, the elevated levels of RAGE, and its soluble isoform sRAGE, correlate with severity of ALI/ARDS in human and animal studies, and RAGE levels could reflect impaired alveolar fluid clearance. Frequently, the biology of RAGE coincides with settings in which ligands of the receptor accumulate, especially in a proinflammatory environment. More work is needed for us to understand the mechanisms by which RAGE is regulated during ALI/ARDS, especially with regard to the expression of its soluble forms and the involvement of its potential ligands.
DESIGN NARRATIVE:
This observational prospective clinical study will describe and compare soluble forms (sRAGE, esRAGE) and ligands of RAGE (HMGB-1, S100A12, AGEs) levels in the alveolar edema fluid and in the plasma from ICU patients enrolled within the first 24 hours after onset of ALI/ARDS, and from patients under mechanical ventilation (control group).
Edema fluid and plasma samples will be collected simultaneously on day 1, day 3 and day 6, in order to describe kinetics of evolution of soluble forms and ligands of RAGE levels. Undiluted pulmonary edema fluid samples will be collected in intubated patients only, and blood samples will be simultaneously gathered from indwelling arterial and central venous catheters. The concentrations of soluble forms (sRAGE, esRAGE) and ligands of RAGE (HMGB-1, S100A12, AGEs) will be measured in duplicate by ELISA.
- Keywords
- Receptor for advanced glycation end products (RAGE), Soluble RAGE (sRAGE), Endogenous secretory RAGE (esRAGE), High-mobility group box-1 protein (HMGB-1), Extracellular newly-identified RAGE-binding protein (EN-RAGE or S100A12), Advanced glycation endproducts (AGEs), Pentosidine, N--carboxymethyllysine, Acute lung injury (ALI), Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), Alveolar epithelium, Mechanical ventilation, Intensive Care Unit (ICU)
- Medical subject headings
- Acute Lung Injury, Respiratory Distress Syndrome
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Soluble forms (sRAGE, esRAGE) and ligands of RAGE (HMGB-1, S100A12, AGEs) levels in the plasma from ICU patients within the first 24 hours after onset of ALI/ARDS
Measured: within the first 24 hours after onset of ALI/ARDS
Secondary outcomes (8)
To describe kinetics of evolution of soluble forms (sRAGE, esRAGE) and ligands of RAGE (HMGB-1, S100A12, AGEs) levels in ICU patients with or without ALI/ARDS: biomarkers levels in pulmonary edema fluid and plasma on day 1, day 3, and day 6
Measured: on day 1, day 3, and day 6
To describe the plasma and pulmonary levels of soluble forms (sRAGE, esRAGE) and ligands of RAGE (HMGB-1, S100A12, AGEs) in the setting of ALI/ARDS.
Measured: on day 1, day 3, and day 6.
To test the correlation between soluble forms (sRAGE, esRAGE) and ligands of RAGE (HMGB-1, S100A12, AGEs) levels and net alveolar fluid clearance in patients within the first 24 hours after onset of ALI/ARDS.
Measured: within the first 24 hours after onset of ALI/ARDS
To decribe venous-to-arterial differences in soluble forms (sRAGE, esRAGE) and ligands of RAGE (HMGB-1, S100A12, AGEs) levels during ALI/ARDS. -
Measured: on day 1, day 3, and day 6.
To test the correlation between biomarkers levels (soluble forms (sRAGE, esRAGE) and ligands of RAGE (HMGB-1, S100A12, AGEs)) and CT-scan lung morphology in patients within the first 24 hours after onset of ALI/ARDS
Measured: within the first 24 hours after onset of ALI/ARDS
To describe soluble forms (sRAGE, esRAGE) and ligands of RAGE (HMGB-1, S100A12, AGEs) levels in ICU patients under mechanical ventilation (MV), in order to assess the influence of MV on these markers: biomarkers levels in pulmonary edema fluid and plasma
Measured: on day 1, day 3, and day 6
To test the prognostic value of soluble forms (sRAGE, esRAGE) and ligands of RAGE (HMGB-1, S100A12, AGEs) levels in ICU patients with ALI/ARDS:
Measured: on day 28
To test the correlation between biomarkers levels (soluble forms (sRAGE, esRAGE) and ligands of RAGE (HMGB-1,
Measured: on day 1, day 3, and day 6.
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted5 Jan 2011 (estimated)
- Study startJan 2011
- Primary completionJan 2013
- Study completionJan 2013
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Publications (1)Papers the sponsor has linked to this study.
- Other trials for Acute Lung InjuryStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- More trials run by University Hospital, Clermont-FerrandThe sponsor's other registered studies.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Observational
- Observational model
- Other
- Time perspective
- Cross-sectional
- Enrolment
- 60 participants (actual)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- University Hospital, Clermont-Ferrand
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Responsible party
- Sponsor
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT01270295
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- CHU-0086
- Acronym
- SoLiRAGE
- Status last verified
- Aug 2026
- First submitted
- 4 Jan 2011
- Last updated
- 7 Aug 2026
- Results posted
- No
Publications
Jabaudon M, Blondonnet R, Roszyk L, Pereira B, Guerin R, Perbet S, Cayot S, Bouvier D, Blanchon L, Sapin V, Constantin JM. Soluble Forms and Ligands of the Receptor for Advanced Glycation End-Products in Patients with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome: An Observational Prospective Study. PLoS One. 2015 Aug 14;10(8):e0135857. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0135857. eCollection 2015.
PubMed 26274928
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 7 Aug 2026. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- Soluble Forms and Ligands of the Receptor for Advanced Glycation End Products (RAGE) in the Pulmonary Edema Fluid and Plasma From ICU Patients With ALI/ARDS : an Observational Prospective Study.
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT01270295
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- SoLiRAGE / CHU-0086
- Keywords
- Receptor for advanced glycation end products (RAGE), Soluble RAGE (sRAGE), Endogenous secretory RAGE (esRAGE), High-mobility group box-1 protein (HMGB-1), Extracellular newly-identified RAGE-binding protein (EN-RAGE or S100A12), Advanced glycation endproducts (AGEs), Pentosidine, N--carboxymethyllysine
- Study type
- Observational
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Enrolment
- 60 participants (actual)
- Lead sponsor
- University Hospital, Clermont-FerrandUniversity, hospital or other
- Study start
- Jan 2011
- Primary completion
- Jan 2013 (actual)
- Study completion
- Jan 2013 (actual)
- First posted
- 5 Jan 2011 (estimated)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
RAGE, the receptor for advanced glycation end products, is a novel marker of alveolar epithelial type I cell injury. Soluble RAGE (sRAGE) is elevated in the plasma and in the pulmonary edema fluid from patients with ALI/ARDS, but one should acknowledge that the RAGE/NF-B axis is also involved in the pathophysiology of various other conditions. Few data are available about the levels of soluble forms and ligands of RAGE in the setting of ALI/ARDS. The purpose of this observational prospective study is to describe soluble forms (sRAGE, esRAGE) and ligands of RAGE (HMGB-1, S100A12, AGEs) levels in ICU patients with ALI/ARDS.
Detailed description
BACKGROUND:
The receptor for advanced glycation end products (RAGE) is now identified as a marker of alveolar type I cell injury. RAGE is a member of the immunoglobulin superfamily that acts as a multiligand receptor and is involved in propagating inflammatory responses. While the precise function of RAGE remains unclear, the elevated levels of RAGE, and its soluble isoform sRAGE, correlate with severity of ALI/ARDS in human and animal studies, and RAGE levels could reflect impaired alveolar fluid clearance. Frequently, the biology of RAGE coincides with settings in which ligands of the receptor accumulate, especially in a proinflammatory environment. More work is needed for us to understand the mechanisms by which RAGE is regulated during ALI/ARDS, especially with regard to the expression of its soluble forms and the involvement of its potential ligands.
DESIGN NARRATIVE:
This observational prospective clinical study will describe and compare soluble forms (sRAGE, esRAGE) and ligands of RAGE (HMGB-1, S100A12, AGEs) levels in the alveolar edema fluid and in the plasma from ICU patients enrolled within the first 24 hours after onset of ALI/ARDS, and from patients under mechanical ventilation (control group).
Edema fluid and plasma samples will be collected simultaneously on day 1, day 3 and day 6, in order to describe kinetics of evolution of soluble forms and ligands of RAGE levels. Undiluted pulmonary edema fluid samples will be collected in intubated patients only, and blood samples will be simultaneously gathered from indwelling arterial and central venous catheters. The concentrations of soluble forms (sRAGE, esRAGE) and ligands of RAGE (HMGB-1, S100A12, AGEs) will be measured in duplicate by ELISA.
Study design
- Observational model
- Other
- Time perspective
- Cross-sectional
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 18 to 95 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
- Age groups
- Adult, Older adult
- Study population
- Defined population
Key inclusion criteria (2 listed)
- ICU patients under mechanical ventilation
- Patients within the first 24 hours after onset of ALI/ARDS according to the 1994 American-European Consensus Conference (AECC)
Key exclusion criteria (6 listed)
- Pregnancy
- Acute exacerbation of diabetes
- Dialysis for end-stage kidney disease
- Alzheimer's disease
- Amyloidosis
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Primary outcome
Soluble forms (sRAGE, esRAGE) and ligands of RAGE (HMGB-1, S100A12, AGEs) levels in the plasma from ICU patients within the first 24 hours after onset of ALI/ARDS
Time frame: within the first 24 hours after onset of ALI/ARDS
8 secondary outcomes
To describe kinetics of evolution of soluble forms (sRAGE, esRAGE) and ligands of RAGE (HMGB-1, S100A12, AGEs) levels in ICU patients with or without ALI/ARDS: biomarkers levels in pulmonary edema fluid and plasma on day 1, day 3, and day 6
Time frame: on day 1, day 3, and day 6
To describe the plasma and pulmonary levels of soluble forms (sRAGE, esRAGE) and ligands of RAGE (HMGB-1, S100A12, AGEs) in the setting of ALI/ARDS.
Time frame: on day 1, day 3, and day 6.
To test the correlation between soluble forms (sRAGE, esRAGE) and ligands of RAGE (HMGB-1, S100A12, AGEs) levels and net alveolar fluid clearance in patients within the first 24 hours after onset of ALI/ARDS.
Time frame: within the first 24 hours after onset of ALI/ARDS
To decribe venous-to-arterial differences in soluble forms (sRAGE, esRAGE) and ligands of RAGE (HMGB-1, S100A12, AGEs) levels during ALI/ARDS. -
Time frame: on day 1, day 3, and day 6.
To test the correlation between biomarkers levels (soluble forms (sRAGE, esRAGE) and ligands of RAGE (HMGB-1, S100A12, AGEs)) and CT-scan lung morphology in patients within the first 24 hours after onset of ALI/ARDS
Time frame: within the first 24 hours after onset of ALI/ARDS
To describe soluble forms (sRAGE, esRAGE) and ligands of RAGE (HMGB-1, S100A12, AGEs) levels in ICU patients under mechanical ventilation (MV), in order to assess the influence of MV on these markers: biomarkers levels in pulmonary edema fluid and plasma
Time frame: on day 1, day 3, and day 6
To test the prognostic value of soluble forms (sRAGE, esRAGE) and ligands of RAGE (HMGB-1, S100A12, AGEs) levels in ICU patients with ALI/ARDS:
Time frame: on day 28
To test the correlation between biomarkers levels (soluble forms (sRAGE, esRAGE) and ligands of RAGE (HMGB-1,
Time frame: on day 1, day 3, and day 6.
Results and safety
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 7 Aug 2026.
- Results publication: PubMed 26274928Jabaudon M, Blondonnet R, Roszyk L, Pereira B, Guerin R, Perbet S, Cayot S, Bouvier D, Blanchon L, Sapin V, Constantin JM. Soluble Forms and Ligands of the Receptor for Advanced Glycation End-Products in Patients with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome: An Observational Prospective Study. PLoS One. 2015 Aug 14;10(8):e0135857. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0135857. eCollection 2015.
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
The record lists no contact. Use the official record to reach the sponsor.
1 site in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
An observational study of Acute Lung Injury and Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome, run by University Hospital, Clermont-Ferrand at 1 site in France.
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 2 inclusion and 6 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: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 7 Aug 2026. 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 France. 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.
Are results available for this study?
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
Soluble forms (sRAGE, esRAGE) and ligands of RAGE (HMGB-1, S100A12, AGEs) levels in the plasma from ICU patients within the first 24 hours after onset of ALI/ARDS (time frame: within the first 24 hours after onset of ALI/ARDS). 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 NCT01270295, 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 7 Aug 2026.