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Renal Replacement Therapy for Acute Kidney Injury in Intensive Care UnitAKIKINCT01932190

Artificial Kidney Initiation in Kidney Injury

A study testing Early RRT strategy and Delayed RRT strategy in people with Renal Replacement Therapy for Acute Kidney Injury in Intensive Care Unit, run by Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris at 1 site in France.

Completed

Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

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Trial summary

The best timing for renal replacement therapy (RRT) in intensive care unit (ICU) patients with acute kidney injury (AKI) is unknown. The investigators will conduct a multicenter prospective randomized open-label trial to compare two strategies in ICU patients (mechanically ventilated and/or receiving catecholamine… Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and older
What is being tested?
Early RRT strategy and Delayed RRT strategy
Type of treatment
Surgery or procedure
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
620 participants
Where
1 siteFrance
Study dates
Sep 2013to Feb 2016
Phase
Interventional
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

  • Acute renal failure due to:
  • urinary tract obstruction
  • renal vessels obstruction
  • tumor lysis syndrome
  • thrombotic microangiopathy
  • acute glomerulonephritis
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  • Intoxication with a dialyzable product
  • Child-Pugh class C liver cirrhosis
  • Renal transplant
  • Cardiac arrest without awakening at time of potential inclusion
  • Moribund state
  • Decision to limit treatment
  • RRT already started for the current episode of AKI
  • Presenting (at the time of potential inclusion) a strong indication for immediate RRT
  • oligoanuria for more than 3 days
  • serum urea concentration > 40 mmol / l serum potassium concentration > 6 mmol /L, serum potassium concentration > 5.5 mmol /L that persists despite well-conducted medical treatment with at least sodium bicarbonate and / or glucose-insulin infusion, arterial pH < 7.15 in the context of pure metabolic acidosis (PaCO2 <35 mmHg) or in the context of mixed acidosis with PaCO2> 50 mmHg without possibility of lowering this PaCO2 value, acute overload pulmonary edema generating severe hypoxemia requiring oxygen flow> 5L/min in spontaneously breathing patients or FiO2> 50% in mechanically (invasive or noninvasive) ventilated to maintain SpO2> 95%, despite diuretic therapy.
  • Under cardiopulmonary bypass
  • Included in another clinical trial on RRT modalities.

Who cannot join

None listed.

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

France1 site
  • Hôpital Louis Mourier

    Colombes, 92700

Other trials in France

About this study

Official title: Artificial Kidney Initiation in Kidney Injury, a Multicenter Randomised Trial

The best timing for renal replacement therapy (RRT) in intensive care unit (ICU) patients with acute kidney injury (AKI) is unknown. The investigators will conduct a multicenter prospective randomized open-label trial to compare two strategies in ICU patients (mechanically ventilated and/or receiving catecholamine infusion) with severe AKI defined as RIFLE F classification. These patients will be randomly allocated to one of the following strategies:

  1. an "early" strategy where RRT is started immediately when a RIFLE F status is documented
  2. a "delayed" strategy where RRT (in patients who also present RIFLE F renal failure) is started only in case of occurrence of one or more of the following events ("Alert Criteria"): oliguria or anuria lasting for more than 72 hours after randomization, serum urea concentration > 40 mmol /L, serum potassium concentration > 6 mmol /L, serum potassium concentration > 5.5 mmol /L that persists despite well-conducted medical treatment with at least sodium bicarbonate and / or glucose-insulin infusion, arterial pH < 7.15 in the context of pure metabolic acidosis (PaCO2 <35 mmHg) or in the context of mixed acidosis with PaCO2> 50 mmHg without possibility of lowering this PaCO2 value, acute overload pulmonary edema generating severe hypoxemia requiring oxygen flow> 5L/min in spontaneously breathing patients or FiO2> 50% in mechanically (invasive or noninvasive) ventilated to maintain SpO2> 95%, despite diuretic therapy.

The primary endpoint is overall survival, measured from the date of randomization to the date of death, regardless of the cause. The minimum duration of each patient's follow-up will be 60 days.

Read the detailed description

Background:

Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a common complication in intensive care unit (ICU) patients. Renal replacement therapy (RRT) is the major supportive treatment of AKI. Despite progress in RRT management, mortality remains high and the timing of its initiation remains open to debate when no metabolic disorder (severe hyperkalemia or metabolic acidosis) or major fluid overload threaten short-term prognosis. Such abnormalities mandate RRT and are non-inclusion criteria of our study. Whereas many studies have focused on RRT modalities, no prospective randomized study has evaluated the criteria for initiating RRT in ICU in the absence of the above-mentioned life-threatening disorders. In other words, whether duration of oliguria/anuria and/or value of serum urea/creatinine are an adequate indication for RRT is unknown. Given the lack of high quality data, it is not surprising that survey of practices showed wide variation in the timing of RRT initiation and that no precise guidelines could be drawn by expert recommendation as to the optimal start of RRT, making a randomised controlled study of timing of RRT both desirable and ethical.

Objective:

The main objective of this study is to compare two strategies of RRT initiation in terms of overall survival in ICU patients (mechanically ventilated and/or receiving catecholamine infusion) with severe AKI defined as RIFLE F classification. These patients will be randomly allocated to one of the following strategies:

  1. an "early" strategy where RRT is started immediately when a RIFLE F status is documented
  2. a "delayed" strategy where RRT (in patients who also present RIFLE F renal failure) is started only in case of occurrence of one or more of the following events ("Alert Criteria"): oliguria or anuria lasting for more than 72 hours after randomization, serum urea concentration > 40 mmol /L, serum potassium concentration > 6 mmol /L, serum potassium concentration > 5.5 mmol /L that persists despite well-conducted medical treatment with at least sodium bicarbonate and / or glucose-insulin infusion, arterial pH < 7.15 in the context of pure metabolic acidosis (PaCO2 <35 mmHg) or in the context of mixed acidosis with PaCO2> 50 mmHg without possibility of lowering this PaCO2 value, acute overload pulmonary edema generating severe hypoxemia requiring oxygen flow> 5L/min in spontaneously breathing patients or FiO2> 50% in mechanically (invasive or noninvasive) ventilated to maintain SpO2> 95%, despite diuretic therapy.

Design:

Prospective, multicenter, randomized, open-label trial comparing two RRT initiation strategies in terms of overall survival.

Primary endpoint:

Overall survival, measured from the date of randomization to the date of death, regardless of the cause. The minimum duration of each patient's follow-up will be 60 days.

Secondary endpoints:

Survival rate at day 28, percentage of patients requiring who did not require RRT in the "delayed" strategy, time until cessation of RRT therapy, rate of adverse events potentially related to the AKI or to RRT (e.g; RRT catheter-related complications, hemorrhage due to anticoagulation required for RRT etc…), rate of nosocomial infections, number of ventilator-free days of RRT-free days and of vasopressors free days, length of stay in ICU and hospital, rate of limitations of treatment for futility, total cost of consumables (including RRT catheters and lines among others) related to RRT between day 1 and day 28.

Number of subjects required:

We hypothesized that the "delayed" strategy would prove beneficial to the patients and would translate into increased survival. The study is designed to prove superiority (and not noninferiority) of this strategy over the "early" one.

The 60 days survival rate with the "early" strategy is estimated to be 45%. It is necessary to include 620 patients (310 per arm) to obtain a power of 90% to detect a survival improvement of 14% at day 60 with the "delayed" strategy (log-rank two tailed test, global significance level of 5%), with two blind interim analyses by independent observers at 90 and 180 deaths (group sequential approach of O'Brien-Fleming), and a estimated dropout rate of 10%.

Duration of study:

Inclusion: 18 months Minimum participation of each patient: 60 days Analysis and report: 10 months

Being tested
Early RRT strategy, Delayed RRT strategy
Keywords
Acute Kidney Injury, Critical Care, Renal Replacement Therapy, Treatment Outcome
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.

  • Early RRT strategyProcedure or surgery

    the "early" strategy : RRT is started immediately when a RIFLE F status is documented

  • Delayed RRT strategyProcedure or surgery

    The "delayed" strategy : RRT (in patients who also present RIFLE F renal failure) is started only in case of occurrence of one or more of the "Alert Criteria": see summary

Study groups in NCT01932190
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Early RRT strategyExperimentalthe "early" strategy : RRT is started immediately when a RIFLE F status is documented
Receives: Procedure: Early RRT strategy
Delayed RRT strategyExperimentalThe "delayed" strategy : RRT (in patients who also present RIFLE F renal failure) is started only in case of occurrence of one or more of the "Alert Criteria"
Receives: Procedure: Delayed RRT strategy

What is being measured

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

  1. Overall survival

    The primary endpoint is overall survival, measured from the date of randomization to the date of death, regardless of the cause. The minimum duration of each patient's follow-up will be 60 days.

    Measured: 60 days

Secondary outcomes (11)
  1. Survival rate

    Survival rate at day 28

    Measured: 28 days

  2. percentage of patients requiring at least a RRT in the "waiting" strategy

    Measured: 28 days

  3. time to withdrawal RRT

    Measured: 28 days

  4. rate of adverse events potentially related to the AKI or RRT

    Measured: 28 days

  5. rate of nosocomial infections

    Measured: 28 days

  6. rate of ventilator free days

    Measured: 28 days

  7. rate of RRT free days

    Measured: 28 days

  8. rate of vasopressors free days

    Measured: 28 days

  9. length of stay in ICU and hospital

    Measured: 60 days

  10. rate of limitations of treatment

    Measured: 28 days

  11. total cost of consumables related to RRT

    total cost of consumables related to RRT between day 1 and day 28

    Measured: 28 days

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 2013 (estimated)
  2. Study startSep 2013
  3. Primary completionFeb 2016
  4. Study completionFeb 2016

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 N/A
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomised
Intervention model
Parallel groups
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
620 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT01932190
Sponsor's protocol ID
AOM12456 - K120102
Other IDs
2013-A00765-40
Acronym
AKIKI
Status last verified
Aug 2013
First submitted
27 Aug 2013
Last updated
24 Jun 2016
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
Yes
Individual data sharing
Undecided

Publications

  • Roux D, Benichou N, Hajage D, Martin-Lefevre L, de Prost N, Lerolle N, Titeca-Beauport D, Boulet E, Mayaux J, Megarbane B, Mahjoub K, Carpentier D, Nseir S, Tubach F, Ricard JD, Dreyfuss D, Gaudry S; AKIKI Study group. Impact of renal replacement therapy strategy on beta-lactam plasma concentrations: the BETAKIKI study-an ancillary study of a randomized controlled trial. Ann Intensive Care. 2023 Feb 25;13(1):11. doi: 10.1186/s13613-023-01105-0.

    PubMed 36840825
  • Fayad AI, Buamscha DG, Ciapponi A. Timing of kidney replacement therapy initiation for acute kidney injury. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2022 Nov 23;11(11):CD010612. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD010612.pub3.

    PubMed 36416787
  • Gaudry S, Hajage D, Schortgen F, Martin-Lefevre L, Verney C, Pons B, Boulet E, Boyer A, Chevrel G, Lerolle N, Carpentier D, de Prost N, Lautrette A, Bretagnol A, Mayaux J, Nseir S, Megarbane B, Thirion M, Forel JM, Maizel J, Yonis H, Markowicz P, Thiery G, Tubach F, Ricard JD, Dreyfuss D. Timing of Renal Support and Outcome of Septic Shock and Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome. A Post Hoc Analysis of the AKIKI Randomized Clinical Trial. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2018 Jul 1;198(1):58-66. doi: 10.1164/rccm.201706-1255OC.

    PubMed 29351007
  • Gaudry S, Hajage D, Schortgen F, Martin-Lefevre L, Pons B, Boulet E, Boyer A, Chevrel G, Lerolle N, Carpentier D, de Prost N, Lautrette A, Bretagnol A, Mayaux J, Nseir S, Megarbane B, Thirion M, Forel JM, Maizel J, Yonis H, Markowicz P, Thiery G, Tubach F, Ricard JD, Dreyfuss D; AKIKI Study Group. Initiation Strategies for Renal-Replacement Therapy in the Intensive Care Unit. N Engl J Med. 2016 Jul 14;375(2):122-33. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1603017. Epub 2016 May 15.

    PubMed 27181456
  • Gaudry S, Hajage D, Schortgen F, Martin-Lefevre L, Tubach F, Pons B, Boulet E, Boyer A, Lerolle N, Chevrel G, Carpentier D, Lautrette A, Bretagnol A, Mayaux J, Thirion M, Markowicz P, Thomas G, Dellamonica J, Richecoeur J, Darmon M, de Prost N, Yonis H, Megarbane B, Loubieres Y, Blayau C, Maizel J, Zuber B, Nseir S, Bige N, Hoffmann I, Ricard JD, Dreyfuss D. Comparison of two strategies for initiating renal replacement therapy in the intensive care unit: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial (AKIKI). Trials. 2015 Apr 17;16:170. doi: 10.1186/s13063-015-0718-x.

    PubMed 25902813

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A study testing Early RRT strategy and Delayed RRT strategy in people with Renal Replacement Therapy for Acute Kidney Injury in Intensive Care Unit, run by Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris 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 18 inclusion and 0 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 24 Jun 2016. 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?

Overall survival (time frame: 60 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 NCT01932190, which also lists 5 linked publications.

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 Jun 2016.

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