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Cardiac Valve DiseaseNCT04015973

The PRE-OP ENERGY Trial

A study testing High energy diet in people with Cardiac Valve Disease and Coronary Artery Disease, run by University of Leicester at 1 site in United Kingdom.

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Trial summary

The PRE-OP ENERGY Trial proposes to test the overarching hypothesis that a pre-surgery high energy diet will protect patients against organ damage during cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and older
What is being tested?
High energy diet
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
116 participants
Where
1 siteUnited Kingdom
Study dates
7 May 2019to 7 Oct 2024
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

  • ALL of the following:
  • Adult cardiac surgery patients (≥18 years) undergoing cardiac surgery (CABG, Valve, or CABG and Valve) with cardiopulmonary bypass.
  • BMI<30
  • Able, in the opinion of the investigator, and willing to give informed consent.
  • Do not have diagnosed coeliac disease
  • Able to understand English

Who cannot join

  • Any of the following:
  • Urgent, emergency or salvage procedure
  • Patients with end stage renal failure defined as an estimated Glomerular Filtration rate (eGFR) <15 mL/min/1.73 m2 calculated from the Modification of Diet in Renal Disease equation,1 or patients who are on long-term haemodialysis or have undergone renal transplantation.
  • Patients with persistent or chronic atrial fibrillation.
  • Patients with severe liver dysfunction; hepatitis, cirrhosis, jaundice.
  • Women who are pregnant or who may become pregnant in the intraoperative period.
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  • Patients who are participating in another interventional clinical trial.
  • Unable, in the opinion of the investigator, or unwilling to give informed consent.
  • Have diagnosed coeliac disease
  • Unable to understand English
  • Permanent pacemaker or ICD
  • Brain Aneurysm Clip
  • Implanted neural stimulator
  • Cochlear implant (specific implant must be checked that it is MR safe)
  • Ocular foreign body (e.g. metal shavings) unless removed
  • Other implanted medical devices: (e.g. Swan Ganz catheter)
  • Insulin pump
  • Retained metal shrapnel or bullet
  • Claustrophobia

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

Mustafa Zakkar, PhD contact

0116258 ext. 3019

mz207@le.ac.uk

Hardeep Aujla contact

0116250 ext. 2650

ha200@le.ac.uk

United Kingdom1 site, 1 recruiting
  • University of Leicester

    Leicester, Leicestershire, LE3 9QP

    Recruiting

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About this study

Official title: A Randomised Controlled Trial of a Pre-operative High Energy Diet for the Prevention of Organ Injury in Cardiac Surgery: The PRE-OP ENERGY Trial

The PRE-OP ENERGY Trial proposes to test the overarching hypothesis that a pre-surgery high energy diet will protect patients against organ damage during cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass.

Read the detailed description

PRE-OP ENERGY is a single centre, unblinded, parallel group, randomised controlled trial of a pre-operative high energy diet, versus a control group receiving standard care.

The trial will test a number of specific hypotheses:

  1. A pre-surgery high energy diet will protect against post-cardiac surgery organ failure by altering the pre-surgery cardiometabolic state, a process referred to as 'metabolic preconditioning'.
  2. The effects of the trial intervention will not be attributable to changes in frailty, activity or baseline organ dysfunction.
  3. The trial intervention will not result in long-term adverse changes in cardiometabolic status.
  4. Metabolic preconditioning will confer protection against post-cardiac surgery kidney injury by increasing the expression of genes that promote renal tubular homeostasis.
  5. Metabolic preconditioning will confer protection against post-cardiac surgery myocardial injury by increasing the expression of genes that promote myocardial mitochondrial homeostasis via effects on chromatin histone deacetylation.
  6. Metabolic preconditioning will confer protection against post-cardiac surgery endothelial dysfunction by increasing the expression of genes that promote endothelial homeostasis.
Being tested
High energy diet
Medical subject headings
Heart Valve Diseases, Coronary Artery Disease, Multiple Organ Failure

What participants receive

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

  • High energy dietDietary supplement

    An overfeeding regime of 135% required energy intake per day, set from baseline energy requirements consisting of high (saturated) fat snacks, added to the usual diet, supervised by a dietitian.

Study groups in NCT04015973
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Group A: ControlNo interventionStandard Care
Group B: High energy dietExperimentalHigh energy diet for 8-12 weeks pre-surgery
Receives: Dietary Supplement: High energy diet

What is being measured

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

  1. Change of Serum Creatinine level

    Measurement of Serum Creatinine level and expressed as umol/L.

    Measured: Baseline, 0-6, 6-12, 24, 48, 72, and up to 96 hours post-operatively

  2. Change of Serum Troponin I level

    Measurement of Serum Troponin level and expressed as ng/L.

    Measured: Baseline, 0-6, 6-12, 24, 48 and 72 hours post-operatively

Secondary outcomes (41)
  1. Post-surgery organ injury: Sepsis-related Organ Failure

    Sepsis-related Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) Score. Range 0-3, 3 being the worse score

    Measured: Baseline, pre-operatively, 0-6, 6-12, 24, 48, 72 and 96 hours post-operatively

  2. Post-surgery organ injury: Kidney Injury (Urinary Biomarkers) - NGAL (Neutrophil gelatinase associated lipocalcin)

    Urine samples will be analysed for biomarkers of renal injury. Measurement of NGAL level will be expressed as μg/L.

    Measured: Baseline, 1 day pre-op, 6-12, 24 and 48 hours post-operatively

  3. Post-surgery organ injury: Kidney Injury (Urinary Biomarkers) - microRNA (Neutrophil gelatinase associated lipocalcin)

    Urine samples will be analysed for biomarkers of renal injury. Measurement of microRNA in urine samples will be represented by the frequency (%) of identified microRNA.

    Measured: Baseline, 1 day pre-op, 6-12, 24 and 48 hours post-operatively

  4. Post-surgery organ injury: Kidney Injury

    Absolute change from baseline for serum creatinine

    Measured: Daily for 5 days from Baseline

  5. Post-surgery organ injury: Kidney Injury

    Serum creatinine and eGFR in all patients using the Modification of Diet in Renal Disease equation. The following is the IDMS-traceable MDRD Study equation (for creatinine methods calibrated to an IDMS reference method) GFR (mL/min/1.73 m2) = 175 × (Scr)-1.154 × (Age)-0.203 × (0.742 if female) × (1.212 if African American) The equation does not require weight or height variables because the results are reported normalized to 1.73 m2 body surface area, which is an accepted average adult surface area.

    Measured: At 6 weeks and then 3 months post-surgery

  6. Post-surgery organ injury: Lung Injury using the Berlin ARDS Score

    Using the Berlin ARDS score, the measurement of Arterial Alveolar oxygen ratio expressed in kPa/L.

    Measured: Baseline, immediately pre-surgery, 0-6, 6-12, 24, 48, 72 and 96 hours post-operatively

  7. Post-surgery organ injury: GI Tract injury (Biomarker) - AST (Aspartate Transaminase)

    Measurement of AST levels in serum and expressed in IU/L. Acute liver injury will be defined as an acute derangement of three times the upper limit of normal.

    Measured: Baseline, pre-assessment, pre-operatively, 0-6 and at 6-12, 24, 48, 72 and 96 hours post-operatively.

  8. Post-surgery organ injury: GI Tract injury (Biomarker) - ALT (Alanine Transaminase)

    Measurement of ALT levels in serum and expressed in IU/L. Acute liver injury will be defined as an acute derangement of three times the upper limit of normal.

    Measured: Baseline, pre-assessment, pre-operatively, 0-6 and at 6-12, 24, 48, 72 and 96 hours post-operatively.

  9. Post-surgery organ injury: GI Tract injury (Biomarker) - Bilirubin

    Measurement of Bilirubin levels in serum and expressed in μmol/L. Acute liver injury will be defined as an acute derangement of three times the upper limit of normal.

    Measured: Baseline, pre-assessment, pre-operatively, 0-6 and at 6-12, 24, 48, 72 and 96 hours post-operatively.

  10. Post-surgery organ injury: GI Tract injury (Biomarker) - Alkaline Phosphatase

    Measurement of Alkaline Phosphatase levels in serum and expressed in IU/L. Acute liver injury will be defined as an acute derangement of three times the upper limit of normal.

    Measured: Baseline, pre-assessment, pre-operatively, 0-6 and at 6-12, 24, 48, 72 and 96 hours post-operatively.

  11. Post-surgery organ injury: GI Tract injury (Biomarker) - Serum Amylase

    Measurement of Amylase levels in serum and expressed in IU/L. Acute pancreatitis will be defined as a serum amylase concentration >1000 ng/ml.

    Measured: Baseline, pre-assessment, pre-operatively, 0-6 and at 6-12, 24, 48, 72 and 96 hours post-operatively.

  12. Assessment of resource use: Extubation

    Time until extubation

    Measured: Time (hours) measured from the start of surgery to extubation (up to 30 days)

  13. Assessment of resource use: Intensive Care Unit

    Length of stay in Intensive Care Unit. Number of hours between admission and discharge from the High Dependency Unit (HDU)

    Measured: Time (hours) measured from the start of surgery to discharge from ICU (up to 30 days)

  14. Assessment of resource use: Hospital Stay

    Length of stay in hospital. Number of days between admission and discharge from the hospital

    Measured: Time (days) measured from the start of surgery to discharge from hospital (up to 90 days)

  15. Clinical events: Sepsis

    Sepsis will be defined as suspected or documented infection and an acute change in total SOFA score ≥2 points consequent to the infection. For the purposes of the trial suspected or documented infection will be defined as the commencement of intravenous antibiotics. The rise in SOFA score will be assessed within 72 hours of the commencement of antibiotics. Range of SOFA is 0 to 3, 3 being the worse. For the purposes of the study suspected or documented infection will be defined as the commencement of intravenous antibiotics. The rise in SOFA score will be assessed within 72 hours of the commencement of antibiotics.

    Measured: Time (days) measured from the start of surgery to discharge from hospital (up to 90 days)

  16. Clinical events: Peak lactate

    Peak lactate within 24 hours of surgery and time to resolution of hyperlactataemia (arterial serum lactate >2.5 mmol/L) post peak.

    Measured: Within 24 hours of surgery

  17. Clinical events: Acute Lung Injury

    Measurement of PaO2/FiO2 ratio and expressed in kPa/L.

    Measured: Baseline, immediately pre-surgery, 0-6, 6-12, 24, 48, 72 and 96 hours post-operatively

  18. Clinical events: Low cardiac output

    Low cardiac output, defined as new intra-or postoperative intra-aortic balloon pump insertion or a cardiac index of <2.2 L/min/ m2 refractory to appropriate intravascular volume expansion after correction or attempted correction of any dysrhythmias, or the administration of the inotropes Dobutamine, Enoximone, Milrinone or Levosimendan.

    Measured: Time (days) measured from the start of surgery to discharge from hospital (up to 90 days)

  19. Clinical events: Stroke

    Stroke; diagnosed by brain imaging (CT or MRI), in association with new onset focal or generalized neurological deficit (defined as deficit in motor, sensory or co-ordination functions)

    Measured: Time (days) measured from the start of surgery to discharge from hospital (up to 90 days)

  20. Clinical events: Acute Liver Injury - AST (Aspartate Transaminase)

    Acute liver injury will be defined as an acute derangement of liver enzymes three times the upper limit of normal, or a serum amylase concentration >1000 ng/m.

    Measured: Time (days) measured from the start of surgery to discharge from hospital (up to 90 days)

  21. Clinical events: Acute Liver Injury - ALT (Alanine Transaminase)

    Acute liver injury will be defined as an acute derangement of liver enzymes three times the upper limit of normal, or a serum amylase concentration >1000 ng/m.

    Measured: Time (days) measured from the start of surgery to discharge from hospital (up to 90 days)

  22. Clinical events: Acute Liver Injury - Bilirubin

    Acute liver injury will be defined as an acute derangement of liver enzymes three times the upper limit of normal, or a serum amylase concentration >1000 ng/m.

    Measured: Time (days) measured from the start of surgery to discharge from hospital (up to 90 days)

  23. Clinical events: Acute Liver Injury - Alkaline Phosphatase

    Acute liver injury will be defined as an acute derangement of liver enzymes three times the upper limit of normal, or a serum amylase concentration >1000 ng/m.

    Measured: Time (days) measured from the start of surgery to discharge from hospital (up to 90 days)

  24. Clinical events: Acute Liver Injury - Serum Amylase

    Acute liver injury will be defined as an acute derangement of liver enzymes three times the upper limit of normal, or a serum amylase concentration >1000 ng/m.

    Measured: Time (days) measured from the start of surgery to discharge from hospital (up to 90 days)

  25. Clinical events: Acute Intestinal Injury

    Acute intestinal injury will be defined a radiological, operative or post-mortem evidence of gut ischaemia.

    Measured: Time (days) measured from the start of surgery to discharge from hospital (up to 90 days)

  26. Clinical events: Rate of mortality

    Rate of mortality at 30-days and 1 year from the date of surgery

    Measured: Within 30-days from surgery and at 1 year from surgery

  27. Clinical events: A composite endpoint Organ Injury, Mortality and Sepsis

    As above for description of organ injury, mortality and sepsis

    Measured: Time (days) measured from the start of surgery to discharge from hospital (up to 90 days)

  28. Bleeding and Transfusion

    The total number of units of red cells and other blood components transfused during the operative period and post-operative hospital stay will be recorded

    Measured: Blood loss at 6 hours post-operatively

  29. Mechanism study: Mitochondrial function of microvessels from tissue biopsies

    50-100 mg biopsies obtained from pedicled left internal mammary artery biopsies. The mitochondrial function will be measured through the Bioenergetic Health Index. The Bioenergetic Health Index (BHI) is calculated using the following formula: BHI=(ATP-linked×reserve capacity)/(proton leak×non-mitochondrial) - as described by Chacko et al. The expected range is 0-100.

    Measured: At time of surgery

  30. Mechanism study: microRNA isolation of microvessels from tissue biopsies

    The findings will be represented by the frequency (%) of identified microRNA. 50-100 mg biopsies obtained from pedicled left internal mammary artery biopsies.

    Measured: At time of surgery

  31. Mechanism study: Chromatin Immunoprecipitation (ChIP) of microvessels from tissue biopsies

    To identify protein binding sites that may help identify functional elements in the genome. Findings will be represented by the number (n) of binding sites. 50-100 mg biopsies obtained from pedicled left internal mammary artery biopsies.

    Measured: At time of surgery

  32. Mechanism study: Mitochondrial function measured in right atrium myocardium tissue biopsies

    50-100 mg myocardial biopsies will be obtained from the right atrium at surgery. The mitochondrial function will be measured through the Bioenergetic Health Index. The Bioenergetic Health Index (BHI) is calculated using the following formula: BHI=(ATP-linked×reserve capacity)/(proton leak×non-mitochondrial) - as described by Chacko et al. The expected range is 0-100.

    Measured: At time of surgery

  33. Mechanism study: microRNA isolation in right atrium myocardium tissue biopsies

    50-100 mg myocardial biopsies will be obtained from the right atrium at surgery. The findings will be represented by the frequency (%) of identified microRNA.

    Measured: At time of surgery

  34. Mechanism study: Chromatin Immunoprecipitation (ChIP) in right atrium myocardium tissue biopsies

    50-100 mg myocardial biopsies will be obtained from the right atrium at surgery. To identify protein binding sites that may help identify functional elements in the genome. Findings will be represented by the number (n) of binding sites.

    Measured: At time of surgery

  35. Mechanism study: Mitochondrial function measured in adipose tissue biopsies

    Adipose tissue collected from epicardial fat at time of surgery. The mitochondrial function will be measured through the Bioenergetic Health Index. The Bioenergetic Health Index (BHI) is calculated using the following formula: BHI=(ATP-linked×reserve capacity)/(proton leak×non-mitochondrial) - as described by Chacko et al. The expected range is 0-100.

    Measured: At time of surgery

  36. Mechanism study: microRNA isolation in adipose tissue biopsies

    Adipose tissue collected from epicardial fat at time of surgery. The findings will be represented by the frequency (%) of identified microRNA.

    Measured: At time of surgery

  37. Mechanism study: Chromatin Immunoprecipitation (ChIP) in adipose tissue biopsies

    Adipose tissue collected from epicardial fat at time of surgery. To identify protein binding sites that may help identify functional elements in the genome. Findings will be represented by the number (n) of binding sites.

    Measured: At time of surgery

  38. Mechanism study: Measurement of microvesicles in urine samples

    Identification of microvesicles. The findings will be represented by the frequency (%) of each identified microvesicle.

    Measured: Baseline,1 day before surgery, 6-12, 24 and 48 hours post-operatively.

  39. Mechanism study: Measurement of microRNA in urine samples

    The findings will be represented by the frequency (%) of identified microRNA.

    Measured: Baseline,1 day before surgery, 6-12, 24 and 48 hours post-operatively.

  40. Mechanism study: Measurement of histone acetylation in urine samples

    The findings will be reported as acetylated H3 (ug/mg) over time (hours)

    Measured: Baseline,1 day before surgery, 6-12, 24 and 48 hours post-operatively.

  41. Mechanism study: Measurement of gene expression in urine samples

    Whole genome sequencing will be achieved through ATAC sequencing. The identified genes will be characterised by average expression count over ATAC.

    Measured: Baseline,1 day before surgery, 6-12, 24 and 48 hours post-operatively.

Timeline

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

  1. First posted11 Jul 2019
  2. Study start7 May 2019
  3. Primary completionApr 2024 (estimated)
  4. Study completion7 Oct 2024 (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 N/A
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomised
Intervention model
Parallel groups
Model description
Unblinded randomised controlled trial
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
116 participants (estimated)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT04015973
Sponsor's protocol ID
0668
Other IDs
246009, 18/EM/0254
Status last verified
Nov 2023
First submitted
20 May 2019
Last updated
7 Nov 2023
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
No

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A study testing High energy diet in people with Cardiac Valve Disease and Coronary Artery Disease, run by University of Leicester at 1 site in United Kingdom.

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 6 inclusion and 19 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 7 Nov 2023. 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 United Kingdom. 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?

Results are not available in the source record.

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

Contact Mustafa Zakkar, PhD (0116258 ext. 3019, mz207@le.ac.uk), or a site near the patient. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Change of Serum Creatinine level (time frame: Baseline, 0-6, 6-12, 24, 48, 72, and up to 96 hours post-operatively). The study lists 2 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?
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 Nov 2023.

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