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Heart Failure AcuteNCT04751838

Development and Validation of a Simple-to-use Nomogram for Predicting In-hospital Mortality in Acute Heart Failure Patients Undergoing Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy

An observational study of Heart Failure Acute, run by Qilu Hospital of Shandong University at 1 site in China.

Unknown status

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 The sponsor has not verified this record for over two years, so it may be out of date.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

Acute heart failure (AHF) is one of the most common causes of hospitalization and life-threatening medical condition around worldwide. The AHF patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) usually be critically ill with multiorgan failure, in which the kidneys are most frequently involved. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 15 years and older
Conditions the study is for
Heart Failure Acute
How many people
226 participants
Where
1 siteChina
Study dates
30 Oct 2020to 30 Mar 2021
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 15 years and older
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Child, Adult, Older adult

Study population: All data of patients were derived from two databases. One was CRRT databases collected the data of patients between November 9, 2011, to August 1, 2020, in AHFU of Qilu Hospital. Another was the MIMIC III database (version 1.4), a single-center, free, large online international database.

Who may be able to join

  • Clinical diagnosis of acute heart failure
  • undergoing CRRT

Who cannot join

  • died before CRRT

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

China1 site, 1 recruiting
  • Qilu Hospital of Shandong University

    Jinan, Shandong, 250012

    Luyao Gao, 86-15165110975, 15165110975@163.com

    Luyao Gao

    Recruiting

Other trials in China

About this study

Acute heart failure (AHF) is one of the most common causes of hospitalization and life-threatening medical condition around worldwide. The AHF patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) usually be critically ill with multiorgan failure, in which the kidneys are most frequently involved. The goals of treatment of AHF in ICU were to improve hemodynamic stability and organ perfusion, alleviate symptoms, and limit cardiac and renal damage, which can be achieved by continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT), a continuous extracorporeal blood purification. CRRT can mimic urine output to slowly and continuously remove patient's plasma water, providing accurate volume control and hemodynamic stability.

Acute Heart Failure Global Survey of Standard Treatment (ALARM-HF) study showed that hospital mortality of AHF patients was about 17.8% in the intensive care unit (ICU). But the patients undergoing CRRT, the mortality up to 45%-62.1%. For this reason, an early model or score to a screening of AHF patients undergoing CRRT who at high mortality risk is crucial, which can help clinicians to rapidly intervene and ameliorate disease outcomes. The most popular tools, especially that can predict mortality for critically ill patients, are the Acute Physiology Assessment and Chronic Health Evaluation II (APACHE II) scoring systems, and Simplified Acute Physiologic Score II (SAPS II). But variables in these scoring systems are complex, which was not convenient to assess at any time. Modified Early Warning Score (MEWS) , much more concise than APACHE II and SAPS II, not only can be used for early warning of the onset of AHF in patients with the risk of heart failure but also has a positive correlation with mortality in these patients. However, up to our knowledge, there was no scores or model to predict the in-hospital mortality of AHF patient undergoing CRRT.

Based on the acute heart failure unit (AHFU) of Qilu Hospital and the medical information mart for intensive care III (MIMIC III) database, the investigators collected the data of AHF adults undergoing CRRT. The present study aimed to develop and validate a simple-to-use nomogram model comprised of independent prognostic variables for predicting in-hospital mortality in AHF adults undergoing CRRT by using multivariate logistic regression analysis. With this model, the investigators can guide the early screening of high-risk patients in in-hospital mortality.

Read the detailed description

The eligible patients randomly into training cohort and validation cohort. The univariate logistics regression analyses were performed to determine the independent risk characteristics in the training cohort of the presence of in-hospital all-cause death. Odds Ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) of these variables were estimated to quantify the strength of these associations. All variables that showed a univariate relationship with in-hospital mortality or that were considered clinically relevant were candidates for stepwise multivariate analysis in the training cohort. A nomogram model, producing by using the rms package, was formulated based on the results of independent risk factors in multivariate logistic regression. Based on the nomogram model, the total scores and prediction of in-hospital mortality risk of each patient were added by each eligible variable and then were converted to predicted probabilities both in the training cohort and validation cohort.

To evaluated the model for the prediction value of in-hospital mortality, firstly, the investigators calculated the calibration of the model was measured by calibration with 1000 bootstrap samples to decrease the overfit bias. Model fitting was assessed using the Hosmer-Lemeshow test to evaluate the goodness of fit. Secondly, the Harrell concordance index (C index) and receiver operating characteristic curve (ROC curve) to evaluate the predictive performance and discrimination of the nomogram. The ROC curve analysis was used to calculate the optimal cutoff values that were determined by maximizing the Youden index. Third, the clinical effectiveness of the resulting model was evaluated by decision curve analysis (DCA), which was a method for evaluating alternative diagnostic or prognostic tools that had advantages over others[16]. The increase in the discriminative value of MEWS and the resulting model for mortality was assessed by the net reclassification index (NRI).

Being tested
no intervention

What participants receive

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

  • no interventionOther

    no intervention

Study groups in NCT04751838
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Survivor cohort; Non-survivor CohortAll patients were categorized according to the state of departure from the hospital, named survivor or non-survivor.
Receives: Other: no intervention
Training Cohort, Validation Cohortthe eligible patients randomly (7:3) into training cohort and validation cohort. The training cohort were used to build nomogram model, while the validation cohort validated the model.
Receives: Other: no intervention

What is being measured

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

  1. in-hospital mortality

    according to the state of departure from the hospital, if the patient died, named in-hospital mortality

    Measured: During hospitalization, an average of 20 days

Timeline

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

  1. First posted12 Feb 2021
  2. Study start30 Oct 2020
  3. Primary completion28 Feb 2021 (estimated)
  4. Study completion30 Mar 2021 (estimated)

Resources

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
Cohort
Time perspective
Retrospective
Enrolment
226 participants (estimated)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT04751838
Sponsor's protocol ID
KYLL-202011-114
Status last verified
Feb 2021
First submitted
3 Feb 2021
Last updated
12 Feb 2021
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No

Publications

  • Ponikowski P, Voors AA, Anker SD, Bueno H, Cleland JGF, Coats AJS, Falk V, Gonzalez-Juanatey JR, Harjola VP, Jankowska EA, Jessup M, Linde C, Nihoyannopoulos P, Parissis JT, Pieske B, Riley JP, Rosano GMC, Ruilope LM, Ruschitzka F, Rutten FH, van der Meer P; ESC Scientific Document Group. 2016 ESC Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic heart failure: The Task Force for the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic heart failure of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC)Developed with the special contribution of the Heart Failure Association (HFA) of the ESC. Eur Heart J. 2016 Jul 14;37(27):2129-2200. doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehw128. Epub 2016 May 20. No abstract available.

    PubMed 27206819
  • Schaubroeck HA, Gevaert S, Bagshaw SM, Kellum JA, Hoste EA. Acute cardiorenal syndrome in acute heart failure: focus on renal replacement therapy. Eur Heart J Acute Cardiovasc Care. 2020 Oct;9(7):802-811. doi: 10.1177/2048872620936371. Epub 2020 Jun 29.

    PubMed 32597679
  • Macedo E, Mehta RL. Continuous Dialysis Therapies: Core Curriculum 2016. Am J Kidney Dis. 2016 Oct;68(4):645-657. doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2016.03.427. Epub 2016 May 28. No abstract available.

    PubMed 27241853
  • Ronco C, Ricci Z. Renal replacement therapies: physiological review. Intensive Care Med. 2008 Dec;34(12):2139-46. doi: 10.1007/s00134-008-1258-6. Epub 2008 Sep 13.

    PubMed 18791697
  • Karkar A, Ronco C. Prescription of CRRT: a pathway to optimize therapy. Ann Intensive Care. 2020 Mar 6;10(1):32. doi: 10.1186/s13613-020-0648-y.

    PubMed 32144519

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

An observational study of Heart Failure Acute, run by Qilu Hospital of Shandong University at 1 site in China.

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 1 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 12 Feb 2021. 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 China. 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 Luyao Gao (15165110975, 15165110975@163.com), or a site near the patient. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

in-hospital mortality (time frame: During hospitalization, an average of 20 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 NCT04751838, 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 12 Feb 2021.

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