Status:

COMPLETED

Efficacy and Safety of Colloids Versus Crystalloids for Fluid Resuscitation in Critically Ill Patients

Lead Sponsor:

University of Versailles

Collaborating Sponsors:

Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris

Conditions:

Critical Illness

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

PHASE3

Brief Summary

Background: Two recent systematic reviews of the literature and meta-analyses have suggested that colloids administration might be deleterious in critically ill patients. Objective: To compare the ef...

Detailed Description

BACKGROUND Fluid resuscitation is a very common treatment in the ICU, and every day a thousands of critically ill patients are treated around the world with crystalloids or colloids to correct hypovo...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Males and females, above the legal age of consent
  • Hospitalized in intensive care unit
  • Need fluid resuscitation (according to the physician in charge of the patient)

Exclusion

  • Patients who have one or more of the following items:
  • Known allergy to gelatins, albumin or starch
  • Coagulation disorders (haemophilia, Willebrand disease, etc.)
  • Chronic renal failure on permanent dialysis
  • Severe hepatic failure
  • Burns \> 20 % of body surface
  • Pregnancy
  • Volume replacement: As a part of anaesthesia, for anaphylactic shock, or for dehydration
  • Brain death
  • Advance directive of withholding or withdrawal of life-sustaining treatments
  • Any other investigational drugs

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

February 1 2003

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

November 1 2012

Estimated Enrollment :

2857 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00318942

Start Date

February 1 2003

End Date

November 1 2012

Last Update

July 1 2014

Active Locations (67)

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Hôpital Erasme

Brussels, Belgium

2

CHU de Sherbrooke-Höpital Fleurimont

Fleurimont, Canada

3

Hôpital Charles LeMoyne

Québec, Canada

4

CH d'Angers

Angers, France