Status:

COMPLETED

Sodium Nitroprusside for Blood Pressure Reduction in the ICU (SNP2)

Lead Sponsor:

Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)

Conditions:

Hypertension

Eligibility:

All Genders

1-17 years

Phase:

PHASE2

Brief Summary

Nitroprusside is used commonly in the Intensive Care Unit for long periods of time in order to reduce blood pressure. It is not known if the body compensates over time to the blood pressure lowering, ...

Detailed Description

This is a phase 2, multicenter, randomized, double-blind placebo-controlled, parallel group study to determine the persistence of the effect of SNP on blood pressure and to assess the potential for re...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Inclusion Criteria:
  • Subject is less than 17 years of age.
  • An in-dwelling arterial line is clinically indicated.
  • Subject's parent or legal guardian is willing and able to give informed parental permission signing and dating an IRB-approved informed parental permission containing all of the elements of informed consent, and subject provides assent, signing an IRB-approved and -required informed assent, if applicable.
  • Subject is anticipated to require a minimum of 20 mm Hg (15 mm Hg for subjects \< 2 years old) reduction in MAP for at least 12 hours using SNP \[i.e., MAPB1 - MAPB2 ≥ 20 mm Hg (15 mm Hg for subjects \< 2 years old)\]
  • Exclusion criteria:
  • Subject weighs \< 3.0 kg.
  • Subject has a known allergy to SNP.
  • Subject has a known mitochondrial cytopathy with a disorder of oxidative phosphorylation or of respiratory chain enzymes.
  • Subject has a contraindication to vasodilator therapy for control of blood pressure during surgery or in the intensive care unit.
  • Subject has raised intracranial pressure.
  • Subject is anticipated to need anti-hypertensive drugs other than Sodium Nitroprusside either IV (e.g. dexmedetomidine, esmolol, etc.) or epidural (e.g.local anesthetics, clonidine, etc.) within three terminal half-lives (3X T½ β) of the blinded study drug period. However, patients receiving stable doses of an anti-hypertensive drug(s) prior to the initiation of study drug may be enrolled.
  • Subject has any serious medical condition which, in the opinion of the investigator, is likely to interfere with study procedures.
  • Subject is moribund (death likely to occur within 48 hours).
  • Subject has a positive result for the urine or serum HCG test administered at screening.
  • Subject has participated in other clinical trials for investigational drugs within 30 days prior to enrollment
  • Subject has received or will have received Sodium Thiosulfate within 6 hours prior to the start of the open-label period.
  • Subject is either on, or anticipated to be on, ECMO.

Exclusion

    Key Trial Info

    Start Date :

    January 1 2009

    Trial Type :

    INTERVENTIONAL

    Allocation :

    ACTUAL

    End Date :

    January 1 2011

    Estimated Enrollment :

    45 Patients enrolled

    Trial Details

    Trial ID

    NCT00621816

    Start Date

    January 1 2009

    End Date

    January 1 2011

    Last Update

    December 6 2011

    Active Locations (8)

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    Arkansas Children's Hospital

    Little Rock, Arkansas, United States, 72202

    2

    Stanford University School of Medicine

    Stanford, California, United States, 94305

    3

    Kosair Charities Pediatric Clinical Research Unit

    Louisville, Kentucky, United States, 40202

    4

    University of Michigan - Mott Children's Hospital

    Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States, 48109-0243