Status:

RECRUITING

Albumin To Enhance Recovery After Acute Kidney Injury

Lead Sponsor:

Ottawa Hospital Research Institute

Collaborating Sponsors:

The Physicians' Services Incorporated Foundation

The Kidney Foundation of Canada

Conditions:

Acute Kidney Injury

Renal Replacement Therapy

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

PHASE4

Brief Summary

Study objectives: To determine whether, in critically ill patients with Acute Kidney Injury requiring renal replacement therapy (AKI-RRT), randomization to receive intravenous hyperoncotic albumin 20...

Detailed Description

Background: Severe Acute Kidney Injury that necessitates renal replacement therapy (AKI-RRT) is a frequent complication of critical illness and portends severe outcomes: high morbidity, an approximate...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Age ≥18 years old;
  • Admission to a critical care unit/intensive care unit (ICU) for \> 24 hours;
  • Receiving vasoactive therapy AND/OR undergoing mechanical ventilation (including non-invasive mechanical ventilation (NIMV));
  • Immediate initiation of RRT for management of AKI is planned OR additional RRT sessions are imminently planned for patients who already received RRT during their ICU admission;

Exclusion

  • Initiation of RRT for reasons other than AKI (e.g. drug intoxication, hypothermia) ;
  • Known pre-hospitalization end-stage kidney disease;
  • Kidney transplant within the past 365 days;
  • Presence or clinical suspicion of renal obstruction, rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis, vasculitis, thrombotic microangiopathy or acute interstitial nephritis;
  • Advanced cirrhosis (Child Pugh class C \[score 10-15\]), spontaneous bacterial peritonitis or hepatorenal syndrome;
  • Acute peritoneal dialysis used as the initial RRT modality;
  • Contraindications to albumin:
  • Admitted with traumatic brain injury
  • Increased intra-cranial pressure in those with intra-cranial pressure monitoring
  • Prior history of anaphylaxis to intravenous albumin
  • Contraindication or known objection to albumin/blood product transfusions
  • Already received 2 or more RRT sessions during ICU admission.
  • Limitations of medical therapy precluding RRT/mechanical ventilation/vasoactive medications or plan to transition to palliation

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

November 2 2023

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

October 23 2025

Estimated Enrollment :

856 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT04705896

Start Date

November 2 2023

End Date

October 23 2025

Last Update

May 1 2025

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The Governors of the University of Calgary

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

2

University of Manitoba - Health Sciences Centre

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

3

Nova Scotia Health Authority

Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

4

Hamilton Health Sciences Corporation

Hamilton, Ontario, Canada