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Citrate Versus Heparin Anticoagulation: Effect on Molecules Clearances

Regional Citrate Versus Systemic Heparin Anticoagulation for Super High-flux Continuous Hemodialysis in Septic Shock: Effect on Middle Molecular Weight Molecules Clearances

Status
UNKNOWN
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT01839578
Acronym
RCA-SHA
Enrollment
30
Registered
2013-04-25
Start date
2013-05-31
Completion date
2015-04-30
Last updated
2014-08-27

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Conditions

Septic Shock

Keywords

cytokines, blood purification, super high flux hemodialysis

Brief summary

Sepsis is responsible for 50% of all acute kidney injury (AKI) in intensive care units (ICUs), contributing greatly to multiple organ dysfunction syndrome (MODS). Special types of continuous renal replacement therapies (CRRT) have been proposed as adjuvant therapies for septic shock due to their ability to remove middle molecular weight molecules such as inflammatory mediators involved in MODS pathophysiology. These therapies are called extracorporeal blood purification therapies. When CRRT is used, an anticoagulation is required to prevent clotting of the extracorporeal circuit, possibly causing bleeding in selected patients. Many anticoagulation strategies have been proposed and the most commonly used in 2013 is still unfractionated heparin. Regional citrate anticoagulation (RCA) is an interesting alternative as it dramatically decreases the bleeding risk. The investigators hypothesize that the use of citrate with Super High Flux Continuous Veno-Venus Hemodialysis (SHF-CVVHD) would be highly beneficial over time by preserving the filter effectiveness via limiting protein adhesion (which subsequently reduces filter pore sizes (protein cake)), as compared to heparin. Consequently, higher clearances of the inflammatory mediators could be maintained over time with citrate as compared to heparin anticoagulation. In other words, for the same duration of filter use, middle molecular weight molecules and cytokines clearances would be greater with citrate as compared to heparin. To test this hypothesis, the investigators will perform a clinical randomized controlled trial which aim would be to compare middle molecular weight molecules and cytokines clearances in SHF-CVVHD using RCA versus systemic heparin anticoagulation in septic patients with AKI.

Interventions

DRUGAnticoagulation to prevent clotting of the extracorporeal circuit. (regional citrate anticoagulation)

Anticoagulation to prevent clotting of the extracorporeal circuit. Unfractionated heparin and regional citrate anticoagulation will be compared. Ci-Ca protocole for MultiFiltrate® CRRT machine : * 4% trisodium citrate solution * Calcium chloride solution (100 mmol/L) * Dialysate flow rate: 35 ml/kg/h * Blood flow rate: adjusted to maintain a ratio blood flow rate / dialysate flow rate of 3 * Citrate infusion titrated to maintain postfilter ionized calcium between 0.25 and 0.35 mmol/L. * Calcium chloride infusion titrated to maintain systemic ionized calcium between 1.12 and 1.2 mmol/L. * Blood flow adapted to the acid-base status

DRUGAnticoagulation to prevent clotting of the extracorporeal circuit (Unfractionated heparin)

Anticoagulation to prevent clotting of the extracorporeal circuit. Unfractionated heparin and regional citrate anticoagulation will be compared. * Continuous infusion of unfractionated heparin: starting infusion rate at 600 IU/h then adjusted to maintain partial thromboplastin time at 1-1.4 times the normal value. * Standard dialysate for CRRT : Prismasol® K2 solution * Dialysate flow rate: 35 ml/kg/h * Blood flow rate: adjusted to maintain a ratio blood flow rate / dialysate flow rate of

Sponsors

Hospices Civils de Lyon
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* Male or female critically ill patients over the age of 18 years old * Acute Kidney Injury requiring CRRT defined using the Risk, Injury, Failure, Loss, End-stage renal disease (RIFLE) classification with criterion I or worse. * Septic shock as defined by the American College of Chest Physicians/Society of Critical Care Medicine Consensus Conference. * Written informed consent obtained from the patient or a patient's legal representative * Patient patient's legal representative able to agree to patient's enrollment in the study with informed consent.

Exclusion criteria

* Pregnancy * Participation in another research study protocol * Known heparin induced thrombopenia or contraindication to heparin * Pre-existing chronic renal failure on chronic dialysis * Therapeutic anticoagulation with heparin for another reason (e.g. chonic arrhythmia) * Severe liver failure (15% prothrombin time)

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Middle molecular weight molecules clearances18 monthsAt each time point of the study (T=1h,T=4h,T=12h,T=24h, T=48h, and T=72h), blood and post-filter samplings will be taken in order to calculate kappa and lambda light chains of immunoglobulin clearances.

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Clearances of cytokines and molecules of interestT=1h,T=4h,T=12h,T=24h, T=48h, and T=72hAt each time point of the study (T=1h,T=4h,T=12h,T=24h, T=48h, and T=72h), sampling will be simultaneously collected from blood and post-filter in order to determine cytokines (IL-1 ra, IL-10, IL-6, IL-8, β2microglobuline), urea, creatinine and albumin clearances.
Hemodynamic parametersT=1h,T=4h,T=12h,T=24h, T=48h, and T=72hAt each time point of the study (T=1h,T=4h,T=12h,T=24h, T=48h, and T=72h), clinical data and blood sampling will be collected in order to assess mean arterial pressure, heart rate, vasopressor requirement and lactate level.
Respiratory parameters(T=1h,T=4h,T=12h,T=24h, T=48h, and T=72h),At each time point of the study (T=1h,T=4h,T=12h,T=24h, T=48h, and T=72h), PaO2/FIO2 ratio will be measured by blood sampling and clinical data collection.
mortality28th day

Countries

France

Contacts

Primary ContactThomas Rimmelé, Dr
th.rimmele@gmail.com4 72 11 02 13
Backup ContactPr Bernard Allaouchiche, Pr
bernard.allaouchiche@chu-lyon.fr4 72 11 02 13

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026