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Ischemic Preconditioning to Prevent Acute Kidney Injury

Ischemic Preconditioning to Prevent Acute Kidney Injury

Status
Completed
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT02167152
Enrollment
115
Registered
2014-06-18
Start date
2014-06-30
Completion date
2016-02-29
Last updated
2018-04-04

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Conditions

Acute Kidney Injury

Brief summary

The purpose of this study is to learn about the impact of ischemic preconditioning in reducing contrast induced kidney damage in people with pre-existing kidney problems who are undergoing cardiac catheterization procedures.

Detailed description

Ischemic preconditioning is thought to work by down-regulating pro-inflammatory gene expression and up-regulating anti-inflammatory gene expression in leukocytes. There is a local release of vasodilators, including adenosine and nitric oxide that are thought to have renal protective effects \[16\]. More is known regarding ischemic preconditioning in the heart, where it has been shown to decrease the adenine nucleotide pool, increase creatine phosphate and intracellular glucose, decrease ATP depletion, and lactate and H+ accumulation. This leads to sodium maintenance of the transmembrane sodium gradient that prevents intracellular edema. Ischemic preconditioning is thought to yield protection in the first minutes of reperfusion. Activation of the adenosine A1, bradykinin, and opioid receptors is thought to trigger protection. This is supported by the interference with protection if an adenosine receptor antagonist is administered. The role of reactive oxygen species as part of the protective mechanism has also been described via mitochondrial mKATP channels which lead to increased production of protective superoxide. Protein kinase C may also be involved in the protective mechanism of ischemic preconditioning, however the exact mechanism is unknown and controversial.

Interventions

OTHERIschemic preconditionin

Ischemic preconditioning will be accomplished through 4 cycles of alternating 5-minute inflation and 5-minute deflation of an upper-arm blood pressure cuff to the patient's systolic blood pressure plus 50% to induce ischemia and reperfusion.

Sponsors

University of Kansas Medical Center
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
TRIPLE (Subject, Caregiver, Outcomes Assessor)

Eligibility

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

Inclusion criteria

* Stage III-IV chronic kidney disease (with serum creatinine at or above 1.4 mg/dl and eGFR 15-55 ml/min/1.73m2 calculated by the Modification of Diet in Renal Disease formula) * Undergoing planned coronary angiography (including both cardiac and peripheral vascular) and/or intervention at KUMC

Exclusion criteria

* Patients with normal renal function (stage 0 to 2 chronic kidney disease and/or serum creatinine less than 1.4 mg/dl) * Inability or unwillingness to provide consent * Patients undergoing hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis therapy * Patients with renal artery stenting * Hemodynamically unstable patients * Patients with acute or acute on chronic heart failure * Patients who are unable to undergo the study procedure due to any upper extremity problems such as prior amputation, prior radical mastectomy, etc * Patients who have not been hydrated prior to procedure using the standard protocols

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Acute Kidney Injury1 yearDefined as an absolute increase in serum creatinine greater than or equal to 0.5 mg/dl or a relative increase of greater than or equal to 25% compared with pre-procedural baseline as compared to 48-72 hours post-angiography.

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Progression of kidney disease1 yearDefined as change in serum creatinine and epidermal growth factor receptor (eGFR)

Countries

United States

Outcome results

None listed

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