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Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Ischemic Pre-conditioning on the Morbidity and Mortality of Open Surgery of Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysms.

Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Ischemic Pre-conditioning on the Morbidity and Mortality of Open Surgery of Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysms.

Status
Completed
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT03718312
Acronym
EPICATA
Enrollment
65
Registered
2018-10-24
Start date
2019-07-29
Completion date
2023-07-11
Last updated
2026-06-15

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Conditions

Aortic Aneurysm, Surgery

Keywords

Clamping, pre-conditioning

Brief summary

Patients having a planned open surgery of thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms and enrolled in the study will be randomized the day of the surgery in 2 groups: * Arm 1 : Patients with aortic clamping with pre-conditioning * Arm 2 : Patients with aortic clamping without pre-conditioning Patients will be then followed, during 60 days after surgery.

Interventions

PROCEDUREclamping with pre-conditioning (PCl)

PCI procedure: clamping of the supracellular thoracic aorta for 5 minutes followed by a 5-minutes de-clamping period. PCI procedure is repeated twice.

Sponsors

University Hospital, Rouen
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 85 Years
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

1. Patient \> 18 and \<85 years old 2. Patient having a planned surgery for a thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm by direct approach, 3. Patient with aortic aneurysm requiring supra-visceral aortic clamping and visceral artery reconstruction, 4. Aortic aneurysmal patient with or without distal femoral circulatory assistance, 5. Patient with aortic aneurysm of atheromatous or dissecting etiology, 6. Woman of childbearing potential with effective contraception (estrogen-progestin or intrauterine device or tubal ligation), postmenopausal woman (≥ 12 months of amenorrhea not induced by therapy) 7. Patient who read and understood the newsletter and signed the consent form 8. Patient affiliated with a social security scheme

Exclusion criteria

1. Patient with aortic aneurysms requiring supra-visceral aortic clamping but not requiring visceral artery reconstruction (supra-visceral aortic clamping for renal aortic juxtaposition aorta), 2. Patient with thoraco abdominal aortic aneurysms requiring a circulatory arrest (aortic aneurysms affecting the descending thoracic aorta or the aortic arch) 3. Patient requiring emergency aortic surgery 4. Patient under treatment known as interfering with PCI (Nicorandil or oral antidiabetic agents), 5. Pregnant or lactating woman (negative result of baseline blood test) 6. Participation in another interventional study within 28 days before randomization or during this study 7. Person deprived of liberty by an administrative or judicial decision or person subject to a legal measure for the protection of adults, 8. Patient under the protection of justice, patient under guardianship or curatorship.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
occurrence of a pulmonary complicationBefore the 48 hours after the beginning surgeryNeed for prolonged invasive ventilation
occurrence of a kidney complicationDuring the 8 days after surgeryAccording to RIFLE criteria

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Pulmonary MorbidityDuring the 21 days after surgeryNeed of a new ventilation (invasive or not)
Kidney MorbidityDuring the 21 days after surgeryAccording to RIFLE criteria
Cardiac MorbidityDuring the 48 hours after surgeryValue of troponin
cell and tissue damageDuring the 8 days after surgeryValue of D Lactate
DeathDuring 60 days after surgery

Countries

France

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Jun 16, 2026