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Remote Ischemic Preconditioning for Renal and Cardiac Protection in Congestive Heart Failure (RICH) Trial

Remote Ischemic Preconditioning for Renal and Cardiac Protection in Congestive Heart Failure (RICH) Trial

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Phase 2Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT04982419
Acronym
RICH
Enrollment
240
Registered
2021-07-29
Start date
2021-11-01
Completion date
2029-03-31
Last updated
2025-12-15

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Acute Kidney Injury, Contrast Induced Nephropathy, Coronary Angiography, Heart Failure, Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

Keywords

Contrast-induced acute kidney injury, Congestive heart failure, Contrast induced nephropathy, Coronary angiography, Percutaneous coronary intervention, Coronary artery disease, Remote ischemic conditioning, acute coronary syndrome, Acute kidney injury, Major adverse kidney events, Ischemic preconditioning

Brief summary

This is a prospective, double-blind, sham-controlled, multicenter, randomized clinical trial is to study the effects of remote ischemic preconditioning on contrast-associated acute kidney injury, functional capacity, and major adverse kidney events in in patients with congestive heart failure undergoing cardiac catheterization and/or percutaneous coronary intervention.

Detailed description

The RICH Trial is a prospective, multicenter, randomized clinical trial to determine the effect of remote ischemic preconditioning on contrast associated acute kidney injury, and to characterize the effect of remote ischemic preconditioning on brain natriuretic peptide, functional capacity at one month, and major adverse kidney events (persistent renal dysfunction, renal replacement therapy, and death) at three months in patients with congestive heart failure with reduced left ventricular ejection fraction undergoing coronary angiography and/or percutaneous coronary intervention.

Interventions

DEVICERemote ischemic preconditioning

3 cycles of blood pressure cuff inflations to occlusive pressure of 200 mmHg for 5 minutes and deflation for 5 minutes

DEVICESham remote ischemic conditioning

3 cycles of blood pressure cuff inflations to non-occlusive pressure of 60 mmHg for 5 minutes and deflation for 5 minutes (Control)

Sponsors

VA Office of Research and Development
Lead SponsorFED

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)

Intervention model description

Eligible patients will be randomized to RIPC or sham-RIPC.

Eligibility

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

Inclusion criteria

* Age 18 years * Diagnosis of heart failure with reduced LVEF \<50% * Pre-procedure intravenous normal saline fluid restriction status * Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) AKI risk score (\>1%) * Referral for coronary angiogram and/or PCI * Suspected stable coronary artery disease or acute coronary syndrome

Exclusion criteria

* Inability to give informed consent * Unstable BP (SBP \> 200 or \<80 mmHg) at the time of enrolment * Upper limb peripheral arterial disease * Unavailability of at least one arm for RIPC/Sham-RIPC application * Kidney transplant * Renal disease requiring dialysis * Prior exposure to contrast media within 72hrs preceding coronary angiography * Pregnancy * Prisoner

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Contrast-associated acute kidney injury24 and 48 hours time pointsThe investigators define contrast-associated acute kidney injury as a relative increase in serum creatinine of 0.3mg/dl compared with initial creatinine at 48 hours time point after coronary angiography and/or PCI. The will obtain levels of serum creatinine at baseline, then at 24 and 48 hours time points.

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
6 minute walk distance1 monthAt one month follow-up, 6 minute walk test will be used to determine total distance walked in 6 minutes.
Major adverse kidney events3 monthsPersistent renal dysfunction, renal replacement therapy, and death will be assessed at 3 months (90 days) to determine major adverse kidney events (MAKE90).
Brain Natriuretic Peptide (BNP)24 and 48 hours time pointsBNP is a hormone that is primarily secreted from the ventricular myocardium in response to hemodynamic stimuli such as ventricular volume expansion and pressure overload. The investigators will obtain levels of serum BNP at baseline, then at 24 and 48 hours.

Countries

United States

Contacts

Primary ContactOladipupo Olafiranye, MD MS
Oladipupo.Olafiranye@va.gov(214) 857-2923

Outcome results

None listed

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