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Impact of a Treatment With Angiotensin Receptor Blocker on Outcome After Acute Kidney Injury in Patients Discharged From the ICU.

Impact of a Treatment With Angiotensin Receptor Blocker on Outcome After Acute Kidney Injury in Patients Discharged From the ICU START-or-NOT Trial. A Prospective, Randomized, Double Blinded, Multicenter Study

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT05272878
Acronym
START-or-NOT
Enrollment
508
Registered
2022-03-10
Start date
2022-11-22
Completion date
2026-06-27
Last updated
2025-09-08

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

Conditions

Acute Kidney Injury

Keywords

Angiotensin-Converting-Enzyme Inhibitor, angiotensin-receptor blockers

Brief summary

The patients discharged from intensive care units (ICU) have a high incidence of cardiovascular events and mortality rate during the year following ICU discharge. Among patients admitted to the ICU, patients with acute kidney injury (AKI) display high risk of such events. The investigators furthermore demonstrated that AKI could induce remote cardio-vascular injury and fibrosis, which may be involved in the poor prognosis of AKI. Strategies that may prevent the cardiovascular consequences of AKI in most severe patients (i.e. post-AKI ICU survivors) may therefore improve long term outcomes. AKI has been associated with activation of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (RAAS). Activation of the RAAS has been further associated with long-term health consequences especially with cardiovascular damages. Potential protective effects of RAASi following acute injury have been reported in observational studies. With this randomized controlled trial, the investigators aim at investigating the impact of treatment with RAAS inhibitors after AKI on cardiovascular and kidney outcomes.

Detailed description

Phase III study Prospective, multicenter, superiority, double-blind, randomized controlled study with two arms (1:1). * Inclusion of patients who are discharged alive (or ready to be discharged) from ICU or acute care and developed acute kidney injury during the ICU stay (according to the KDIGO criteria) - and signing of the consent to participate at this research * Enrolled patients will be randomly assigned to one of the two study groups once their renal function has stabilized for at least 48 hours and within 30 days from ICU or acute care discharge. Patients randomized will be stratified according to the center and the severity of AKI during ICU stay (KDIGO 1 vs KDIGO 2 or 3) * All patients with have a clinical examination and biological visit (i.e. serum creatinine, potassium, and NT-ProBNP) 7(+/-2) days after inclusion, at 2 months, 6 months and at 12 months. Microalbuminuria will be further measure at inclusion and 12 months. In the control and treatment group, treatment will be upgraded to 2 pills (IRBESARTAN 150 mg or Placebo) if Serum creatinine has not risen by more than 30% since previous visit and no hyperkalemia and no hypotension are noticed. Treatment management will be performed by intensivists, nephrologists or cardiologists involved in the protocol. Biological collection A plasma and urine collected as part of the study will be stored in a biological sample collection at inclusion and at the end of the study.

Interventions

DRUGIRBESARTAN, tablet, 150 mg

IRBESARTAN will be introduced at 150 mg orally one daily, with a progressive increase to 300 mg a day, at 7 days or 2 months follow-up visit.Treatment will be continued for 12 months, unless a side effect would occur.

DRUGPlacebo, tablet, 150 mg

Placebo will be introduced at 150 mg orally one daily, with a progressive increase to 300 mg a day, at 7 days or 2 months follow-up visit.Treatment will be continued for 12 months, unless a side effect would occur.

Sponsors

Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE (Subject, Investigator)

Masking description

Treatments will be conditioned and labelled by the Contract manufacturing organization AGEPS according to a list provided by an independent person and assigning a treatment arm to each treatment number. Randomization and treatment numbers lists are kept strictly confidential until the time of unblinding, and will not be accessible by anyone involved in the study, with the exception of the independent, unblinded statistician approving the randomization scheme; the study will be kept blinded to patients, investigators and study personnel also during the entire study period; The identification of treatment will be concealed by the use of a matching placebo to the study product that will be provided in boxes identical in packaging, labeling and appearance

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 75 Years
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* Patient between 18 and 75 years old * Met criteria for acute kidney injury during the ICU stay (according to the KDIGO criteria) * After their renal function has stabilized for at least 48 hours (Serum creatinine decreasing or not increasing more than 26 micromol/L or 25%) among patients ready to be discharged from the ICU or acute careTCU. and within 30 days after their ICU discharge. * Signed informed consent * Patients affiliated to a Social Security System * Women of childbearing potential and men must agree, to use adequate and highly effective contraception, until the end of the research.

Exclusion criteria

* Patient treated with ACEi or ARB before ICU admission * Patient for whom treatment with ACEi or ARB is strongly recommended according to the international guidelines at discharge (i.e. patients with congestive heart failure and persistent dyspnea with LVEF\<40%,, patients with diabetes mellitus and either albuminuria \> 300 µg/g creatininuria or hypertension associated with microalbuminuria or hypertension associated with eGFR \< 60 ml/min) known before ICU admission. * Hyperkalemia\>5 mmol/L * Systolic blood pressure \<100 mmHg * Patient with severe renal failure, as defined by estimated glomerular filtration rate creatinine clearance \< 15 ml/min/1.73m2), requiring renal replacement therapy at ICU discharge * Oral route impossible. * Pregnancy * Breast feeding * Patients chronically treated with Aliskiren * Known hypersensitivity to the active substance or to one of its excipients and in particular to lactose * Patients with known primary hyperaldosteronism * Patients with known severe and symptomatic aortic stenosis, mitral stenosis or obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. * Patients treated with lithium * Patient undergoing psychiatric care * Inability to consent due to psychiatric disorders defined as psychiatric disorders or patient with a mental state requiring immediate care with either by constant medical surveillance justifying hospitalization, or regular medical follow-up justifying specific treatment * Patient deprived of liberty by a judicial or administrative decision * Patient to a legal protection measure (guardianship, curatorship and safeguard of justice)

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Time to MACE (major adverse cardiovascular events)Within the year after randomizationcardiovascular events will be defined as: acute heart failure, stroke, acute coronary syndrome

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Albuminuria>0.3 g/day one year after ICU dischargeone year after ICU discharge
Chronic kidney disease stagingOne year after randomization
Change in Chronic kidney disease stagingOne year after randomization
Occurrence of chronic kidney diseaseone year after ICU dischargekidney disease defined as eGFR \<60 ml/min/1.73m2
Hyperkalemia >6 mmol/Lwithin one year after randomization
Deathwithin one year after randomization
New episode of acute kidney injury requiring hospitalizationwithin one year after randomizationAcute kidney injury according to the KDIGO criteria

Countries

France

Outcome results

None listed

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