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Prophylactic Methylprednisolone for Renal Protection in Cardiac Surgeries With Cardiopulmonary Bypass

Prophylactic Methylprednisolone for Renal Protection in Cardiac Surgeries With Cardiopulmonary Bypass: A Randomized Double-Blinded Clinical Study

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Phase 1
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT06917859
Enrollment
170
Registered
2025-04-09
Start date
2025-02-01
Completion date
2026-12-01
Last updated
2025-04-09

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Conditions

AKI - Acute Kidney Injury, Cardiopulmonary Bypass

Keywords

AKI, CPB

Brief summary

The aim of the planned study is to assess the prophylactic effect of intraoperative administration of a single dose of methylprednisolone 2 (mg/kg) in decreasing the incidence of postoperative acute kidney injury after cardiac surgeries with cardiopulmonary bypass.

Detailed description

Patients undergoing any type of elective cardiac surgical procedure requiring CPB will be randomly assigned into one of the following groups 1. Placebo group / Control group will receives normal saline as a placebo after the induction of anesthesia and before initiating CPB. 2. Methylprednisolone group / Interventional group receives a single intra-venous dose of methylprednisolone (2 mg/kg) after the induction of anesthesia, and before the initiation of CPB. Measurements: Primary outcome: Incidence of occurrence of postoperative acute kidney injury for 7 days according to the RIFLE criteria. Secondary outcome: 1. Incidence of postoperatively hyperglycemia (blood glucose level of ≥ 140 mg/dl) for 7 days, 2. Duration of ICU stay, 3. Length of hospital stay (LOS), 4. Incidence of wound infection, 5. Incidence of peptic ulcer, 6. Incidence of sepsis.

Interventions

In this study patients will be given a single intra-venous dose of methylprednisolone (2 mg/kg) after the induction of anesthesia, and before the initiation of CPB.

Sponsors

Ain Shams University
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

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

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 65 Years
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

1. Age 18-65 years. 2. Sex: Both sexes. 3. Patients with American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) score III-IV. 4. Patients scheduled for any kind of elective cardiac surgical procedure requiring cardiopulmonary bypass (e.g., coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), valve repair/replacement, or combined procedures (

Exclusion criteria

1. Declining to give written informed consent. 2. History of allergy to the medications used in the study. 3. Diabetic patients with HbA1C \>6.5 4. Moderate to severe hepatic diseases (Child B-C) 5. Hepatic dysfunction: INR \> 1.5, serum albumin \< 2.9 g%. 6. Renal dysfunction (serum Creatinine level \>1.3 mg/dl, or GFR \< 80 ml/min./1.73/m2 7. Patients with a recent history of AKI. 8. Patients undergoing urgent cardiac surgery. 9. Patients undergoing cardiac surgeries with deep hypothermic total circulatory arrest. 10. Planned off-pump procedure. 11. Any cardiac surgery exceeds 45 minutes on Aortic cross clamp. 12. Patients requiring high doses of inotropes and/or vasopressors intraoperative or postoperative (high-dose dopamine is defined as peak doses of \>15 μg/kg/min, high-dose norepinephrine is defined as peak dose \>0.1 μg/kg/min, high-dose epinephrine is defined as peak dose \>0.1 μg/kg/min) 13. Delayed extubation for more than 6 hours postoperative. 14. Patients developed postoperative complications as (septic shock and bleeding)

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Incidence of occurrence of postoperative acute kidney injury7 days post-operativeIncidence of occurrence of postoperative acute kidney injury for 7 days according to the RIFLE criteria.

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Duration of ICU stay,7 days post-operativeDuration of ICU stay,
Length of hospital stay14 Day post-operativeLength of hospital stay
Incidence of postoperatively hyperglycemia7 days post-operative1\. Incidence of postoperatively hyperglycemia (blood glucose level of ≥ 140 mg/dl).
Incidence of peptic ulcer7 days post-operativeMonitoring attacks of hematemesis or melena
Incidence of sepsis7 days post-operativeIncidence of sepsis.
Incidence of wound infection7 days post-operativeIncidence of wound infection

Countries

Egypt

Contacts

Primary ContactAbdelrahman Atef Atef, M.B., B.Ch Faculty of Medicine
abdelrahman.atef@med.asu.edu.eg+201091541157

Outcome results

None listed

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