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Contrast nephropathy (CN) remains a common complication of radiographic procedures and an important cause of hospital-acquired acute renal failure. Only hydration with saline is uniformly accepted and used in clinical practice as a cornerstone for the prevention of CN. But the optimal preventive strategy for CN is not known. Sodium bicarbonate might be even more effective than hydration with sodium chloride for prophylaxis of CN. Therefore the aim of the study is to evaluate the efficacy of two regimens of sodium bicarbonate compared with a prolonged infusion of sodium chloride in the prevention of CN.

Primary endpoint: Decrease in glomerular filtration rate (GFR) within 48 hours.


Clinical Trial Description

Background: Contrast nephropathy (CN) remains a common complication of radiographic procedures and an important cause of hospital-acquired acute renal failure, which contributes to morbidity and mortality during hospitalization, as well as costs of health care. Many previous strategies to prevent CN (such as N-acetylcysteine, aminophylline, fenoldopam, hemofiltration) have been unsuccessful or at least controversial. Only hydration with saline is uniformly accepted and used in clinical practice as cornerstone for the prevention of CN. But the optimal preventive strategy for CN is not known. According to a recent study, periprocedural hydration with sodium bicarbonate might be even more effective than hydration with sodium chloride for prophylaxis of CN. Such a preventive hydration with sodium bicarbonate should be compared with the gold standard of hydration with saline (24-h hydration period). This has not been evaluated so far. Given its high oral bioavailability, sodium bicarbonate could be administered even orally instead of a prolonged infusion. An effective short-term regimen would be highly attractive in clinical practice including outpatient procedures.

Aim: To evaluate the efficacy of two regimens of sodium bicarbonate compared with a prolonged infusion of sodium chloride in the prevention of CN.

Primary endpoint: Decrease in glomerular filtration rate (GFR) within 48 hours. GFR is calculated using the abbreviated Modification of Diet in Renal Disease Study equation. Secondary endpoints: Development of contrast nephropathy defined by increase in serum creatinine concentration of at least 44umol/l within 48 hours, an increase >=25% in the baseline serum creatinine concentration within 48 hours, or defined as an increase >=25% in the baseline serum cystatin C concentration or an increase >=0.35mg/l in serum cystatin C concentration within 48 hours; increase in serum cystatin C level at day 1 and 2, in-hospital morbidity (nonfatal myocardial infarction) and mortality, dialysis, length of stay, total costs of hospitalization, 3-/12-month mortality, 3-/12-month hospitalization for cardiac causes, and GFR at 3 and 12 months.

Patients and Methods: This randomized, controlled open-label trial is designed to enroll 258 patients at increased risk for CN because of renal dysfunction undergoing intraarterial or intravenous radiographic contrast procedures. Patients will be randomly assigned 1:1:1 with the use of sealed envelopes into 3 groups (block randomisation for intraarterial and intravenous radiographic contrast procedures) :

1. a control group: patients receive a preventive hydration with 154mEq/l saline at an ongoing rate of 1ml/kg per hour of at least 12 hours prior and after the procedure.

2. a group with 7h-sodium bicarbonate (according to the regimen used in a recently published study (slightly modified)14): before contrast a bolus of 3ml/kg NaHCO3 166mEq/l for one hour, followed by an infusion of NaHCO3 166mEq/l with a rate of 1ml/kg per hour until 6h after contrast.

3. a group with short-term sodium bicarbonate: NaHCO3 166mEq/l (3ml/kg; patients with a body weight above 100kg 300ml) as a bolus 20 minutes before contrast; additionally ingestion of Nephrotrans® (500mg NaHCO3/capsule: 1 capsule/10kg) with 1-2 dl of San Pellegrino® non-sparkling mineral water at the start of the infusion. Ingestion of 500ml San Pellegrino® non-sparkling mineral water in the first 6 hours after contrast.

Expected results: It is the researchers' hypothesis that a short-term periprocedural preventive hydration with sodium bicarbonate will be non-inferior to the regimen of long-term hydration with sodium bicarbonate. The long-term regimen with sodium bicarbonate is expected to be superior to the standard i.v. regimen with sodium chloride.

Significance: Given the significant morbidity and mortality associated with acute renal failure due to contrast media as well as the widespread use of contrast media in an ambulant setting for diagnostic and therapeutical procedures, preventive short-term hydration with sodium bicarbonate could represent a major advance in clinical medicine. ;


Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Prevention


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NCT number NCT00130598
Study type Interventional
Source University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland
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Status Completed
Phase Phase 2/Phase 3
Start date June 2005
Completion date December 2009

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