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Administrative data

NCT number NCT01617798
Other study ID # IRB00007857
Secondary ID
Status Withdrawn
Phase N/A
First received
Last updated
Start date June 2012
Est. completion date June 2013

Study information

Verified date June 2019
Source Oregon Health and Science University
Contact n/a
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority
Study type Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Patients who are on mechanical ventilation in an intensive care unit often require diursis as part of their pre-extubation regimen. The drug of choice for diuresis has traditionally been furosemide. However, this drug cause hypernatremia (a rise in serum sodium) in a significant proportion of patients. Hypernatremia is traditionally treated by providing free water supplementation to the patient. This strategy creates a vicious and unproductive cycle of giving free water, and then diuresing it off. We propose a strategy for breaking this cycle by using a second diuretic-- metolazone-- which has a tendency to rid the body of more sodium, thereby minimizing hypernatremia.


Description:

Mechanical ventilation is a mainstay of Intensive Care. Weaning from mechanical ventilation remains a significant issue in Intensive Care Unit (ICU) care worldwide. It is well established that a strategy of diuresis with negative fluid balance shortens the duration of mechanical ventilation in both acute lung injury and cardiogenic pulmonary edema patients. Despite publication of at least one formalized but complex evidence-based conservative fluid strategy, there is no practical, uniformly implemented protocol for setting or achieving volume status targets. The default approach at many hospitals involves using ad hoc doses (either intermittent or continuous) of a loop diuretic (usually furosemide) with instructions to monitor fluid balance and follow electrolytes in an attempt to reach arbitrary target volume diuresis. Moreover, there are barriers to achieving any particular target, including pre-existing renal failure/diuretic resistance, diuretic-induced creatinine elevation, acquired diuretic resistance, hypotension from volume loss, and electrolyte derangements including hypokalemia and hypernatremia. Strategies exist for preventing or treating the above complications but there is presently no accepted standard for preventing or treating diuretic-induced hypernatremia. In fact, the standard current intervention is to replace the free water deficit that may be induced by the loop diuretic, while simultaneously perpetuating the free water deficit by continuing to administer the causative loop diuretic. This approach is circular and does not effectuate the desired negative fluid balance. We will address the lack of an accepted prevention strategy using a randomized controlled clinical trial in ICU patients with the following specific aims:

1. Conduct a randomized, pilot trial of standard versus metolazone supplemented diuresis in ICU patients with the primary outcome of improved negative fluid balance.

2. Assess secondary outcomes including time to extubation, exacerbation of renal failure, and incidence of electrolyte derrangements in the treatment and control arms.

3. Track whether initial hypernatremia within the control group is a risk factor for poor diuresis with furosemide, and whether it delays extubation.

The anticipated benefits of our proposed intervention involve fundamental ICU and patient care quality measures: avoiding the pitfalls of hypernatremia and diuretic resistance should lead to more effective diuresis, which should in turn lead to a more negative fluid balance, earlier liberation from the ventilator, and a shorter length of stay in the ICU.


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Withdrawn
Enrollment 0
Est. completion date June 2013
Est. primary completion date June 2013
Accepts healthy volunteers No
Gender All
Age group N/A and older
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria:

- ICU patients who are intubated and slated for diuresis in anticipation of extubation.

- Patients must be hypernatremic (Na > 140 mEq/L) at the time diuresis is initiated or become hypernatremic over the course of receiving loop diuretics in anticipation of extubation.

- GFR > 30 ml/min [as calculated by the MedCalc MDRD formula {GFR = 170 x PCr - 0.999 x Age - 0.176 x BUN - 0.170 x Albumin0.318 x 0.762 (for women) x 1.180 (for blacks)} ]

Exclusion Criteria:

- History of allergy to furosemide or any thiazide diuretic

- Inability to place enteral access

- Moribund status

Study Design


Intervention

Drug:
Supplemental metolazone diuresis
Patients in the Study Arm will receive supplemental diuresis with metolazone 2.5 mg per dobhoff tube twice daily, in addition to furosemide as the primary team sees fit.
Placebo Comparator: Control-- furosemide (lasix) only
Control arm will receive furosemide as monotherapy for diuresis

Locations

Country Name City State
United States Oregon Health Sciences University Portland Oregon

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
Oregon Health and Science University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Primary Fluid balance Differences in fluid balance (total net liters negative from the time diuresis is initiated) between the study group and control group at the following intervals: 24, 36, 48, and 72 hours after either protocol is initiated. 24, 36, 48, and 72 hours after either protocol is initiated
Secondary Serum sodium Number patients whose Na remains below 145 (meq/L) during the period of diuresis; versus the number of patients whose sodium exceeds 145 (meq/L) and require free water replacement. Continuous for 72 hours
Secondary Hyponatremia Number of patients who develop hyponatremia (Na < 136 meq/L) Continuous for up to 72 hours
Secondary Time to extubation Time in hours from initiation of protocol to extubation (difference between study group and control group Unitl the patient is actually extubated, undergoes tracheostomy, or expires.
Secondary Acute Kidney Injury Number of patients who develop acute kidney injury (increase in creatinine by more than 25%) Continuous for the first 72 hours
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