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The aim of the study is to assess the ability of Levosimendan to reduce the postoperative acute kidney injury in pediatric patients undergoing surgery for congenital heart disease (CHDs).


Clinical Trial Description

Young children, between the age of 1 to 12 months, with congenital heart disease in need of elective heart surgery will be included in this study. The trial will contain two study groups, 35 patients in each. One group will receive Levosimendan and the second group will receive Milrinone as a heart muscle-strengthening agent during and after the operation. Milrinone is currently used as the drug of choice in many pediatric cardiac surgery centers. It remains to see if Levosimendan can exert a kidney protecting function in addition to its heart muscle-strengthening properties. The primary objective of this study is to investigate the preventive effect of Levosimendan on postoperative acute kidney injury in pediatric patients undergoing surgery for their CHDs. Creatinine levels postoperatively will be the primary endpoint. Creatinine, the common marker of kidney injury, will be measured daily. The treatment with Levosimendan or Milrinone will be started during the operation (after initiation of cardiopulmonary bypass) and will last 24 hours. Blood samples will be obtained at six occasions perioperatively. Patients will be followed 4 days after termination of treatment (totally 5 days). The duration of study will be 30 days (24 hours treatment + 4 days follow up + 30-days-mortality registration). Creatinine is the primary outcome in this study. Inflammatory biomarkers and other relevant biomarkers will comprise the secondary outcome variables. ;


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NCT number NCT02232399
Study type Interventional
Source Göteborg University
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Status Completed
Phase Phase 2
Start date October 15, 2014
Completion date April 25, 2017

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