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Last refreshed on: 29 March 2021
Main ID:  NCT02531724
Date of registration: 20/08/2015
Prospective Registration: Yes
Primary sponsor: Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Sweden
Public title: Effects of Levosimendan in Acute Kidney Injury After Cardiac Surgery LEVOAKI
Scientific title: Effects of Levosimendan in Acute Kidney Injury After Cardiac Surgery
Date of first enrolment: September 2015
Target sample size: 30
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02531724
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized. Intervention model: Parallel Assignment. Primary purpose: Treatment. Masking: Triple (Participant, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor).  
Phase:  Phase 4
Countries of recruitment
Sweden
Contacts
Name:     Sven-Erik Ricksten, Professor
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Affiliation:  Sahlgrenska Academy, dept of clinical science
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Patients in the cardiothoracic intensive care after cardiac surgery with
cardiopulmonary bypass

- Acute kidney injury, defined as increase in S-creatinine 50% or 27 mol/L

- Normal S-creatinine before surgery

Exclusion Criteria:

- Ongoing treatment with inotropic drugs (not norepinephrine)

- Central venous oxygen saturation (ScvO2) < 60% despite optimization of hematocrit and
volume status

- Need of renal replacement therapy

- Ongoing bleeding

- Patient or next of kin does not consent with study participation



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Acute Kidney Injury
Renal Insufficiency, Acute
Intervention(s)
Drug: Levosimendan
Drug: Placebo
Primary Outcome(s)
Glomerular filtration rate [Time Frame: 5 Hours]
Renal blood flow [Time Frame: 5 Hours]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Serum creatinine [Time Frame: 4 days]
Secondary ID(s)
SahlgrenskaUHThoraxLL3
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
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