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Last refreshed on: 19 February 2015
Main ID:  NCT01418521
Date of registration: 09/08/2011
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Rambam Health Care Campus
Public title: Safety and Effectiveness of a Balanced 3rd Generation HES Solution (Tetraspan®) After Cardiac Surgery
Scientific title: Safety and Effectiveness of a Balanced 3rd Generation HES Solution (Tetraspan®) Versus Albumin Solution for Volume Replacement in Patients After Cardiac Surgery
Date of first enrolment: August 2011
Target sample size: 300
Recruitment status: Not yet recruiting
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT01418521
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Phase:  Phase 4
Countries of recruitment
Israel
Contacts
Name:     Liran Shani, MD
Address: 
Telephone: 972-8542631
Email: l_shani@rambam.health.gov.il
Affiliation: 
Name:     Liran Shani, MD
Address: 
Telephone:
Email: l_shani@rambam.health.gov.il
Affiliation: 
Name:     Zvi Adler, MD
Address: 
Telephone:
Email:
Affiliation:  Rambam Health Care Campus
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Written informed consent must be obtained from the subject or his/her legal guardian
before any assessment is performed.

- Male or Female subject, 18 years or older.

- Any elective cardiac surgery

Exclusion Criteria:

- Subjects with impaired liver function defined as an elevated level of ALT and AST
over 100 U/L.

- Hyperhydration states (e.g. pulmonary edema, congestive heart failure).

- Renal failure with creatinine blood levels > 2.5 mg/dL or eGFR < 30 ml/min
(calculated using the DMRD formula).

- Oliguria (UO<0.5ml\kg\hr) or anuria (not related to hypovolemia) more than 12 hours.

- Current Intracranial hemorrhage.

- Current, hard to balance hyperkalemia.

- Severe hypernatremia or severe hyperchloremia.

- Known hypersensitivity to hydroxyethyl starch or to any of the excipients.



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Elective Cardiac Surgery
Intervention(s)
Drug: Balanced hydroxyethyl starch solution
Drug: Ringer- albumin
Primary Outcome(s)
Chest tube drainage volume [Time Frame: Total volume at the time of removal of drains (48 hours after surgery on average)]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Incidence of kidney injury as defined by RIFLE criteria [Time Frame: Duration of hospitalization after surgery (expected average duration of 5 days)]
Volume of Transfused blood products during hospitalization postsurgery [Time Frame: Duration of hospitalization after surgery (expected average duration of 5 days)]
Incidence of coagulopathy as defined by prolonged PT\PTT and abnormal thromboelastogram not due to clotting inhibitors during hospitalization. [Time Frame: Duration of hospitalization after surgery (expected average duration of 5 days)]
In hospital - all cause mortality [Time Frame: End of hospitalization (5 days postsurgery on average)]
Volume of replacement fluids given after surgery at each group [Time Frame: Summary of volume replacement at the time of discharge from ICU (48 hours after surgery on average)]
30-days all cause mortality [Time Frame: 30 days from surgery]
Secondary ID(s)
RMB-0058.CTIL
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
Results available:
Date Posted:
Date Completed:
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