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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 17 October 2012
Main ID:  NCT00910221
Date of registration: 28/05/2009
Primary sponsor: Austin Health
Public title: Cardiopulmonary-bypass and Reno-protective Effect of Atorvastatin Trial CREAT
Scientific title: A Phase II Randomised, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled Study of the Effect of Atorvastatin on Postoperative Renal Function in Patients Undergoing Elective Cardiopulmonary Bypass.
Date of first enrolment: March 2008
Target sample size: 100
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00910221
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Caregiver, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Countries of recruitment
Australia
Contacts
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Cardiac surgical patients in whom the use of cardiopulmonary bypass was planned

- Written informed consent of patient

- Age > 18 years

- And having at least one ore more of the following risk factors for postoperative AKI:

- Age =/> 70 years

- Preoperative plasma creatinine >120 µmol/L, New York Heart Association class
III/IV or LVEF <35%

- Insulin dependent diabetes mellitus

- Valve surgery (with or without coronary artery bypass graft)

- Redo cardiac surgery

Exclusion Criteria:

- An emergency operation is indicated (within 24 hours after hospital admission or on
intra-aortic balloon pump)

- Pregnancy is confirmed or breastfeeding is present

- A renal allograft is present

- Preoperative acute renal failure within 6 weeks (acute rise in serum creatinine > 50%
from baseline) is present

- Pre-operative end stage renal disease (serum creatinine > 300 µmol/L) is present

- Chronic moderate to high dose corticosteroid therapy (>10 mg/d prednisone or
equivalent) is present

- Known Allergy to Atorvastatin



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Acute Kidney Dysfunction
Intervention(s)
Drug: Atorvastatin
Drug: Placebo
Primary Outcome(s)
Change in serum creatinine from baseline to peak level [Time Frame: within first two-seven postoperative days]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Change in NGAL from baseline to peak [Time Frame: within first 24 postoperatively]
Hospital-Mortality [Time Frame: during hospital stay]
Length of stay in Hospital [Time Frame: from admission to discharge from hospital]
Length of stay in Intensive care [Time Frame: from admission to discharge from Intensive care]
Proportion of patients developing an increase in serum creatinine > 25% or >44µmicromol/L from baseline to peak level [Time Frame: within first two-seven postoperative days]
Proportion of patients developing any of the AKI stages: 1, 2 or 3 (using network definition) [Time Frame: within first seven postoperative days]
Proportion of patients developing any of the RIFLE criteria: R, I or F [Time Frame: within first seven postoperative days]
Requirement of renal replacement therapy [Time Frame: within hospital stay]
Secondary ID(s)
H2007/02810
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
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