Status:

COMPLETED

Safety and Efficacy of the Use of Regional Anticoagulation With Citrate in Continuous Venovenous Hemofiltration

Lead Sponsor:

Onze Lieve Vrouwe Gasthuis

Conditions:

Kidney Failure, Acute

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

PHASE4

Brief Summary

Severely ill patients admitted to the intensive care unit may develop an acute failure of kidney function. To bridge the period to recovery, renal function is temporarily replaced by continuous venove...

Detailed Description

Severely ill patients admitted to the intensive care unit may develop an acute failure of kidney function. Renal function generally recovers if the acute illness improves. To bridge this period, renal...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Intensive care patients scheduled for continuous venovenous hemofiltration

Exclusion

  • Severe pre-existent liver failure (cirrhosis Child C), acute liver dysfunction as occurring with septic shock is not a reason for exclusion
  • Active bleeding or bleeding necessitating the infusion of two red blood cell units within 24 hours before starting hemofiltration or a fall in hemoglobin of \> 0.5 mmol/l. A fall in hemoglobin/hematocrit as a result of fluid loading is not regarded as bleeding.
  • Surgery within 24 h prior to CVVH.
  • Patients needing full systemic anticoagulation (unfractionated heparin in a dose of \> 10000 IU/day, or nadroparin \> 3800 IU/day) for other reasons
  • Expectation to die within 24 hours
  • Chronic dialysis
  • Proven or suspected heparin-induced thrombocytopenia

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

March 1 2003

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

March 1 2008

Estimated Enrollment :

215 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00286273

Start Date

March 1 2003

End Date

March 1 2008

Last Update

August 26 2009

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Onze Lieve Vrouwe Gasthuis

Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1090HM

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