Status:

TERMINATED

Patiromer Utility as an Adjunct Treatment in Patients Needing Urgent Hyperkalemia Management

Lead Sponsor:

Comprehensive Research Associates

Conditions:

Hyperkalemia

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

PHASE4

Brief Summary

When a patient arrives to an emergency department and is found to have an elevated potassium level in the blood, there is no one standardized treatment, therefore it is not known if one treatment is s...

Detailed Description

Given the lack of consistency in hyperkalemia treatment in the ED and the high cost of emergent dialysis, there is a need for the development and systematic evaluation of a treatment protocol to shift...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Hyperkalemia, defined as K+ ≥5.8 obtained via local laboratory or point-of-care testing
  • Written informed consent obtained.

Exclusion

  • Clinically significant arrhythmia, defined as any arrhythmia requiring ongoing IV antiarrhythmic therapy.
  • Patients who are hemodynamically unstable, defined as mean arterial pressure ≤65 mmHg or heart rate ≤40 beats per minute or ≥125 beats per minute at time of screening
  • Hyperkalemia solely due to overdose on potassium supplements
  • Known bowel obstruction
  • Subjects currently being treated with or having taken potassium binders (e.g., patiromer, sodium or calcium polystyrene sulfonate or sodium zirconium cyclosilicate) in the 7 days prior to baseline
  • Subjects expected to receive dialysis during the first 6 hours of the study treatment period
  • Known hypersensitivity to patiromer or its ingredients
  • Participation in any other investigational device or drug study \<30 days prior to screening, or current treatment with other investigational agent(s)
  • Inability to consume the investigational product or, in the opinion of the Investigator unsuitable for study participation
  • Life expectancy of less than 6 months
  • Patients with automatically timed medication orders to control potassium in the ED
  • Patient is known to be pregnant or breastfeeding
  • An employee of investigational site or sponsors

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

October 8 2020

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

June 3 2023

Estimated Enrollment :

115 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT04443608

Start Date

October 8 2020

End Date

June 3 2023

Last Update

August 31 2023

Active Locations (19)

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1

Stanford University School of Medicine

Stanford, California, United States, 94305

2

Yale University

New Haven, Connecticut, United States, 06519

3

Christiana Care

Newark, Delaware, United States, 19718

4

George Washington University

Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States, 20037