Amino Acid Loss During Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot listed
Trial typeObservational
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorMedical University of Vienna

About this trial

The goal of this observational study is to learn about amino acid loss during continuous renal replacement therapy and plasma amino acid levels in intensive care patients. The main questions it aims to answer are:

What amount of amino acids is lost over the duration of continuous renal replacement therapy? How do amino acid plasma concentrations change over time in patients with and without continuous renal replacement therapy?

Amino acid concentrations will be measured in the effluent and in the plasma of patients receiving continuous renal replacement therapy as part of their regular medical care. In addition, plasma concentrations of amino acids will be studied in patients without renal replacement therapy.

Eligibility criteria

This trial does not accept healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

Postoperative ICU patients

Age ≥ 18 years

Patients on enteral or/and parenteral nutrition given according to internal standard operating procedure

no current or previous (<30 days) continuous or intermittent RRT

Disqualifiers

Preoperative intensive care patients

Patients with liver cirrhosis stage 1-3 according to the Child-Pugh classification

Patients with acute liver failure

Trial population

This study will enroll 30 intensive care patients: 20 patients receiving continuous renal replacement therapy and 10 patients without renal replacement therapy. The study will be carried out at the Medical University of Vienna at a 16-bed intensive care unit admitting patients after cardiothoracic and major vascular surgery.

Trial design

Design model

Cohort

Time perspective

Prospective

Treatments tested in this trial

Not listed

Trial groups

30 Participants
are grouped into 2 trial groups
Group A: CRRT group
Group B: non-CRRT group

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

Amino acid effluent loss

Change of effluent loss of amino acids from start of continuous renal replacement therapy to day 4

Time frame
CRRT start, day 4 of continuous renal replacement therapy
2

Amino acid plasma concentration CRRT group

Change of plasma concentration of amino acids from start of continuous renal replacement therapy to day 4

Time frame
day 0, day 4 of continuous renal replacement therapy
3

Amino acid plasma concentration non-CRRT group

Change of plasma concentration of amino acids from the preoperative day to postoperative day 4 or to the last measurement at the intensive care unit, whichever is earlier

Time frame
preoperative day/enrollment to postoperative day 4

Secondary outcomes

1

Time course of effluent loss of amino acids over all measured time points

Time course of effluent loss of amino acids over all measured time points

Time frame
duration of continuous renal replacement therapy, maximum 30 days
2

Time course of plasma concentration of amino acids over all measured time points

Time course of plasma concentration of amino acids over all measured time points

Time frame
preoperative if recruited preoperatively, duration of continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT group) or length of ICU stay (non CRRT-group), maximum 30 days
3

Urine concentration of amino acids over treatment period

Urine concentration of amino acids over treatment period

Time frame
preoperative if recruited preoperatively, duration of continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT group) or length of ICU stay (non CRRT-group), maximum 30 days
4

Nitrogen balance

Nitrogen balance over treatment period

Time frame
duration of continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT group) or length of ICU stay (non CRRT-group), maximum 30 days

Other outcomes

Sponsors and contacts

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Medical University of Vienna

Lead sponsor

Karolinska Institutet

Collaborator