Safety and Efficiency Study of Loading Dose Atorvastatin in Cardiac Surgery

Sponsor
Peking Union Medical College (Other)
Overall Status
Completed
CT.gov ID
NCT01547455
Collaborator
Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Fuwai Hospital (Other)
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Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

Statins were reported to have pleiotropic effects including antiinflammatory, anti-oxidative stress effects and stabilise plaque in some conditions. Some researches indicate loading dose statin can reduce contrast induced nephropathy, and the levels of inflammatory markers were significantly decreased. The investigators hypothesis loading dose atorvastatin may attenuate inflammatory response during cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) and therefore reduce postoperative acute kidney injury in cardiac surgery.

Condition or Disease Intervention/Treatment Phase
N/A

Detailed Description

Acute kidney injury occurs up to 30% in cardiac surgery which influenced patients' mid-term and long-term outcomes. Furthermore, evidence shows patients who initiate renal placement therapy in hospital have higher mortality and morbility. The pathologies of Cardiac surgery-associated acute kidney injury (CSA-AKI) is not clear yet ,many researches find cardiopulmonary bypass is an independent risk factor in developing AKI, and inflammatory bursts during cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) may play an important role in CSA-AKI.

Statins are reported to have anti-inflammatory reaction in many researches. In Some multicenter RCTS, Statins are reported to reduce myocardial infarction,atrial fibrillation and have renoprotective effects due to pleiotropic effects in percutaneous coronary intervention. While in the cardiac surgery settings, the renoprotective effect of statin is still controversial. The investigators believe the differences between surgery and PCI may contribute to the discrepancy. The investigators plan to test the renoprotective effect of atorvastatin in a randomized,double-blind control manner and try to explore the mechanism of this protective effect.

The investigators hypothesise loading dose atorvastatin pretreatment in elective coronary artery bypass grafting surgery may attenuate inflammatory response in CPB and therefore reduce postoperative AKI or help recovery from AKI.

The investigators randomize patients into two arms, the Atorvastatin group takes Atorvastatin 80mg 12h before surgery with another 40mg 2h before operation, the control arm takes placebo in the same regime. The investigators plan to compare the inflammatory cytokines at different time points and the incidence of AKI between the two groups. The investigators hope Atorvastatin group can decrease AKI incidence and has a lower level of inflammatory cytokines, what's more, the two have a good correlation in the time frame.

Study Design

Study Type:
Interventional
Actual Enrollment :
96 participants
Allocation:
Randomized
Intervention Model:
Parallel Assignment
Masking:
Quadruple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
Primary Purpose:
Prevention
Official Title:
Anti-inflammatory and Renoprotective Effect of Pretreatment Loading Dose Atorvastatin in CABG
Study Start Date :
Apr 1, 2012
Actual Primary Completion Date :
Jul 1, 2013
Actual Study Completion Date :
Jul 1, 2013

Arms and Interventions

Arm Intervention/Treatment
Experimental: Atorvastatin

participants take 80mg Atorvastatin orally 12h before surgery with another 40mg 2h before surgery

Drug: Atorvastatin(Lipitor)
participants take 80mg Atorvastatin orally 12h before surgery with another 40mg 2h before surgery
Other Names:
  • Lipitor
  • Placebo Comparator: Control

    Participants randomized to Control arm take 80mg placebo 12h before surgery with another 40mg 2h before surgery

    Drug: Placebo
    Participants randomized to Control arm take 80mg placebo 12h before surgery with another 40mg 2h before surgery

    Outcome Measures

    Primary Outcome Measures

    1. acute kidney injury [72 hours after surgery]

      Proportion developing AKI using AKIN criteria(stage 1,stage 2, stage3).we plan to measure serum creatinine in baseline, ICU admission,postoperative 6h、Day 1、Day 2 and Day 3.If multiple SCr was measured in one day ,then the highest value will be recorded.Also, we measure creatinine clearance via Cock-croft-Gault formula.

    Secondary Outcome Measures

    1. Change of inflammatory biomarkers [48h after surgery]

      we plan to measure IL-6,IL-10,TNF-α and hsCRP at 6 time points: before surgery、after chest closure、postOp.6h、12h、24h and 48h.Compare levels of cytokines between the two arms

    2. Requirement of renal replacement therapy [participants will be followed for the duration of hospital stay , an expected average of 2 weeks]

      proportion need renal replacement therapy in hospital

    3. liver function [participants will be followed for the duration of hospital stay , an expected average of 2 weeks]

      liver dysfunction defined as transaminase>3UNL normal level

    4. death [30 days after discharge from hospital]

    5. MACCE events [30 days after discharge from hospital]

    6. length of stay in intensive care unit [From admission to discharge from ICU]

      An average of 2 days

    7. length of stay in hospital after surgery [From surgery to discharge from hospital, an expected average of 7 days]

    Eligibility Criteria

    Criteria

    Ages Eligible for Study:
    18 Years and Older
    Sexes Eligible for Study:
    All
    Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
    No
    Inclusion Criteria:
    • age > 18 years old

    • elective coronary artery bypass surgery in CPB

    Exclusion Criteria:
    • emergent surgery

    • re-operation

    • acute kidney dysfunction

    • chronic kidney disease

    • GFR < 60ml/min

    • liver dysfunction

    • existing myopathy

    • LEVF < 40%

    • statin allergic or contradictive

    • pregnancy

    • breast feed period

    Contacts and Locations

    Locations

    Site City State Country Postal Code
    1 Cardiovascular Institute&Fuwai Hospital Beijing Beijing China 100037

    Sponsors and Collaborators

    • Peking Union Medical College
    • Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Fuwai Hospital

    Investigators

    • Principal Investigator: Weipeng Wang, MD,PhD, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Fuwai Hospital

    Study Documents (Full-Text)

    None provided.

    More Information

    Publications

    None provided.
    Responsible Party:
    Shan Zhou, Principal Investigator, Peking Union Medical College
    ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
    NCT01547455
    Other Study ID Numbers:
    • 2011-1002-007
    First Posted:
    Mar 7, 2012
    Last Update Posted:
    Jul 25, 2013
    Last Verified:
    Jul 1, 2013
    Keywords provided by Shan Zhou, Principal Investigator, Peking Union Medical College
    Additional relevant MeSH terms:

    Study Results

    No Results Posted as of Jul 25, 2013