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TerminatedNCT02653222SCRATCHUpdated May 9, 2018

Chemical Renal Ethanol Sympatholysis Under CT Guidance Use for the Control of Therapy-Resistant Hypertension

A Phase 2 interventional study of Renal sympathicolysis and Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring in Hypertension Resistant to Conventional Therapy and Kidney Failure, Chronic, sponsored by University Hospital, Grenoble. Terminated at 2 sites in France. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2018-05-09.

Sponsored by University Hospital, Grenoble · Phase 2, Interventional, and Treatment

Why this study was terminated
patient recruitment is difficult
Phase
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
2
Allocation
Not applicable
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

In this study the investigators are going to assess the feasibility of this innovate technique of renal sympathetic denervation by translumbar access under ct-guidance.

To limit the potential impact on the kidney, the investigators chose a population of chronic renal failure patients on dialysis or renal transplant (with native kidneys still present) and having resistant treatment hypertension despite antihypertensive combination therapy well conducted.

The investigators expect to obtain a decrease of the blood pressure at the 24-hours ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM) one month after the sympathetic denervation.

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Conditions studied

  • Hypertension Resistant to Conventional Therapy
  • Kidney Failure, Chronic

Keywords

  • Ethanol Sympathicolysis
  • Computer Tomography guidance
  • Denervation
  • Kidney Transplantation
  • Dialysis
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In context

Renal Insufficiency

1,995 studies on the registry are indexed under Renal Insufficiency; 173 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 2 is below the median of 43 across 1,504 interventional studies indexed under Renal Insufficiency.

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Lead sponsor

University Hospital, Grenoble is the lead sponsor of 815 studies on the registry; 205 are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Eligibility criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

  • more or equal than 18 years old,
  • patient with triple antihypertensive therapy (maximum tolerated dose) with a diuretic, except for anuric patients, and without modification treatment:
  • in the last two months,
  • expected in the next three months,
  • renal transplanted patients with native kidneys followed for hypertension before transplant, and having a arterial systolic pressure ≥ 160 mmHg on the average of 3 measurements taken during the screening consultation and during at least one previous consultation OR
  • chronic renal failure patient with dialysis and having a arterial systolic pressure ≥ 160 mmHg on the average of 3 measurements taken during the screening consultation and during at least one previous consultation
  • patient affiliated to social security or similarly regime
  • patient who signed the consent to participate in the study

No Inclusion Criteria:

  • renal artery anatomy against-indicating the procedure including:
  • 3 homolateral renal arteries
  • kidney surgery including bypass surgery or renal artery reimplantation
  • volume-dependent type of hypertension
  • secondary hypertension (not included nephropathy)
  • orthostatic hypotension associated with symptoms during the previous year
  • medical history including:

    • acute coronary syndrome, unstable angina, stroke within 6 months preceding the period of inclusion,
    • surgery scheduled on the kidney, the renal arteries or the retroperitoneum during patient participation in the study period
    • chronic alcoholism
  • anticoagulants or antiplatelet agents for which a therapeutic window can not be considered (except aspirin dose less than or equal to 160mg / day)
  • contraindication to the realization of an MRI
  • included in another trial assessing a medicament or a medical device or a surgical procedure
  • protected person referred to in Articles L1121-5 to L1121-8 of the Code of Public Health
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Study design

Phase
Phase 2
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
2 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Renal sympathicolysis

    The patient will have: 1. Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring 2. Magnetic Resonance Angiography 3. Blood test 4. Renal sympathicolysis 5. Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring 6. Magnetic Resonance Angiography

    Procedure: Renal sympathicolysis · Procedure: Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring · Radiation: Magnetic Resonance Angiography · Biological: Blood test

Interventions

  • ProcedureRenal sympathicolysis

    Also known as: renal sympathetic denervation, CT guidance

  • ProcedureAmbulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring

    1 month before and after surgery the patient will have an ABPM over 24h

    Also known as: ABPM

  • RadiationMagnetic Resonance Angiography

    1 month before and after surgery the patient will have a MRA

    Also known as: MRA

  • BiologicalBlood test

    complete blood count, blood platelets, coagulation profile, irregular agglutinins search

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Success or failure of the peri-arterial technique injection of ethanol under CT guidance.

    Assess the technical feasibility of a new procedure of renal denervation chemical sympatholysis with ethanol, by a translumbar access, guided by CT, in a population of chronic dialysis or transplant failure patients followed for resistant treatment hypertension. The measure is a score based on the distribution of the ethanol near the aorta-renal angle

    Time frame: 2 hours

Secondary outcomes

  1. Any clinical adverse event, radiological or biological related to the procedure and between it and the end of the study (MRI and follow up to 1 month).

    Assess the occurrence of adverse events in the population who received the intervention by chemical sympatholysis during the month following the intervention

    Time frame: One month

  2. Change of the blood pressure between baseline and 1 month after surgery The results of this difference is in mmHg.

    Assess the effect of the chemical kidney sympatholysis on blood pressure one month after surgery.

    Time frame: baseline at one month before surgery and 1 month after surgery

  3. Duration of the procedure between the first scanner acquisition and the latest acquisition of control. The result is in minutes.

    Assess the duration of the chemical sympatholysis procedure by translumbar access under CT guidance

    Time frame: 2 hours

  4. A score will be established with one point by angle aorto-renal upper cover and one point on each quarter of the circumference of renal artery covered with ethanol.

    Assess at 1 month follow up the chemical sympatholysis effect on blood pressure based on the distribution of ethanol (visualized by prior injection of contrast medium).

    Time frame: One month

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Study locations

2 sites
  • University Hospital
    Grenoble, Isère 38043, France
  • Grenoble Association for the Dialysis of Uremic Chronicles
    La Tronche, Isère 38700, France
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on May 9, 2018, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT02653222
Lead sponsor
University Hospital, Grenoble
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Jan 12, 2016
Start date
Feb 2016
Primary completion
Feb 2018
Completion
Feb 2018
Last update
May 9, 2018

Study contacts

Julien Ghelfi, Md
principal investigator · University Hospital, Grenoble

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
Yes
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