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TerminatedNCT03735316Updated May 10, 2023Results posted

Vitamin B12a Vasoplegic Syndrome

A Phase 2 interventional study of Hydroxocobalamin and Cardiopulmonary Bypass in Vasoplegic Syndrome, sponsored by Mayo Clinic. Terminated at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2023-05-10.

Sponsored by Mayo Clinic · Phase 2, Interventional, and Supportive care

Why this study was terminated
Insufficient recruitment over study period
Phase
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
8
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

The study team will evaluate the medication Hydroxocobalamin (B12a) for treatment of low blood pressure after cardiac surgery.

Read the detailed description

If subjects meet the criteria for inclusion in the study based on the subjects blood pressure the subject will be randomized to receive the study drug or a placebo. Subjects blood pressure will be monitored closely for the first 30 minutes and then have standard intensive care unit (ICU) care afterwards. Kidney dysfunction will be assessed for changes in urine production and laboratory values that are followed as a part of standard postoperative care. Study coordinators will obtain these values from subjects medical records for 7 days and subjects will be contacted by phone for follow up after 30 days.

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Conditions studied

  • Vasoplegic Syndrome

Keywords

  • Vitamin B12a
  • Hypotension
  • Cardiopulmonary Bypass
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In context

Vasoplegia

48 studies on the registry are indexed under Vasoplegia; 19 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 8 is below the median of 110 across 27 interventional studies indexed under Vasoplegia.

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Lead sponsor

Mayo Clinic is the lead sponsor of 3,269 studies on the registry; 672 are open to participants now.

Of its 452 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 321 (71%) have results posted.

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Who can participate

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

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Inclusion criteria

  • Any patient for whom we are able to obtain consent ahead of their procedure
  • Patients presenting for a procedure in which cardiopulmonary bypass will be required
  • Considered high risk for vasoplegic syndrome
  • Has no to arterial line or PA catheter placement
  • Develops high-dose vasopressors for 30 min or longer and hypotension consistent with vasoplegic syndrome within 24 hours of coming off cardiopulmonary bypass.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Age\<18 years
  • Known pregnancy or patients without a documented pregnancy test if not menopausal.
  • Known prior anaphylactic or allergic reaction to B12a
  • CKD stage 4 or worse
  • ECMO (extracorporeal membrane oxygenation) prior to study consent.
  • Patients currently on cardiopulmonary bypass
Terms in these criteria, in plain language(2)

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Contraindication

A reason a treatment, test or procedure should not be given to a particular person, such as an allergy, another illness or a medicine they take.

Relapsed and refractory

Relapsed: the illness came back after treatment had worked. Refractory: it did not respond to treatment, or stopped responding while still on it.

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Study design

Phase
Phase 2
Primary purpose
Supportive care
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Triple (Participant, Care provider, Investigator)
Enrollment
8 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    B12a

    Subjects will receive Hydroxocobalamin marketed as Cyanokit®, 5g, IV

    Drug: Hydroxocobalamin · Procedure: Cardiopulmonary Bypass

  • Placebo comparator
    Placebo

    Subjects will receive placebo

    Procedure: Cardiopulmonary Bypass · Drug: Placebos

Interventions

  • 5g, IV, Infused once over 15 minutes. The drug comes in a 250ml glass vial with 5g of lyophilized hydroxocobalamin to be reconstituted in 200ml of Normal Saline, Dextrose or Lactated Ringers.

    Also known as: Cyanokit®, Vitamin B12a

  • ProcedureCardiopulmonary Bypass

    Technique that temporarily takes over the function of the heart and lungs during surgery, maintaining the circulation of blood and the oxygen content of the patient's body.

    Also known as: CPB

  • DrugPlacebos

    Placebo is a Normal Saline, 5g, IV, Infused once over 15 minutes. The placebo comes in a 250ml glass vial.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Change in Mean Arterial Pressure

    The average pressure in a patient's arteries during one cardiac cycle

    Time frame: baseline, 4 hours

Secondary outcomes

  1. Change in Norepinephrine Equivalent Infusion Rate. Norepinephrine Equivalent Table is Listed in the Study Protocol

    Vasopressors are administered and adjusted to maintain blood pressure. The combined dose of vasopressor dosage was calculated as norepinepheine equivalents listed in Table 1 of the protocol appendix and measured as a secondary outcome through the first 4 hours after intevention.

    Time frame: baseline, 4 hours

  2. Change in Systolic Blood Pressure

    The maximum arterial pressure during contraction of the left ventricle of the heart.

    Time frame: baseline, 4 hours

  3. Death

    Number subject deaths

    Time frame: 30 days

  4. Duration of Hospital Stay

    Number of days subjects are hospitalized

    Time frame: 30 days

  5. Duration of Intensive Care Stay

    Number of days subjects are in the intensive care unit

    Time frame: 30 days

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Results

Posted May 10, 2023
Limitations and caveats
Terminated study. Insufficient recruitment over study period

Participant flow

Participant flow — Overall Study
MilestoneB12aPlacebo
Started44
Completed44
Not completed00

Outcome measures

PrimaryChange in Mean Arterial Pressure

The average pressure in a patient's arteries during one cardiac cycle

Time frame:
baseline, 4 hours
Reported as:
Median · mmHg
Change in Mean Arterial Pressure
mmHgB12aPlacebo
Change in Mean Arterial Pressure6 (1.25 to 9.5)-0.5 (-2.75 to 1.25)
SecondaryChange in Norepinephrine Equivalent Infusion Rate. Norepinephrine Equivalent Table is Listed in the Study Protocol

Vasopressors are administered and adjusted to maintain blood pressure. The combined dose of vasopressor dosage was calculated as norepinepheine equivalents listed in Table 1 of the protocol appendix and measured as a secondary outcome through the first 4 hours after intevention.

Time frame:
baseline, 4 hours
Reported as:
Median · mcg/kg/min
Change in Norepinephrine Equivalent Infusion Rate. Norepinephrine Equivalent Table is Listed in the Study Protocol
mcg/kg/minB12aPlacebo
Change in Norepinephrine Equivalent Infusion Rate. Norepinephrine Equivalent Table is Listed in the Study Protocol-0.035 (-0.0625 to -0.0150)0.02 (0.0075 to 0.0425)
SecondaryChange in Systolic Blood Pressure

The maximum arterial pressure during contraction of the left ventricle of the heart.

Time frame:
baseline, 4 hours
Reported as:
Median · mmHg
Change in Systolic Blood Pressure
mmHgB12aPlacebo
Change in Systolic Blood Pressure5.5 (-0.5 to 9.75)0.5 (-1.25 to 1.25)
SecondaryDeath

Number subject deaths

Time frame:
30 days
Reported as:
Count of participants · Participants
Death
ParticipantsB12aPlacebo
Death00
SecondaryDuration of Hospital Stay

Number of days subjects are hospitalized

Time frame:
30 days
Reported as:
Median · days
Duration of Hospital Stay
daysB12aPlacebo
Duration of Hospital Stay11.5 (8 to 16.5)15 (12.5 to 18.0)
SecondaryDuration of Intensive Care Stay

Number of days subjects are in the intensive care unit

Time frame:
30 days
Reported as:
Median · days
Duration of Intensive Care Stay
daysB12aPlacebo
Duration of Intensive Care Stay6 (3.75 to 9.5)8.50 (6.5 to 9.25)

Adverse events

Collected over Adverse Events were collected from baseline to end of study, approximately 30 days. Non-serious events are listed at a 0% frequency threshold.

Adverse event summary by group
GroupDeathsSeriousOther
B12a0/4 (0%)0/4 (0%)0/4 (0%)
Placebo0/4 (0%)0/4 (0%)2/4 (50%)
Most frequent other events
Most frequent other events
EventB12aPlacebo
Acute Kidney InjuryRenal and urinary disorders0/42/4

Baseline characteristics

Age, Continuous
Age, Continuous(years)B12aPlaceboTotal
Median64 (56 to 69)70 (64 to 73)69 (60 to 69)
Sex: Female, Male
Sex: Female, Male(Participants)B12aPlaceboTotal
Female112
Male336
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)(Participants)B12aPlaceboTotal
Hispanic or Latino000
Not Hispanic or Latino336
Unknown or Not Reported112
Race (NIH/OMB)
Race (NIH/OMB)(Participants)B12aPlaceboTotal
American Indian or Alaska Native000
Asian000
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander000
Black or African American000
White437
More than one race000
Unknown or Not Reported011
Region of Enrollment
Region of Enrollment(participants)B12aPlaceboTotal
United States448
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Study locations

1 site
  • Mayo Clinic Saint Mary's Hospital
    Rochester, Minnesota 55902, United States
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References and documents

Study documents

PDFs hosted by the registry, ClinicalTrials.gov.

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

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Timeline

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
ElapsedEstimatedEstimated, not yet reached

Ran from Apr 2019 to primary completion in Apr 2022, 35 months.

Results were first posted in May 2023, 1 year 1 month after primary completion.

How these figures are worked out, and which studies are left out of them.

Registered
Nov 7, 2018
First posted
Nov 8, 2018
StartActual
Apr 25, 2019
Primary completionActual
Apr 1, 2022
CompletionActual
Apr 1, 2022
Results first posted
May 10, 2023
Last update
May 10, 2023
What these dates mean
Start.
When the first participant enrolled; while estimated, when the study expects to open to recruitment.
Primary completion.
When the last participant was examined or treated to collect data for the study's main question, its primary outcome. A study that stopped early gives the date its data collection stopped.
Completion.
When the last participant's last visit took place, for every outcome, secondary ones and side effects included: the end of the study. Often later than primary completion, sometimes the same day.
Actual and Est.
Actual means the registry says the date has happened. Est. (estimated) is a date the sponsor plans or expects. It can still move, and the sponsor is expected to change it to actual once it has passed.
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on May 10, 2023, 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
NCT03735316
Lead sponsor
Mayo Clinic
Responsible party
James A. Nelson (Principle Investigator, Mayo Clinic) — Principal investigator
First posted
Nov 8, 2018
Start date
Apr 25, 2019
Primary completion
Apr 1, 2022
Completion
Apr 1, 2022
Results posted
May 10, 2023
Last update
May 10, 2023

Study contacts

James A. Nelson, M.B.B.S.
principal investigator · Mayo Clinic

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
Yes
FDA-regulated device
No
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