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Remote Ischemic Preconditioning and Contrast Induced - Acute Kidney Injury in Patients Undergoing Elective PCI

An interventional study of Remote Ischemic Preconditioning and Sham Remote Ischemic Preconditioning in Remote Ischemic Preconditioning and Contrast Induced - Acute Kidney Injury, sponsored by Medical University of Lodz. Completed at 1 site in Poland. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2020-11-19.

Sponsored by Medical University of Lodz · Not applicable, Interventional, and Prevention

From the registry’s dates

  • Registered 3 years 8 months after the study started (first participant enrolled Mar 2015, registered Nov 2018).
Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
101
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

Prospective, randomized, sham-controlled clinical study was conducted to assess whether RIPC reduces the incidence of CI-AKI measured standard way of using SCr concentration but also with the use of serum NGAL as a new potential biomarker of kidney injury. Furthermore, the aim of investigation was to analyse the safety and clinical outcomes of RIPC after elective coronary angiography (CA) followed by percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).

Read the detailed description

Nowadays CI-AKI is defined according to serum creatinine concentration (SCr) as any of the following: (1) an absolute rise of ≥ 0.5 mg/dL (44 µmol/L) and/or (2) a relative increase of 25% in serum creatinine compared to baseline within 48 to 72 hours after contrast administration. In the last decades, several novel biomarkers of AKI have been studied including neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL). Furthermore, remote ischemic preconditioning (RIPC) turned out to be one of the most promising and intriguing non-pharmacological strategy. This simple procedure consisting of brief, non-lethal episodes of ischemia and reperfusion applied in one tissue or organ protects remote tissues or organs from subsequent injury.

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Conditions studied

  • Remote Ischemic Preconditioning
  • Contrast Induced - Acute Kidney Injury

Keywords

  • remote ischemic preconditioning
  • contrast induced-acute kidney injury
  • neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin
  • percutaneous coronary intervention
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In context

Acute Kidney Injury

1,595 studies on the registry are indexed under Acute Kidney Injury; 371 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 101 is close to the median of 100 across 763 interventional studies indexed under Acute Kidney Injury.

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Lead sponsor

Medical University of Lodz is the lead sponsor of 101 studies on the registry; 9 are open to participants now.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

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

Inclusion criteria

  • aged over 18 years
  • patients with stable angina pectoris
  • patients admitted to Intensive Cardiac Therapy Clinic Medical University of Lodz with intention of elective CA with follow-up PCI.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • history of severe injuries up to 2 months before intervention
  • history of surgeries up to 2 months before intervention
  • history of cancer,
  • acute inflammation during hospitalization
  • chronic autoimmunologic diseases
  • patients needing hemodialysis
  • chronic kidney disease in stage 4 or 5 (eGFR\<30 ml/min/1,73m2)
  • peripheral vascular disease affecting upper limbs.
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Prevention
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Single (Investigator)
Enrollment
101 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    RIPC group

    The RIPC group underwent Remote Ischemic Preconditioning.

    Procedure: Remote Ischemic Preconditioning

  • Sham comparator
    Control group

    Patients from control group had sham Remote Ischemic Preconditioning.

    Procedure: Sham Remote Ischemic Preconditioning

Interventions

  • ProcedureRemote Ischemic Preconditioning

    four cycles of 5-min inflation to 200 mmHg followed by 5-min deflation of left upper - arm cuff

    Also known as: RIPC

  • ProcedureSham Remote Ischemic Preconditioning

    deflated cuff placed on the left arm for 40 min

    Also known as: Sham RIPC

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Number of Participants With Contrast Induced-Acute Kidney Injury

    absolute rise of ≥ 0.5 mg/dL (44 µmol/L) and/or a relative increase of 25% in serum creatinine compared to baseline

    Time frame: 48 to 72 hours after contrast exposure

Secondary outcomes

  1. Number of Participants With Need of Renal Replacement Therapy

    qualification for RRT according to standard clinical criteria (level of serum creatinine, serum urea concentration, electrolytes levels (sodium, potassium, chlorides), hydration management)

    Time frame: up to 7 days after contrast exposure

  2. Number of Participants Who Presented Cardiogenic Shock

    sustained hypotension (systolic blood pressure \< 90 mm Hg for ≥30 min)

    Time frame: up to 7 days after contrast exposure

  3. Death of Any Cause

    Number of patients who died.

    Time frame: up to one month after contrast exposure

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Results

Posted Oct 30, 2020
Limitations and caveats
1. Single-center trial. 2. Relatively small sample size. 3. We were unable to observe sufficient number of events, such as CI-AKI, mortality, need for dialysis as an endpoint.

Participant flow

Patients aged over 18 years presented with stable angina pectoris, admitted to Intensive Cardiac Therapy Clinic Medical University of Lodz and scheduled for elective CA with follow-up PCI.

Participant flow — Overall Study
MilestoneRIPC GroupControl Group
Started5051
Completed5051
Not completed00

Outcome measures

PrimaryNumber of Participants With Contrast Induced-Acute Kidney Injury

absolute rise of ≥ 0.5 mg/dL (44 µmol/L) and/or a relative increase of 25% in serum creatinine compared to baseline

Time frame:
48 to 72 hours after contrast exposure
Reported as:
Number · participants
Number of Participants With Contrast Induced-Acute Kidney Injury
participantsRIPC GroupControl Group
Number of Participants With Contrast Induced-Acute Kidney Injury23
SecondaryNumber of Participants With Need of Renal Replacement Therapy

qualification for RRT according to standard clinical criteria (level of serum creatinine, serum urea concentration, electrolytes levels (sodium, potassium, chlorides), hydration management)

Time frame:
up to 7 days after contrast exposure
Reported as:
Number · participants
Number of Participants With Need of Renal Replacement Therapy
participantsRIPC GroupControl Group
Number of Participants With Need of Renal Replacement Therapy00
SecondaryNumber of Participants Who Presented Cardiogenic Shock

sustained hypotension (systolic blood pressure \< 90 mm Hg for ≥30 min)

Time frame:
up to 7 days after contrast exposure
Reported as:
Number · participants
Number of Participants Who Presented Cardiogenic Shock
participantsRIPC GroupControl Group
Number of Participants Who Presented Cardiogenic Shock11
SecondaryDeath of Any Cause

Number of patients who died.

Time frame:
up to one month after contrast exposure
Reported as:
Number · participants
Death of Any Cause
participantsRIPC GroupControl Group
Death of Any Cause00

Adverse events

Collected over up to one month. Non-serious events are listed at a 0% frequency threshold.

Adverse event summary by group
GroupDeathsSeriousOther
RIPC Group0/50 (0%)1/50 (2%)1/50 (2%)
Control Group0/51 (0%)1/51 (2%)0/51 (0%)
Most frequent serious events
Most frequent serious events
EventRIPC GroupControl Group
Cardiogenic shockCardiac disorders1/501/51
Most frequent other events
Most frequent other events
EventRIPC GroupControl Group
skin petechiaeSkin and subcutaneous tissue disorders1/500/51

Baseline characteristics

Age, Categorical
Age, Categorical(Participants)RIPC GroupControl GroupTotal
<=18 years000
Between 18 and 65 years272653
>=65 years232548
Sex: Female, Male
Sex: Female, Male(Participants)RIPC GroupControl GroupTotal
Female171835
Male333366
Race (NIH/OMB)
Race (NIH/OMB)(Participants)RIPC GroupControl GroupTotal
American Indian or Alaska Native000
Asian000
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander000
Black or African American000
White5051101
More than one race000
Unknown or Not Reported000
Contrast Medium Intake
Contrast Medium Intake(ml)RIPC GroupControl GroupTotal
Median100 (80 to 140)110 (90 to 140)110 (80 to 140)
Serum creatinine on admission
Serum creatinine on admission(µmol/L)RIPC GroupControl GroupTotal
Median87 (81 to 96)88 (82 to 101)88 (81 to 99)
NGAL on admission
NGAL on admission(ng/mL)RIPC GroupControl GroupTotal
Median71.3 (55.8 to 86.8)80.6 (55.8 to 101.2)74.4 (55.8 to 102.3)
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Study locations

1 site
  • Intensive Cardiac Therapy Clinic
    Lodz, 92-213, Poland
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References and documents

Publications

  • Stokfisz K, Ledakowicz-Polak A, Kidawa M, Zielinska M. Remote Ischemic Preconditioning and Contrast-Induced Acute Kidney Injury in Patients Undergoing Elective Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: A Randomized Clinical Trial. Curr Ther Res Clin Exp. 2020 Aug 5;93:100599. doi: 10.1016/j.curtheres.2020.100599. eCollection 2020. PubMed 32874376 ↗

Study documents

  • Statistical analysis plan · Jan 1, 2018
  • Study protocol · Jan 1, 2018

Documents are hosted by the registry — open the source record to download them.

Individual participant data

Plan to share: Yes — The data sets used and/or analyzed during the current study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.

Supporting information: Study protocol, Sap, Icf, Csr

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Nov 19, 2020, 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
NCT03761368
Lead sponsor
Medical University of Lodz
Responsible party
Karolina Stokfisz (Principal Investigator, Medical University of Lodz) — Principal investigator
First posted
Dec 3, 2018
Start date
Mar 1, 2015
Primary completion
Jun 30, 2018
Completion
Jun 30, 2018
Results posted
Oct 30, 2020
Last update
Nov 19, 2020

Study contacts

Marzenna Zielinska, MD PhD
study chair · Medical University of Lodz

Oversight

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