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CompletedNCT03867994CINUpdated Mar 12, 2019

Comparison of Carvedilol and Atorvastatin for Preventing of Contrast-Induced Nephropathy.

A Phase 2 interventional study of Atorvastatin and Carvedilol in Contrast-induced Nephropathy, sponsored by rabab ahmed mohamed. Completed. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 65 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2019-03-12.

Sponsored by rabab ahmed mohamed · Phase 2, Interventional, and Prevention

From the registry’s dates

  • Registered 2 years 11 months after the study started (first participant enrolled Feb 2016, registered Jan 2019).
Phase
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
144
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years to 65 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

This prospective study is intended to evaluate if carvedilol has any potential protective effect over atorvastatin on the development of contrast-induced nephropathy (CIN) following cardiac catheterization in patients with moderate to high risk for CIN.

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This study enrolled 150 patients planned for CC, and randomly assigned for one of the three groups. Group (A)include 49 patients who received two atorvastatin dose 80 mg 12 hours before CC and 40 mg just before CC. Group (B) include 48 patients who received 12.5 mg carvedilol twice daily for 7 days before CC and continue for 24hrs after the day of CC, Group (C) include 47 patients who only hydrated with saline. All included patients were hydrated with saline intravenous 0.9 sodium chloride (NaCl) at 0.5-1 mg/kg/hour for 4-6 hours before and 4-6 hours after cardiac catheterization. Serum creatinine(Scr), blood urea nitrogen (BUN) and estimated glomerular filtration rate were evaluated at the baseline and after 48 from CC. Serum neutrophil-associated lipocalin (NGAL) was evaluated after 4 hours from CC.

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Conditions studied

  • Contrast-induced Nephropathy

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Keywords

  • Cardiac catheterization, carvedilol, atorvastatin.
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In context

Kidney Diseases

3,840 studies on the registry are indexed under Kidney Diseases; 500 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 144 is above the median of 70 across 2,640 interventional studies indexed under Kidney Diseases.

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Lead sponsor

This is the only study on the registry with rabab ahmed mohamed as lead sponsor.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 65 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

  • Patients aged between 18 and 70 years.
  • Serum creatinine ≤ 1.5 mg/dL.
  • Using a moderate dose of atorvastatin (40 mg or equivalent dose of other statins).
  • Moderate to high-risk for CIN.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Patients suffering from ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI)
  • Patients need for immediate cardiac catheterization
  • Elevated liver enzymes (Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) three times the upper limit of normal).
  • Active infection.
  • Any contraindication to carvedilol, or atorvastatin.
  • Patients on regular use of vitamins, minerals.
  • Using medication with antioxidant properties e.g., beta-carotene, vitamin E, vitamin C, selenium, theophylline or N-acetyl cysteine 7 days prior to CC.
  • Hemodynamically unstable patients (defined as abnormal or unstable blood pressure, especially hypotension (blood pressure less than 90/60 mm Hg).
  • Patients who required dialysis.
  • Pregnancy.
  • Using of carvedilol in the past three months.
  • Using a nephrotoxic agent in the past 48 hours or exposure to a contrast agent in the past 7 days prior to cardiac catheterization.
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Study design

Phase
Phase 2
Primary purpose
Prevention
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Single (Participant)
Enrollment
144 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Group (A)

    included 49 patients who received high dose statin (80 mg atorvastatin) 12 hours before CC and 40 mg just before CC +hydration with saline (0.9% NaCl) at 0.5-1 mg/kg/hour for 4-6 hours before and 4-6 hours after cardiac catheterization.

    Drug: Atorvastatin · Drug: saline

  • Experimental
    Group (B)

    included 48 patients who received 12.5 mg carvedilol twice daily for 7 days before CC and continued for 24 hours after the CC +hydration with saline (0.9% NaCl) at 0.5-1 mg/kg/hour for 4-6 hours before and 4-6 hours after cardiac catheterization.

    Drug: Carvedilol · Drug: saline

  • Experimental
    Group (C)

    included 47 patients who did not receive any medications but only hydration with saline (0.9% NaCl) at 0.5-1 mg/kg/hour for 4-6 hours before and 4-6 hours after cardiac catheterization

    Drug: saline

Interventions

  • DrugAtorvastatin
  • DrugCarvedilol
  • Drugsaline

    Also known as: 0.9%NaCl

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. development of contrast induced nephropathy

    CIN :(defined as absolute rise in the baseline serum creatinine concentration by 0.5 mg/dL after 48 hours from CC).

    Time frame: 1. Serum creatinine baseline was measured from venous blood (before initiating the hydration) and 48 hours after the CC procedure.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Estimated Glomerular filtration rate (eGFR)

    Cockcroft-Gault equation was used to calculate (eGFR)

    Time frame: on admission, and re-calculated 48 hours post CC using

Other outcomes

  1. Blood urea nitrogen (BUN)

    BUN was assayed using modified Urease-Berthelot Method (Egyptian company of biotechnology, Cairo. Egypt)

    Time frame: On admission, and re-calculated 48 hours post CC using

  2. Serum Neutrophil gelatinase - associated lipocalin (NGAL) Description: . NGAL was assayed by enzyme -linked immunosorbent assay ELISA (Glory Science Co., Ltd, CHINA).

    . NGAL was assayed by enzyme -linked immunosorbent assay ELISA (Glory Science Co., Ltd, CHINA).

    Time frame: Baseline was measured from venous blood before the initiation of hydration, and 4 hours after CC procedure.

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Study locations

No study locations are listed for this record.

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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: Yes — All medical history included medication and disease, in addition to our study outcomes

Supporting information: Study protocol, Sap, Icf, Csr

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 Mar 12, 2019, 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
NCT03867994
Lead sponsor
rabab ahmed mohamed
Collaborators
Cairo University
Responsible party
rabab ahmed mohamed (Teaching Assistant in clinical pharmacy department, October 6 University) — Sponsor-investigator
First posted
Mar 8, 2019
Start date
Feb 1, 2016
Primary completion
May 15, 2017
Completion
May 15, 2017
Last update
Mar 12, 2019

Oversight

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