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Trial details imported from ClinicalTrials.gov

For full trial details, please see the original record at https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00978354




Registration number
NCT00978354
Ethics application status
Date submitted
14/09/2009
Date registered
16/09/2009
Date last updated
30/09/2015

Titles & IDs
Public title
Furosemide in Early Acute Kidney Injury
Scientific title
A Phase II Randomized Blinded Controlled Trial of the Effect of furoSemide in Critically Ill Patients With eARly Acute Kidney Injury (The SPARK Study)
Secondary ID [1] 0 0
AHFMR-0920
Universal Trial Number (UTN)
Trial acronym
SPARK
Linked study record

Health condition
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied:
Acute Renal Failure 0 0
Condition category
Condition code
Renal and Urogenital 0 0 0 0
Kidney disease
Injuries and Accidents 0 0 0 0
Other injuries and accidents

Intervention/exposure
Study type
Interventional
Description of intervention(s) / exposure
Treatment: Drugs - Furosemide
Treatment: Drugs - Normal Saline

Active comparator: Furosemide - Furosemide intravenous continuous infusion

Placebo comparator: Normal Saline - Normal saline titrated continuous intravenous infusion


Treatment: Drugs: Furosemide
Continuous intravenous infusion of furosemide titrated to urine output

Treatment: Drugs: Normal Saline
Continuous intravenous infusion 0.9% normal saline placebo control
Intervention code [1] 0 0
Treatment: Drugs
Comparator / control treatment
Control group

Outcomes
Primary outcome [1] 0 0
Worsening AKI
Timepoint [1] 0 0
7 days
Secondary outcome [1] 0 0
Fluid balance
Timepoint [1] 0 0
7 days
Secondary outcome [2] 0 0
Renal replacement therapy (RRT)
Timepoint [2] 0 0
7 days
Secondary outcome [3] 0 0
Renal Recovery
Timepoint [3] 0 0
90-days
Secondary outcome [4] 0 0
Survival
Timepoint [4] 0 0
90-days

Eligibility
Key inclusion criteria
* Informed and written consent by patient or surrogate
* Peripheral or central intravenous catheter
* The presence of early AKI
* 2 or more criteria for the systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) within 24 hours
* Achieved immediate resuscitation goals
Minimum age
18 Years
Maximum age
No limit
Sex
Both males and females
Can healthy volunteers participate?
No
Key exclusion criteria
* Confirmed or suspected pregnancy
* Age <18 years
* Stage 4 or greater chronic kidney disease or kidney transplantation
* Acute pulmonary edema requiring urgent use of furosemide or RRT
* Patient is moribund with expected death within 24 hours
* Known or suspected drug allergy to furosemide
* Enrolled in concomitant randomized trial

Study design
Purpose of the study
Treatment
Allocation to intervention
Randomised controlled trial
Procedure for enrolling a subject and allocating the treatment (allocation concealment procedures)
Methods used to generate the sequence in which subjects will be randomised (sequence generation)
Masking / blinding
Blinded (masking used)
Who is / are masked / blinded?
The people receiving the treatment/s
The people administering the treatment/s
The people assessing the outcomes
The people analysing the results/data
Intervention assignment
Parallel
Other design features
Phase
Phase 2
Type of endpoint/s
Statistical methods / analysis

Recruitment
Recruitment status
Stopped early
Data analysis
Reason for early stopping/withdrawal
Other reasons
Date of first participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
1/09/2009
Date of last participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
Date of last data collection
Anticipated
Actual
1/07/2014
Sample size
Target
Accrual to date
Final
72
Recruitment in Australia
Recruitment state(s)
QLD,VIC
Recruitment hospital [1] 0 0
Princess Alexandra Hospital - Brisbane
Recruitment hospital [2] 0 0
Austin Hospital - Melbourne
Recruitment postcode(s) [1] 0 0
4012 - Brisbane
Recruitment postcode(s) [2] 0 0
3084 - Melbourne
Recruitment outside Australia
Country [1] 0 0
Canada
State/province [1] 0 0
Alberta
Country [2] 0 0
Canada
State/province [2] 0 0
Quebec

Funding & Sponsors
Primary sponsor type
Other
Name
University of Alberta
Address
Country
Other collaborator category [1] 0 0
Other
Name [1] 0 0
Austin Hospital, Melbourne Australia
Address [1] 0 0
Country [1] 0 0
Other collaborator category [2] 0 0
Other
Name [2] 0 0
Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, Australia
Address [2] 0 0
Country [2] 0 0

Ethics approval
Ethics application status

Summary
Brief summary
Trial website
Trial related presentations / publications
Public notes

Contacts
Principal investigator
Name 0 0
Sean M Bagshaw, MD MSc
Address 0 0
University of Alberta
Country 0 0
Phone 0 0
Fax 0 0
Email 0 0
Contact person for public queries
Name 0 0
Address 0 0
Country 0 0
Phone 0 0
Fax 0 0
Email 0 0
Contact person for scientific queries

No information has been provided regarding IPD availability


What supporting documents are/will be available?

No Supporting Document Provided



Results publications and other study-related documents

No documents have been uploaded by study researchers.

Results not provided in https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00978354