Coronavirus Induced Acute Kidney Injury: Prevention Using Urine Alkalinization

NCT ID: NCT04530448

Last Updated: 2023-12-22

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

TERMINATED

Clinical Phase

PHASE4

Total Enrollment

3 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2020-10-05

Study Completion Date

2021-07-15

Brief Summary

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Our overarching goal is to improve the outcomes of critically ill COVID-19 patients with or at risk for development of acute kidney injury (AKI). The objective of this study is to determine the role of a protocol to manage urine alkalization using a simple medication that has been used for a very long time, is safe, and without significant side-effects. We aim to determine the feasibility and safety of a urine alkalinization protocol for the prevention of AKI in patients testing positive for COVID-19.

Detailed Description

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Emerging evidence suggests that acute kidney injury (AKI) secondary to COVID-19 (COV-AKI) might result from direct infection of renal tubule epithelial cells (RTEC). A variety of epithelial cells express the ACE2 receptor which contains the receptor-binding domain (RBD) used by SARS-CoV-1 and SARS-CoV-2 to enter the cells. While direct infection of RTEC has not yet been proven data from multiple laboratories show virus in the kidney. It is this direct viral involvement of the RTEC that this proposal seeks to address.

One relatively simple approach would be to perturb the ability of the RBD to bind to its cellular (hACE2) receptor. Changes in pH may cause each amino acid residue, in the RBD, to assume a slightly different 'microscopic' conformation-dependent pKa value. Urine pH is normally 5.5- 6.5 (not too dissimilar to alveolar fluid-6.4-6.86) and can be easily and safely manipulated. In fact, urine alkalinization protocols have been used for decades to reduce renal toxicity from various compounds (especially chemotherapy) and are recommended by US and European toxicology societies. Here, the strategy will be deployed not for ion trapping but to inhibit the virus from infecting RTEC. Alkalinizing the urine using IV sodium-bicarbonate solution to pH of 7.5 or more can be easily and safely achieved.

While severe AKI does not appear to be a major part of the SARS-CoV-2 syndrome for most patients, when severe AKI does occur, mortality is very high and preventing early AKI may reduce AKI severity as the disease progresses.

Conditions

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COVID Coronavirus Coronavirus Infection AKI Acute Kidney Injury

Keywords

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Acute Kidney Injury AKI COVID-19 Coronavirus Sodium Bicarbonate

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Group 1 (control) will receive standard of care treatment for coronavirus according to institutional protocols.

Group 2 (treatment) will receive sodium bicarbonate 225 mEq (225 mL of an 8.4% solution) intravenously over 1 hour.
Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Standard of Care

Standard of Care treatment

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Standard of Care

Intervention Type OTHER

Standard of Care treatment

Sodium Bicarbonate

Sodium bicarbonate 225 mEq (225 mL of an 8.4% solution) intravenously over 1 hour. Sodium bicarbonate 8.4% solution should not exceed 900 ml (4 boluses) in 24 hours.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Sodium bicarbonate

Intervention Type DRUG

Sodium bicarbonate 225 mEq (225 mL of an 8.4% solution) intravenously over 1 hour. Sodium bicarbonate 8.4% solution should not exceed 900 ml (4 boluses) in 24 hours.

Interventions

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Sodium bicarbonate

Sodium bicarbonate 225 mEq (225 mL of an 8.4% solution) intravenously over 1 hour. Sodium bicarbonate 8.4% solution should not exceed 900 ml (4 boluses) in 24 hours.

Intervention Type DRUG

Standard of Care

Standard of Care treatment

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Confirmed COVID-19 positive
* Admission to ICU or step-down unit
* Age ≥ 18 years old

Exclusion Criteria

* Stage 3 AKI by KDIGO criteria
* CKD stage 4-5
* Contraindications to Na bicarbonate therapy (e.g. met. alkalosis, severe heart failure)
* Urine pH \> 7.0
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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West Virginia University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Ankit Sakhuja, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

West Virginia University

Locations

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WVU Medicine Heart & Vascular Institute

Morgantown, West Virginia, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

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UNITED STATES RENAL DATA SYSTEM

Other Identifiers

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2005006707

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