Amino Acid Infusion in Cardiac Surgery

NCT ID: NCT07030933

Last Updated: 2026-01-07

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING
• Clinical Phase: PHASE4
• Total Enrollment: 130 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2026-03-01
• Study Completion Date: 2027-01-01

Brief Summary

The goal of this study is to see if an infusion of amino acids given to adult male and female patients during cardiac surgery can help prevent acute kidney injury that commonly occurs when patients undergo cardiac surgery needing cardiopulmonary bypass. The main question the study aims to answer is if a short infusion of amino acids given to study participants during their scheduled heart surgery can decrease rates of acute kidney injury - which will be measured by biological markers of kidney injury in the urine.

The study will be conducted in 2 phases. Participants in the first phase will receive the current standard of anesthetic care for patients having heart surgery and markers of acute kidney injury will be measured before and after their surgery. Participants in the second group will receive the anesthetic standard of care plus a short infusion of amino acids during their surgery. They will also have markers of kidney injury measured before and after their surgery. This study is based on prior studies that showed amino acid infusions are protective against kidney injury; however, these past studies did not look at markers of kidney injury in the urine.

Conditions

Acute Kidney Injury; Cardiac Surgery

Study Design

• Allocation Method: NON_RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: TREATMENT
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

Pre-Implementation - Standard of Care

Participants in this group will receive their anesthetic care that is the current standard of care at our institution for patients undergoing cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass.

Group Type: NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Post-Implementation - Amino Acid Treatment

Participants in this group will receive the standard of anesthetic care at our institution plus treatment of amino acid infusion (Travesol 10%, Baxter) at a dose of 2g per kilogram of ideal body weight per day until their discharge from the intensive care unit or up to 72 hours.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Travesol 10%

Intervention Type: DRUG

Travesol 10% (Baxter) will be administered to the post-intervention participants at a dose of 2g per kilogram of ideal body weight for up to 3 days or until the participant's discharge from the intensive care unit.

Interventions

Travesol 10%

Travesol 10% (Baxter) will be administered to the post-intervention participants at a dose of 2g per kilogram of ideal body weight for up to 3 days or until the participant's discharge from the intensive care unit.

Intervention Type: DRUG

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Male and female patients 18 years of age or older undergoing elective cardiac surgery requiring cardiopulmonary bypass.
• Anticipated stay of at least one night in the ICU following cardiac surgery.
• Eligible patients must have a baseline serum creatinine measurement obtained during the current hospitalization, or within 365 days of the current hospitalization.
• Patients agree to participation and completed informed consent process.

Exclusion Criteria

• Preoperative or planned post-operative need for renal replacement therapy.
• Stage IV or greater chronic kidney disease, defined as estimated glomular filtration rate of less than 30 mL/minute per 1.73 M^2 of body surface area as calculated by the Cockcroft-Gault equation.
• Emergent cardiac surgical patients and patients undergoing orthotopic heart transplant.
• Any patient who has a history of renal transplant.
• Patients who have a documented allergy or hypersensitivity to one or more of the amino acids.
• Patients with cognitive impairment who cannot provide consent.
• Patients with congenital alteration of amino acid metabolism.
• Any patient who declines to participate in the study.

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Adam Adenwala

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

Adam Adenwala, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesiology

Central Contacts

Adam Adenwala, MD

Role: CONTACT

aadenwala@pennstatehealth.psu.edu

office #717-531-2525

Other Identifiers

Study01

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id