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Furosemide and Albumin for Diuresis of Edema: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial

NCT02055872 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE3 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 46

Last updated 2024-03-25

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Summary

Critically ill patients usually require intravenous fluids to correct low blood pressure and improve blood flow to vital organs. However, once the patient's blood pressure has improved, these fluids can leak out into various organs, including the lung, kidneys, and skin. Excess fluid in these tissues, called edema, has been associated with longer ICU stays and higher mortality. Thus removing excess fluid is an important goal. The simplest way to treat edema is to use diuretics, such as furosemide, which increase urine output.

To further improve urine output, patients are sometimes given albumin, a protein which helps to suck fluid out from the tissues, and keep it in the blood vessel, where it can be filtered in the kidney and removed in the urine. Although albumin is often used for this purpose, there is little evidence to support it. A large randomized controlled trial is needed to determine if albumin plus furosemide is truly more effective than furosemide alone in critically ill patients with low levels of blood albumin. We will perform a pilot study to assess the feasibility of such a trial.

Conditions

Interventions

DRUG

Intravenous albumin

DRUG

Normal saline

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Hamilton Health Sciences Corporation

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Simon Oczkowski, MD · McMaster University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
QUADRUPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2014-09-30
Primary Completion
2016-10-31
Completion
2016-10-31

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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